Pascha
Encyclopedia
Pascha may refer to:
- EasterEasterEaster is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
, central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year - Paskha (meal)Paskha (meal)Paskha or Pascha is a festal dish made in Eastern Orthodox countries of those foods which are forbidden during the fast of Great Lent. It is made during Holy Week and then brought to church on Great Saturday to be blessed after the Paschal Vigil...
, an Easter dish served in several Slavic countries - Paska (bread)Paska (bread)Paska is an Easter bread eaten in Eastern European countries including Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia. It is also eaten in other countries with immigrant populations from Eastern Europe, including the US, Canada and the UK. Paska is made with butter, eggs, and sugar...
, an Easter bread served in Ukraine - PassoverPassoverPassover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...
, a Latinized spelling of the Hebrew word Pesah - Passover (Christian holiday)Passover (Christian holiday)Christian Passover is a religious observance celebrated by some churches to keep faith with Old Testament teaching. It is often linked to the Christian holiday and festival of Easter. Often, only an abbreviated seder is celebrated to explain the meaning in a time-limited ceremony...
, a holiday celebrated by a small number of Christians - the German spelling of PashaPashaPasha or pascha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors, generals and dignitaries. As an honorary title, Pasha, in one of its various ranks, is equivalent to the British title of Lord, and was also one of the highest titles in...
- Pascha (brothel), a large brothel in Cologne, Germany
- Edmund PaschaEdmund PaschaEdmund Pascha was a preacher, organist and composer. He used pseudonym Claudianus Ostern.- Life :Pascha was born in Kroměříž. His exact date of birth and his first name are unknown. In 1731 he was affiliated as a Franciscan cleric novice in Hlohovec. There he got oblate name Edmund...
(1714–1772), preacher, organist, and composer
See also
- Pasch (surname)Pasch (surname)Pasch is a German surname and may refer to:* Dave Pasch, sports broadcaster* Gustaf Erik Pasch, Swedish inventor* Moritz Pasch , German mathematician...
- Paschal (disambiguation)
- Pascal (disambiguation)
- Emin PashaEmin PashaMehmed Emin Pasha — he was born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer and baptized Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer — was a physician, naturalist, and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the upper Nile...
(German Explorer)