Editing Easter egg (section)

===Christian traditions===
While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, among followers of [[Eastern Christianity]] the [[legend]] says that [[Mary Magdalene]] was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned bright red when she saw the risen Christ.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.melkite.org/Lent.htm |title=Traditions of Great Lent and Holy Week |publisher=Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton |access-date=2012-09-24 |archive-date=2012-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122031726/http://www.melkite.org/lent.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A different, but not necessarily conflicting legend concerns Mary Magdalene's efforts to spread the [[Gospel]]. According to this tradition, after the [[Ascension of Jesus]], Mary went to the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with "Christ has risen," whereupon he pointed to an egg on his table and stated, "Christ has no more risen than that egg is red." After making this statement it is said the egg immediately turned blood red.<ref name=Mary>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kBGKYE26y50C&q=egg+turned+red&pg=PA167|title= Leap|publisher= [[Random House Digital, Inc.]]|author= Terry Tempest Williams|quote= After the Ascension, she travelled to Rome and was granted entrance to the court of Tiberius Caesar. At dinner, she told Caesar that Jesus had risen from the dead. He did not understand. To explain, Mary Magdalene picked up an egg from the table. Caesar responded by saying that a human being could no more rise from the dead than the egg in her hand turn red. The egg turned red.|date= September 18, 2001|isbn= 9780679752578|access-date= 7 April 2012|archive-date= 9 April 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230409152425/https://books.google.com/books?id=kBGKYE26y50C&q=egg+turned+red&pg=PA167|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Newall |first1=Venetia |title=An egg at Easter: a folklore study |date=1971 |page=216 |publisher=Routledge & K. Paul |isbn=9780710068453 |url=https://archive.org/details/eggateasterfolkl00newa/page/216|quote=In Russian tradition an egg, which she held in her hand, turned red, as a proof of the Resurrection. }}</ref>

Red Easter eggs, known as {{Transliteration|el|kokkina avga}} ({{Lang|el|κόκκινα αυγά}}) in Greece and ''krashanki'' in [[Ukraine]], are an [[Easter]] tradition and a distinct type of Easter egg prepared by various [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|Orthodox Christian]] peoples.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/orthodixie/2006/04/red-eggs-at-pascha-easter.html Red eggs at Pascha Easter]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405112224/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/orthodixie/2006/04/red-eggs-at-pascha-easter.html|date=2018-04-05}} he Most Useful KNOWLEDGE for the Orthodox Russian-American Young People,” compiled by the Very Rev’d Peter G. Kohanik, 1932-1934.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stdgocunion.org/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221072635/http://www.stdgocunion.org/easteregg.html|url-status=dead|title=Easter EGG|archivedate=21 December 2014|website=stdgocunion.org|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://greekfood.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/easter.htm|title=Your Guide to the Food and Traditions of Greek Orthodox Easter|access-date=2014-12-10|archive-date=2016-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013053357/http://greekfood.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/easter.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/questions/liturgicalyear/red-easter-eggs|title=Red Easter Eggs - Questions & Answers|website=www.oca.org|accessdate=18 December 2022|archive-date=18 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218102233/https://www.oca.org/questions/liturgicalyear/red-easter-eggs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Graham |first1=Stephen |title=With the Russian pilgrims to Jerusalem |date=1905 |page=245 |publisher=T. Nelson |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435064816259&view=1up&seq=249 |access-date=2021-04-09 |archive-date=2021-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514024254/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435064816259&view=1up&seq=249 |url-status=live }}</ref> The red eggs are part of [[Easter custom]] in many areas and often accompany other traditional [[Easter food]]s. [[Passover]] [[haminados]] are prepared with similar methods.
Dark red eggs are a tradition in Greece and represent the blood of [[Christ]] shed on the cross.<ref>[http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekcookingtips/ht/redeggs.htm Red eggs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213102043/https://www.thespruceeats.com/dye-red-eggs-greek-easter-1705690 |date=2021-02-13 }} About.com</ref> The practice dates to the early Christian church in [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name=History/><ref name=Itihaas/>
In Greece, superstitions of the past included the custom of placing the first-dyed red egg at the home's [[iconostasis]] (place where icons are displayed) to ward off evil. The heads and backs of small lambs were also marked with the red dye to protect them.