The Eggs. Decorated eggs are an important part of the Orthodox Easter tradition. In Greece, the hard-boiled eggs are dyed a bright red.

Traditionally the eggs are dyed on Holy Thursday in preparation for a feast on Easter Sunday.

Holy Thursday is the time Greek children dye the eggs red to represent the blood of Christ. The hard eggshell symbolizes the sealed tomb of Jesus, and red the ...

7 авг. 2021 г. · In Greece, red Easter eggs are traditionally dyed on Holy Thursday, but they can be done on any day leading up to Easter Sunday. They are the ...

In particular, in the Greek Orthodox Church, it is a hen's egg that has been hard boiled and dyed a particular color of red. What is the theological ...

2 мая 2024 г. · Every year on Holy Thursday, Orthodox Christians boil eggs and then dye them red to symbolise the blood of Jesus Christ.

20 апр. 2022 г. · Women have traditionally colored eggs on Holy Thursday with an onion peel-based colorant. As a result, the eggs acquire a rich red color, ...

17 апр. 2023 г. · Traditionally dyed by women of the household on the Thursday before Easter, the eggs were boiled or painted with dye made from vinegar and onion ...

25 апр. 2019 г. · Traditional Easter foods include Kulich (Easter cake), Paskha (sweet cottage cheese with raisins) and coloured eggs.