This year, Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on May 5. The Easter holiday symbolizes the victory of life over death and holiness over sin – Christ won victory over death and atoned for human sins. There are many traditions and legends surrounding the biggest Christian holiday. Let’s talk about some of them.
The first Easter eggs appeared thousands of years ago
The tradition of exchanging decorated eggs existed in ancient Egypt and Persia. Our ancestors, the Slavs, also created Easter eggs and Easter eggs and baked Easter eggs even in pagan times. Then Easter was a festival of fertility.
In the Christian tradition, it is believed that when Mary Magdalene came to the Roman emperor Tiberius to announce that Jesus had risen, he did not believe. The ruler said that it was impossible, just as an egg in his hand could not turn red. At this moment, the egg really turned red.
The longest holiday
The Easter fast lasts 40 days. The Easter celebration itself also continues for 40 days – from the Bright Feast of Christ’s Resurrection to the day of the Lord’s Ascension to heaven. It is the longest Christian holiday.
The biggest Easter egg
The largest Easter egg on the planet is 13 meters long. Every willing Ukrainian can see it – this pysanka is installed near the only museum of pysanka in the world in the city of Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivsk region)
The most famous Easter egg
The most recognizable is the Vegreville Easter egg in Canada. The attraction has such a name because it is located in the city of Vegreville. This Easter egg, 9 meters long, was built in 1975. It is a kind of weather vane – it rotates depending on the direction of the wind.
The oldest paska
The oldest paska known today is kept in London. Holiday baking is more than 200 years old. Baker William Skinner baked this pastry in 1821. The holiday bread still smells and hasn’t become moldy.
7 tons of chocolate
In the Western Christian tradition, it is customary to give chocolate eggs. The largest such egg was prepared in Italy in 2011. The 10.39-meter-tall chocolate egg weighed 7,200 kilograms.
The biggest Ukrainian Easter
The record-breaking paska was prepared in 2013 in the city of Khartsyzk (Donetsk region). It weighed 2.9 tons. 1.5 tons of flour and 7.5 thousand eggs were needed to prepare a huge paska.
The editors of the “FAKT” news agency wish their readers and all Ukrainians a happy Easter! We wish everyone to celebrate this bright day surrounded by loved ones! We believe that good will overcome evil and soon peace will reign on our land, all Ukrainians will return to their homes and, just like before the war, they will be able to come to the local church with Easter baskets before dawn, be baptized with neighbors and talk in the family circle. Christ is Risen!
