Orthodox believers celebrate Easter

Orthodox believers around the world today celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ to Easter Mass, three days after his death on the cross. The Passover is one of the largest Orthodox celebrations.

Easter celebrations begin with Saturday night's large mass and end with traditional Sunday lunch. “Christ revived”, is “rephrenic” of this festive day, which is unanimously expressed by all believers by knocking on the red Easter egg that symbolizes the blood of Christ.

The Orthodox Passover festival is also accompanied by sweet bread, holy flame, and lamb.

Eggs are a symbol of life as the red color symbolizes the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which is closed and sleepy within its shell, while the red color of the eggs symbolizes the sacrifice and, in concrete case, Christ's sacrifice of victory, joy, and life.

The rest of the Orthodox Passover tradition is the Passover bread, where the red egg is placed in the middle, which, being sweet, expresses the sense of sweetness and happiness that contains the words of God and the prayers of believers.

Usually in Orthodox tradition, eggs are painted Thursday before Easter and consumed on Sunday or the following days. /Kosovo pres/