koliva
Sign in to saveKoliva, also spelled, depending on the language, kollyva, kollyba, kolyvo, or colivă, is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead.
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- Food.name
- Koliva
- Food.image
- Koljivo from wheat.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 300px
- Food.caption
- Koliva from wheat seeds with raisins
- Food.alternate_name
- Kollyva, Colivă, Funeral Cake
- Food.type
- Ritual food
- Food.main_ingredient
- Wheat kernels, honey or sugar
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- Koljivo from wheat.jpg
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Recipe
- History
- Occasions of use
- St Theodore Saturday
- Memorial services
- Funerals
- Commemoration of saints
- See also
- Notes
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Koliva, also spelled, depending on the language, kollyva, kollyba, kolyvo, or colivă, is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Koliva is blessed during funerals, as well as during the memorial service (mnemosyno) that is performed at various intervals after a person's death and on special occasions, such as the Saturday of Souls (). It may also be used on first Friday of the Great Lent, at Slavas, or at mnemosyna in the Christmas meal. In some countries, though not in Greece (and Cyprus), it is consumed on nonreligious occasions as well.