Sweetened boiled wheat decorated with a cross, brought to church for memorials of the departed.
Coliva se pregătește din grâu fiert, zahăr sau miere, nuci, și se ornează cu o cruce sau cu inițiale. Grâul amintește de cuvintele lui Hristos despre bobul care moare în pământ și aduce rod — simbol al învierii.
Se aduce la parastase, la Moși și la praznicul unor sfinți, și se împarte apoi celor prezenți.
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In the same category
- AntidoronThe pieces of blessed bread given to the faithful at the end of the Liturgy; it is not Communion.
- AntimensionA cloth consecrated by the bishop, showing the burial of Christ; the Liturgy cannot be celebrated without it.
- Baptismal fontThe large vessel in which children are baptised; in Catholic and Protestant churches often a stone basin near the entrance.
- CandleThe faithful light candles on entering the church: separately for the living and for the departed.
- CenserThe metal vessel on chains in which incense burns; the priest censes the icons and the faithful.
- ChaliceThe consecrated cup, usually of precious metal, holding the wine for the Eucharist.