Koliva
（重定向自Kollyva）
![](/Images/godic/202501/22/Koljivo_from_wheat1249.jpg")
![A bowl of koliva, with lit candle, as part of a Serbian family feast (slava) in honor of their Patron Saint.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Sveti_Jovan1249.jpg")
![Romanian colivă used in a religious ceremony in a Christian Orthodox church](/Images/godic/202501/22/Coliva_in_biserica_041249.jpg")
![Postcard, undated (ca.1916), showing an Orthodox service with the blessing of koliva.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Orthodoxer_Gottesdienst1250.jpg")
Koliva, kollyva, kollyba or Colivă (Greek: κόλλυβα pronounced [ˈkoliva]; Serbian: кољиво, koljivo(also interchangeably called жито, žito); Romanian: colivă; Bulgarian: коливо, kolivo; Georgian: კოლიო, kolio (also interchangeably called კორკოტი, korkoti and წანდილი, tsandili); Ukrainian: коливо, kolyvo), is boiled wheat which is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Churches.