Easter tradition as seen in Orthodox Christianity

Good morning lovely readers of the Goddess Blog and welcome to another post by yours truly, today’s post is going to be a bit different from the usual stuff that the Goddess is writing about - and it is because Easter is right around the corner for us Orthodox Christians, so today I will be sharing a very interesting and peculiar tradition that we Orthodox Christians have when Easter is coming up! Be sure to read up today’s post and as always, be sure to drop in some lovely coffees for your lovely Goddess if you enjoy the content! :)

Today I wanted to talk a bit about the Easter tradition that we have in the Orthodox world - as told by my mom 😄😄

The traditional red, hard-boiled egg is the most prominent symbol of Orthodox Easter.
Orthodox Christians will spend Thursday dying dozens of eggs and decorating them different colours and designs.

However, it must be noted that the first three eggs should be dyed red before dawn on Holy Thursday. It is said that these three eggs will not go rotten for years to come if they are dyed before the sun rises.

The first egg is dedicated to God, the second is dedicated to the head of the house and the third egg is for good luck. The first egg is said to be magical, and is therefore placed next to a religious icon in the house. It is even believed that his egg can cure illnesses.

The egg placed on the icon last year should be buried in the ground before placing the new egg on the icon. However, some people from particular regions from Macedonia and Serbia keep last year's egg until Djurdjevdan and then bury it on this day.

With the first rays of sunlight, the housewife will wake each member of the household by rubbing the first boiled egg on each of their faces.. and just like that, the spirit of Easter will be upon us! 😊

And there you have it guys - a bit of tradition and spirituality before our Easter! :)

I hope you enjoyed the read guys and gals, Goddess is done for the day and I will be seeing you lovely souls tomorrow to kick-start the weekend in the proper way!

xxx