Twelve course dinner : The Soul of the twelve flats is traditionally prepare in many countries ofEurope of the East and the North, in particular of the countries which were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic, like the Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine, as well as in some regions de Russia.
Le meal (Lithuanian: kūčios, Polish: wigilia or wieczerza wigilijna, Ukrainian: cвята вечеря, sviata vetcheria) consists of twelve spot without meat, representing the twelve months of the year.
The tradition of the Last Supper (*) can be traced back to pre-Christian times and in connection with the commemoration of the souls of deceased ancestors.
In some parts of the Poland, a similar tradition of thirteen spot without meat on the eve of Holidays is more practiced.
(*) The Last Supper (term derived from the Latin cena, “evening meal, supper”) is the name given in the Christian religion to the last meal that Jesus Christ took with the twelve apostles on the evening of Maundy Thursday, before Passover. , shortly before his arrest, the day before his crucifixion, and three days before his resurrection. After having celebrated the Passover with them, he instituted the Eucharist — according to three of the four canonical Gospels — saying: “This is my body, this is my blood”.