Eggs also play an important part of Orthodox Easter celebrations—though they differ slightly from country to country. In ...

In Eastern Orthodox Christianity ... Other aspects of the holiday, such as Easter eggs, also derive from Christian traditions. The colorful Easter eggs you might decorate with your family ...

One theory suggests eggs were forbidden during Lent, leading people to paint them until permitted to eat them on Easter to commemorate the end of their fasting. In the Orthodox tradition ...

Egg prices have been impacted by both avian ... This year, Easter and Eastern Orthodox Easter fall on the same date, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. “Easter is a “movable feast ...

In the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic traditions ... and the loser peels and eats theirs. Today’s Easter eggs come in all shades — from neon-dyed plastic eggs to intricately painted pysanky ...