Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is the Lithuanian dish usually held on what date?
Kūčios Kūčios (] ) or Kūtės (Samogitian Dialect) is the traditional Christmas Eve dinner in Lithuania, held on the twenty fourth of December. The meal is a family occasion which includes many traditions of both pagan and Christian origin. Some traditions are no longer widespread and usually Lithuanians just enjoy dinner with relatives and friends while the main events and festivities are left for Christmas Day.
Katavasia Katavasia is the last troparion of an ode of a canon in Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebrations. Its name is derived from the Greek word "katabasia" for descent, so called because the cantors used to go down from their stalls and unite in the middle of the church to sing them. Sundays and major feast days feature one katavasi following each ode. Katavasia are often seasonal, anticipating the next major feast. For example, the katavasia of Christmas are chanted from November 21 to the feast. On non-festal days katavasia occur after the third, sixth, eighth and ninth odes only.