Culture of Italy Verona, whilst panettone is milanese), however, they have also become popular desserts in other parts of Italy and abroad. The Colomba Pasquale is eaten all over the country on Easter day, and is a more traditional alternative to chocolate easter eggs. Tiramisu is a very popular and iconic Italian dessert from Veneto which has become famous worldwide. Other Italian cakes and sweets include cannoli, the cassata siciliana, fruit-shaped marzipans and panna cotta. Coffee, and more specifically espresso, has become highly important to the cuisine of Italy. Cappuccino is also a famous Italian coffee drink, which is usually sweeter and less
Easter Fire candle is lit, the community ceremoniously enters the dark church chanting "Lumen Christi" and "Deo gratias". The present-day rite normally follows the 1955 liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII and the "Summorum Pontificum" of 2007. While the Old Catholic rite deviates only in a few points, traditional Protestant (Lutheran) celebrations excluded fire blessings. According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the Holy Fire, worshippers light candles from the Paschal trikirion during service at Saturday Midnight, while the troparion is sung. On Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday, in rare occasions also on Easter Monday, large fires are lit at dusk in