Re: Slava (was: Re: .com/religion) (fwd)

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Padraic Brown wrote:

> Thanks for explaining it!
>
> Now, what is IS-HS NI-KA? I understand nika to mean "overcomes"
> or similar. I've usually seen IC-KC NI-KA (Greek).
That's what it means...IS-HS = Isus Hristos

>
> Padraic.
>
> Thou wrote:
>
> > Well, here's a little brief thing...if you want to ask any more specific
> > things email me offlist.
> >
> > Every family has a patron saint, and this saint's feast day is the
> > family's Slava. AFAIK the Slava only exists in the Serbian Orthodox Church
> > (ie. I don't think it exists in the Russian or Greek Orthodox church).
> >
> > We make a woven bread thing, it's like a sweet leavend bread but made with
> > holy water, and then it's blessed at the church and you take it home with
> > a burning yellow candle, and it has on it four stamps IS-HS NI-KA. There's
> > a koljivo, which is like a porridge made with wheat and raisins and
> > vanilla. Then also you have to have wine, and oil for the flameholder that
> > you hang in front of the icon. You make the bread thing first, then go to
> > the Church where it gets blessed, then you go home and all the big family
> > is there and we break the woven bread thing and everybody eats a little of
> > that and a little koljivo and whatnot, and if someone comes over they eat
> > some too.
> >
> > ----ferko
>

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