Easter Sunday and the Easter Egg

Tomorrow will be Easter Sunday which is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. We will again celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Also, tomorrow will be the celebration of an old tradition, the Easter Egg Hunting.

Here’s a reading from the book of Matthew 28:1-10 about Christ’s resurrection:

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

Now, about the Easter Egg:

Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jellybeans. These eggs are often hidden, usually by the Easter Bunny, for children to find on Easter morning.

It was also said that the Easter egg was originally a pagan symbol. But to Christians, it symbolizes new life.

(pictures from holy-spirit-led-christian.com and wikipedia.org)