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Orthodox Easter (Pascha)

Eggs dyed deep red, cracked one against another, and a midnight church filled with the light of hundreds of candles.

Bulgarian orthodox Easter Eggs.
Photo: Ikonact, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Orthodox Easter (Pascha)

For Orthodox Christians Pascha is the greatest feast of the year. On Holy Thursday eggs are boiled and dyed a deep red. The red is the blood of Christ and the egg is the sealed tomb, and cracking it open stands for the resurrection. At the Easter meal each person knocks an egg against a neighbour's, and the one whose egg stays whole has luck for the year. At midnight on Saturday the church is dark until the priest brings out a single flame, which passes from candle to candle until the whole crowd is lit. The clergy change into bright vestments, white in Greek use and often red in Russian. In Ukraine and Romania eggs are also decorated in many colours.

#B0171FPaschal redDyed eggs: the blood of Christ and new life.
#F3C64ACandle goldThe flame passed through the dark church.
#FDFCF6Vestment whiteBright robes of the resurrection.
#151826MidnightThe dark church before the flame.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

RedThe Easter egg of the Orthodox world.CrimsonThe deep shade the eggs are dyed.WhitePaschal vestments.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Easter egg" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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