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What is the connection between Easter and eggs
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• It was believed that in Eastern Christianity that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ.
• The egg in Christianity is a symbolic of the grave and life renewed or resurrected by breaking out of it. The egg itself is a symbol of resurrection.
• For Orthodox Christians, the Easter egg is much more than a celebration of the ending of the fast, it is a declaration of the Resurrection of Jesus.
• Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ—the cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead.
• Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the Paschal Vigil, and distributed to the faithful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg
• The egg in Christianity is a symbolic of the grave and life renewed or resurrected by breaking out of it. The egg itself is a symbol of resurrection.
• For Orthodox Christians, the Easter egg is much more than a celebration of the ending of the fast, it is a declaration of the Resurrection of Jesus.
• Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ—the cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead.
• Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the Paschal Vigil, and distributed to the faithful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg
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