A custom that heralds the Resurrection of jesus Christ takes place each With. Saturday in the churches…
This year (2016) in the holy Temple of Agios Nikolaos Rhodes in Rhodes (in a church full of people) when the Priest Blessed sang the first Resurrection, throw bay leaves and the believers were the pews – θÏονιά with force, causing a deafening noise .
The custom semantic is associated with the Resurrection of Christ that breaks the bands of death.
Apart from the noise of the wooden θÏονιών, shook and the chandeliers of the church as a representation of the earthquake which happened the moment he rose from the Lord.
Source
The first Resurrection, The Custom of the ΘÏονιά in Pastida [video]
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