cool! i don’t have that much exposure to orthodox traditions. it reads like in orthodoxy the fertility symbol of the egg was recontextualized to represent Jesus tomb with the shell representing marble. the pictures are interesting, too. at first when you mentioned orthodoxy i imagined elaborate designs, but no. they’re a deep dark red. i suggest others look them up because it’s interesting seeing the differences in traditions.
in catholic and protestant descended easter egg traditions the most common colors for the eggs to be are blue, yellow, pink, purple, and green. these are springtime colors and in pagan traditions represented the potential for new life. the fact that we still do things like easter egg hunts and have a mystical magical bunny that brings children candy is a result of that the catholic church learned early on that if you strip pagans of their favorite traditions at first contact they get violent and angry because giving candy to children is fun and nice
You’re right, essentially all so called Christian holidays and traditions are just rebranded older traditions from other religions. People were far more amenable to converting to or at least tolerating Christianity if they could continue their existing holidays and traditions largely unchanged, so Christian churches came up with various explanations for why those holidays were now Christian. It’s why for instance Christmas is in December suspiciously close to the winter solstice despite all evidence pointing to Jesus being born at a different time of the year. Sometimes they don’t even bother with trying to pretend like with Christmas trees and the Easter bunny (also the name Easter).
Bunny is not Easter tradition. I don’t know what is it. Eggs are. At least in Ortodox Christianity, don’t know in other versions.
cool! i don’t have that much exposure to orthodox traditions. it reads like in orthodoxy the fertility symbol of the egg was recontextualized to represent Jesus tomb with the shell representing marble. the pictures are interesting, too. at first when you mentioned orthodoxy i imagined elaborate designs, but no. they’re a deep dark red. i suggest others look them up because it’s interesting seeing the differences in traditions.
in catholic and protestant descended easter egg traditions the most common colors for the eggs to be are blue, yellow, pink, purple, and green. these are springtime colors and in pagan traditions represented the potential for new life. the fact that we still do things like easter egg hunts and have a mystical magical bunny that brings children candy is a result of that the catholic church learned early on that if you strip pagans of their favorite traditions at first contact they get violent and angry because giving candy to children is fun and nice
You’re right, essentially all so called Christian holidays and traditions are just rebranded older traditions from other religions. People were far more amenable to converting to or at least tolerating Christianity if they could continue their existing holidays and traditions largely unchanged, so Christian churches came up with various explanations for why those holidays were now Christian. It’s why for instance Christmas is in December suspiciously close to the winter solstice despite all evidence pointing to Jesus being born at a different time of the year. Sometimes they don’t even bother with trying to pretend like with Christmas trees and the Easter bunny (also the name Easter).
In the US, which this story is about, the Easter Bunny is as traditional as Santa Claus