EASTER EGGS

Brightly decorated eggs, Easter egg rolling and Easter egg hunts have become integral to the celebration of Easter to day.

However, the tradition of painting hard boiled eggs during spring time pre-dates Christianity. In many cultures around the world, the egg is a symbol of new life, fertility and rebirth.

Some claim that the Easter egg has pagan roots. Before Christians celebrated the resurrection of Jesus, some argue ancient pagans in Europe observed the spring Equinox as the return of the sun god-a rebirth of light an emergence from the lean winter. Some also point to the venerable Bede, an English monk who wrote the first history of Christianity in England, for evidence of this connection. Bede argued that even the word Easter derived from a pagan fertility goddess named "Eostre" in English and Germanic cultures. Scholars have since noted that there is little to no evidence of such a goddess outside of Bede's writings.

Also, in most other languages the word for Easter- Pascua in spanish and Pasques in French, for instance- derives from the Greek and Latin Pascha or Pasch, for passover.

For Christians, the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Painting Easter eggs is an especially beloved tradition in the Orthodox and Easter Catholic churches where the eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross. The hard shell of the egg represents the sealed Tomb of Christ and cracking the shell represents Jesus' resurrection from the dead.

Below image is how we decorated eggs for celebrating Easter Sunday!!