Red eggs are an Orthodox tradition dating to apostolic times, Mary Magdalene brought cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus Christ, and that the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she witnessed the risen Christ.
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@uncreated_light
Christ is Risen!
I thought the tradition came about because of St. Mary Magdalene appearing before Emperor Tiberius and an egg appearing red because the emperor had said something.
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@xingtemplars
Yes that’s the second part of it, both are true. The emperor Tiberius didn’t believe in Christ, and said if the miracle is true the eggs would turn red again. And they did.
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@uncreated_light
They dipped eggs in blood for a pagan religion too, related to to Ishtar, easter.
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@uncreated_light
I grew up Orthodox in the US. And I was surprised that none of my Western friends knew this egg cracking game for Easter. I thought that everyone did it. Nope, it's an Eastern Christian thing.
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@uncreated_light
Interesting. I've never heard that version. The way I heard it was that Mary Magdalen had been invited as a dinner guest at the home of Emperor Tiberius.
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@uncreated_light
Whenever pagans tell you that Christian traditions are all rooted in paganism, remember Christ preformed all kinds of miracles. Our traditions, Easter eggs, have other symbology. It’s never what they assign. Follow Christ.
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@uncreated_light
My first ever icon was of Mary Magdalene holding a flask and a red egg. Me and a friend found it with some Orthodox books on a random side on Haight and Ashbury in Ivangrad (SF). This was a year or so before I decided to become Orthodox and helped start a mission.
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@uncreated_light
me when i make up a cover story for my cool red eggs so i can keep giving my cool red eggs
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@uncreated_light
Orthodox looks cool and every now and then u guys do win arguments over the Catholics but then u do this stuff and I’m like “what gospel is this now?”
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@uncreated_light
In ICXB 🤍dear one; they brought Myrrh* THATS HOW THEY BECAME KNOWN AS THE *MYRRH-bearing Women
No Red Eggs Yet….. later at the Dinner as the other posts explain
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