Easter eggs: what is their meaning?

Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after he was crucified, as described in the New Testament of the Bible. One of the traditions for this date is Easter eggs.

One of the traditions of this date are Easter eggs, the meaning of which is related to fertility, hope and rebirth.

It is the rebirth and resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion.

Easter eggs “rejoice and return to joy”.

The egg represents an empty tomb Jesus and the new rebirth that occurs in the resurrection, as reported in ACI Prensa, a Catholic news agency.

“Eggs from Easter It reminds us that Christ passed from death to life,” says Cristian Sánchez, catechist at the Church of San José in the Antón Valley, Panama America.

“Eggs are hard shells and Jesus also went through, died for us, for our sins and rose again. They resemble that hardness in which one goes from death to life,” he explains.

“This resurrection process is happening, that’s the meaning… The empty tomb of Christ after his resurrection,” he repeats.

Decor

Some paint them in colors to give them a little more dynamism, and in other countries they use ostrich eggs, which are larger, says Sánchez.

Orthodox communities that brought the custom of adornment across the Balkans to Russia, according to the Encyclopedia of World History (WHE).

A few years ago, decorated hard-boiled eggs symbolizing joy, life and fertility were given as gifts, but since most of the attendees were children, it was decided to fill the empty shells with sweets.