Here he was captured by the guards, charged and took the Cross. This is indicated by the last days of Holy Week Maundy Thursday – the spiritual cleansing, the adoption of ordinances, Good Friday – the suffering of Jesus Christ, the burial of his body; Great Saturday – a day of sorrow and expectation of Christ's Resurrection, and finally – Bright Resurrection of Christ. Y Orthodox Slavs, there were many customs to mark the days of Great Week. On Great Thursday, in which folk traditions are called 'clean', every Orthodox person seeks to purify spiritually Communion, to take the sacrament. People celebrated this day the custom of purification by water – swimming in the hole, river, lake. The same day, colored eggs for the Easter table. Egg in the worldview of ancient peoples long before Christmas Christ symbolized the universe. Plutarch glorified egg, considering it the creator of all nature.

In Christianity, the egg has taken on new importance. The custom of painting eggs is associated with Mary Magdalene, who, after learning of the Resurrection Jesus Christ, came to the Emperor Tiberius, and gave him an egg with a cry of "Christ is Risen!". The Emperor questioned this: – In the same way it's hard to believe in what it can become a white egg with red! And in that moment was the egg white scarlet. Red egg – the symbol of the Resurrection, a symbol of Easter. As the egg a new life and the world was born again through Christ's resurrection.

The red color signifies the joy of resurrection, rebirth of the human race, but this color shed on the cross, the blood of Christ, which atoned for the sins of the world. The whole evening Holy Thursday and Good Friday in the homes of Orthodox Christians baked cakes and made Easter, and then blessed them. All the people solemnly prepared the Holy Day. Many good practices have been confined to it. It was believed that good deeds perpetrated in favor of others, especially the underprivileged lot, help to remove the soul from sin. And, of course, Orthodox Christians have always podzdravlyayut friend another on this bright day and be sure to buy a gift for Easter and give a close. Thus, in Russia at Easter was made to collect money for the purchase of debtors from prison. Poor people have bought birders birds to let a defenseless creature into the wild.