Editing Easter egg (section)

===Symbolism and related customs===
Some Christians symbolically link the cracking open of Easter eggs with the [[empty tomb]] of Jesus.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/12170383/When-is-Easter-2016-What-are-the-dates-for-Good-Friday-Easter-Sunday-and-Easter-Monday.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224015808/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/12170383/When-is-Easter-2016-What-are-the-dates-for-Good-Friday-Easter-Sunday-and-Easter-Monday.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2016|title=When is Easter 2016? What are the dates for Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday|last=Allen|first=Emily|date=25 December 2016|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|language=en|access-date=26 February 2016|quote=Eggs illustrate new life, just as Jesus began his new life on East Sunday after the miracle of his resurrection. When eggs are cracked open they are said to symbolise an empty tomb.}}</ref>

In the Orthodox churches, Easter eggs are [[blessing|blessed]] by the priest at the end of the [[Paschal Vigil]] (which is equivalent to [[Holy Saturday]]), and distributed to the faithful. The egg is seen by followers of [[Christianity]] as a symbol of [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]]: while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it.<ref name=Meaning/><ref name="Symbolism"/>

Similarly, in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] in [[Poland]], the so-called [[święconka]], i.e. blessing of decorative baskets with a sampling of Easter eggs and other symbolic foods, is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday.

During [[Paschaltide]], in some traditions the Pascal greeting with the Easter egg is even extended to the deceased. On either the second Monday or Tuesday of Pascha, after a [[memorial service (Orthodox)|memorial service]] people bring blessed eggs to the cemetery and bring the joyous [[paschal greeting]], "Christ has risen", to their beloved departed (see [[Radonitza]]).

In [[Greece]], women traditionally dye the eggs with onion skins and vinegar on Thursday (also the day of [[Communion rite|Communion]]). These ceremonial eggs are known as kokkina avga. They also bake [[tsoureki]] for the Easter Sunday feast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dominiquesvillas.co.uk/en/blog/index.cfm/kalo-paska-happy-easter|title=Kalo Paska - Happy Easter|first=Natalie|last=Wagstaff|access-date=2014-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226123024/http://www.dominiquesvillas.co.uk/en/blog/index.cfm/kalo-paska-happy-easter|archive-date=2014-12-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Red Easter eggs are sometimes served along the centerline of tsoureki (braided loaf of bread).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/todays-recipe-from-our-files-greek-easter-bread-tsoueki/article_847cc875-8028-5b32-a1eb-f57c036f0f3e.html|title=Today's Recipe from Our Files: Greek Easter bread, Tsoueki|first=Judy|last=Walker|website=NOLA.com|date=7 April 2014 |accessdate=18 December 2022|archive-date=18 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218102232/https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/todays-recipe-from-our-files-greek-easter-bread-tsoueki/article_847cc875-8028-5b32-a1eb-f57c036f0f3e.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Red and Butter, Martha Stewart magazine</ref>

In [[Egypt]], it is a tradition to decorate boiled eggs during [[Sham el-Nessim]] holiday, which falls every year after the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] [[Easter]].

Coincidentally, every Passover, Jews place a hard-boiled egg on the Passover ceremonial plate, and the celebrants also eat hard-boiled eggs dipped in salt water as part of the ceremony.