Holy Resurrection Sunday was celebrated at the RUSSIA EXPO

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The main event of the Holy Easter Day was the Easter concert of the Patriarchal Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior under the direction of Ilya Tolkachev “Hymns of Holy Easter” held in the concert hall of Pavilion No. 75.

"Today is certainly a special day for us. The Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is the acting choir that sang all night today in the Easter service. You hear it every time you watch the broadcasts from the Temple. And now on Easter Day we have come specially to the Exposition to share this joy with the people who have come here today. We will evangelize on the Sunday of Christ," said theologian, historian, teacher of the Sunday school of the CCS, the host of the concert program Sergei Tsybulsky.

Works by authors of the XVIII-XX centuries and such famous composers as Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pyotr Tchaikovsky were performed as part of the Easter concert. 

The liturgical singing tradition of the Patriarchal Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior dates back many centuries. The very first musical act was performed at the divine service on May 26 (June 7), 1883, when the solemn consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior took place. Today the Patriarchal Choir is the brightest representative of all modern Orthodox music. The Choir has an audience of many millions thanks to the services that are broadcast on television. In addition, the Orthodox group is engaged in active concert and educational activities both in Russia and abroad.

A rich program has been prepared for the Exposition guests on the festive day. In the Department Store zone of the “Regions of Russia” Pavilion an Easter Fair was held throughout the day, where visitors were offered to buy carved icons, elegant tablecloths, souvenir ceramic eggs, delicious kulichi (Easter cakes) and Easter gingerbread, painted matryoshka dolls and toys, designer scarves and kitchen sets, which will give the holiday a unique touch of warmth and heartiness.

On Easter Day, Department Store not only presented a new line of goods - that day the master of ArtMatreshka48 brand Irina Sinyukova from Lipetsk region held a masterclass on painting Easter chickens and angels in the Lipetsk style.

In addition, in the Department Store guests were able to get into the atmosphere of the bright holiday together with the Moscow student choir, which presented a musical and poetic program for mental health and cultural development, based on the works of poets and classics of the silver age. 

All Russia celebrates Easter Sunday. Regional stands have decorated their expositions in Easter style and are holding many festive events. The stand of the Kemerovo region-Kuzbass hosted a masterclass on making an Easter card and painting eggs.

North Ossetia-Alania, the only Orthodox region in the Caucasus, organized its masterclass on painting wooden eggs for interior decoration. The Moscow region also demonstrated its mastery of painting wooden egg-shaped blanks. Each piece received its own unique author's style. All guests of the stand of the Moscow region were able not only to take part in the masterclass, but also to take the resulting products with them.

In addition, the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "My Family" from the Yaroslavl region invited visitors to a masterclass on painting Easter souvenirs from wood. The program of workshops was brightened up by the performances of young Yaroslavl residents with folk and spiritual dance program.

Also today, Russian regions treated their guests to Easter traditional tastes at a feast in the "House of Russian Cuisine". All day long at the Murmansk region's “Arctic Moon” corner, visitors were welcomed by the traditional Easter game “Bitki” - a competition to break painted eggs. Meanwhile, the chefs and pastry chef of the regional corner taught how to make kulich “From the Arctic” with dried cranberries, reindeer moss and lingonberries. At the Easter gastronomic performance "From Kamchatka to the Arctic" in the "House of Russian Cuisine", the Murmansk region was joined by chefs from the Kamchatka and Altai regions, the Republics of Sakha (Yakutia) and Karelia, who held masterclasses on how to prepare an unusual Easter cakes with local flavor: Easter cake with dried lingonberries and pine cone, cottage cheese and creamy custard Easter cake with pine nuts and dried cherries and other interesting recipes.

In the evening, a musical performance “Moscow Spiritual” will be held for the guests of Pavilion No. 75. In Hall A in the space of the city of Moscow, visitors will hear a program of heartfelt songs for a festive evening on Easter Sunday from the leading creative team of Moscow - Orpheus Academic Vocal Studio.