For Roman Catholics, this holiday is celebrated by a vigil that involves the lighting of a candle along with the recitation of the (*) Exultet.
For this observance in the Czech Republic, men traditionally spank women with a handmade whip called a pomlazka to promote good health. The second century Quartodeciman movement advocated that this holiday should always occur on the fourteenth of a certain month. For Roman Catholics, this holiday is celebrated by a vigil that involves the lighting of a candle along with the recitation of the (*) Exultet. This holiday marks the beginning of the fifty day period before the feast of Pentecost. Preceded by the forty day period of Lent, FTP, identify this Christian holiday that traditionally celebrates the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
For this observance in the Czech Republic, men traditionally spank women with a handmade whip called a pomlazka to promote good health.
{Easter} or {Pascha} [Do not accept "Bunnies, Peeps and Jellybeans day"]