Koliva

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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 (ψυχοσάββατο, Psychosavvato). 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. Across the Christian Arab world, wheat berries are similarly prepared for funeral masses. They are boiled, then dried and topped with powdered sugar and occasionally garnished with almonds and candies as well. It is referred to by different names depending on region such as bleeleh, sleeqah, or rahmeh. Across the Levant...

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