"blessed bread"

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1 April 2018

A priest blesses Easter baskets ahead of the Christian feast of Easter at The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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1 April 2018

A priest blesses Easter baskets ahead of the Christian feast of Easter at The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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#2588857

1 April 2018

Family during the ceremony of blessing Easter basketsat The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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1 April 2018

Family during the ceremony of blessing Easter basketsat The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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#2588859

1 April 2018

Family during the ceremony of blessing Easter basketsat The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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1 April 2018

Family during the ceremony of blessing Easter basketsat The St Mary's Church, Claddagh on Saterday , March 31, 2018, in Galway, Ireland. Polish Catholics living in Ireland celebrate blessing of food (Swieconka) on Holy Saturday. Swieconka- a traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Ester food are blessed. Blessed food is eaten for Easter Sunday breakfast. The blessing of the Easter baskets is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday. The foods that will be blessed are to ensure fertility, abundance, and health throughout the year. Each of food in the basket has symbolic meaning: Lamb - the sign of the Resurrected Christ, Salt - protection against deterioration, Bread - symbolizes food for the soul, means the Body of Christ, is a symbol of prosperity, abundance and satiety, Egg - a symbol of new life, Butter - a symbol of prosperity, cured meat - to ensure well-being and health.

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#2589094

31 March 2018

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz distributes the Easter bread to the crowd at Krakow's Rynek Square after the blessed of the food by the Archbishop of Cracow, Marek Jedraszewski. The blessing of the Easter baskets -Swieconka ceremony, is the one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday with origines dating back to the early history of Poland. On Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Krakow, Poland.

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#2589093

31 March 2018

'Pod Aniolami' restaurant sponsored the main table with the food and bread brought outside Mariacki Basilica in Krakow to be blessed on Holy Saturday by the Archbishop of Cracow, Marek Jedraszewski. The blessing of the Easter baskets -Swieconka ceremony, is the one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday with origines dating back to the early history of Poland. On Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Krakow, Poland.

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#1705272

10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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#1705286

10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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10 February 2017

On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Haralambos the Martyr, who is also worshipped as patron of all beekeepers, gardeners and fruit-growers. The faithful light candles with jars of honey during a holy mass for the "sanctification of honey" at the "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin" cathedral church in the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Honey is consecrated and then all the bread is coated with it. The rest of the honey is kept in the house as a remedy.

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