Is it a 'big deal' to wish Happy Easter in Poland?

Hi, I just wanted to know if it is common in Poland to wish a "Happy Easter" or not? I was talking to my uncles neighbor through Facebook since Wszyscy Swieci but we haven't talked in a month+. As an occasion to start talking to her I was going to wish her a happy Easter. I would really rather she started talking to me though since the last few times we talked they were from me talking to her first. Thanks! :)

Who cares? Everyone is tired of it, every year the same annoying thing Polish do, give it up already, do us all a favour.

I guess it would be OK to wish her happy Easter on Facebook (unless she's an atheist, then it won't make much sense).


No :)


Why don't you do us all a favour and leave Poland, eh? o_O

Tradition is the glue of all good families. Respect your neighbors traditions and they will break their bread with you.

Yea, it's common, it's also the most boring of all holidays.

youtube.com/watch?v=FsqJFIJ5lLs

lol

:)

Exactly. Every year the same annoying things like Pesach, Chanukah, Yom Kippur, and Rosh Hashana. Get rid of it all.

Hahaa, good one :)


I've no idea what any of these things are, they look religious so I don't care either.

Thanks all :) my family is Polish as well but it has been ages since we've moved, hoping I will be able to visit one day soon :D


lol thank you for that XD

I'm pretty sure I have heard many an atheist wish each other Happy Easter where I live. They just say it without thinking.

I am a Catholic but even I get a little tired of the traditional celebration of Easter. I will go to Church on Good Friday and I will go on Easter Sunday but I used to be told I can't do anything that will bring me any remote happiness from Friday till Sunday as I should be reflecting on the sadness. It ended up with me just sitting around the house rather board, hoping for Easter to end [Easter is a pagan name for the Christian holiday by the way].

Lent as well. Jesus had to go 40 days, once. Why do we have to give something up every year? I don't bother now, otherwise it would just be the same stuff, like chocolate or some crap. This year I have given up looking at the KKK site.

It's not about not thinking but about customs and wanting to say something nice to others

Yeah not thinking. I would say following old customs without really understanding why you are is essentially doing something without thinking. You just do it, because people do that, so you act like a sheep, just cause, you might as well and why question the tradition.

I like Christmass not because it's a religious tradition but a cultural one as well. The same is with Easter. I know what lies behind it but I'm an atheist so I don't follow the religious part.

I frankly like them.


:-)

What a question, don't you know Poland is a very religious country with very strong Catholic traditions? I think that much foreigners would know. The answer to your question is big "Yes!"

Merged: HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

Chrystus zmartwychwstał - Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał ! Alleluja!
Христос Воскрес! - Воїстину Воскрес!

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Hope you aren't eating eggs since they're a remnants of the pagan festival which the Christians rebranded :)

Święcone (Easter breakfast) begins with sharing wedges of eggs sprinkled with salt & pepper all blessed at church on Holy Saturday.
Eggs in other form are also consumed at this festive time -- my favorite or hot stuffed eggs in shells, seasoend with salt. pepper and chopped dill. Deeeelicious!

Thanks for the wishes Polonius

Easter is for sure a "big deal" for Poles, although in a more ceremonial, less auspiciously celebretory mode than for Latinos:-)
Poles I've met in Greenpoint especially tend to be rather solemn on Easter Sunday, almost clannishly savoring the festivities for themselves and warily suspicious, particularly of non-Christian outsiders, who may wish to observe aka "intrude" on their most private (and beautiful) celebrations!

My own feeling is that Latinos (Mexicans, Cubans, Spaniards, etc.) try to turn everything into a big show or funfest. But shouldn't there also be a time for solemnity, dignity, meditation and taking stock of oneself? The Poles IMHO strike a balance betweent the two extremes. On Holy Saturday there were not only throngs blessing Easter food and praying at the Lord'sTomb tableaux, but also long queues of penitents waiting to go to confession. That is beautiful!

big deal or not, i congratulate to all who celebrate. Happy Easter to Polish sisters and brothers!

Thanks crow, yeah its a big deal.

i know that :)

Though I may be off topic, My thoughts and prayers are with the Christians of Pakistan murdered for celebrating Easter today 69 dead hundreds injured, again we turn our cheek against those who only have hate in their hearts.

God bless Poland and keep her people safe.

I would say !
Without it Christians could not inherit the Kingdom of God the Father Almighty for eternity.
I would say that it is the BIGGEST DEAL of a life time.

unwillingly edited I'll add :D :D :D


That has nothing to do with what I said, indeed it just reinforces the fact that the Christians lifeted the traditions from earlier so-called 'pagan' religions

All nascent religions to a lesser or greater extent incorporate the practices and customs of their predecessors. That is nothing new. Chrsitiniaty was an imrpovement on Judaeism but also included elements of modified Graeco-Roman customs.

According to our local Polish daily (now weekly paper), Easter is thought to be the most important of the Christian celebrations for Poles, as it symbolizes death (śmierć), resurrection (zmartchwystanie), renewal and, above all, hope (nadziei).