Eggistential

In 325CE the Council of Nicaea established that Easter would be held on the first Sunday after the first full moon occurring on or after the vernal equinox. From that point forward, the Easter date depended on the ecclesiastical approximation of March 21 for the Spring equinox.

The egg is celebrated on Easter as a symbol of new birth and resurrection. Do you know that the coloring of eggs, particularly of red, represented the blood of Christ spilled on Good Friday (Why isn’t it called Bad Friday?), and that the hunting of Easter eggs represents the hunting for the tomb of Christ?

Anyone who can afford eggs and wishes to be creative may have the opportunity today to color and/or decorate an egg or two.  Can anyone come close to competing with the images of eggs that follow:

I leave you with an original limerick. Enjoy!

There once was a man with two legs

Whose kids sat and whined and begged.

He told them to stand, and give him a hand

For today they will hide and eat eggs.

CPW

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