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Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter 

https://observer.ug/news/headlines/60544-orthodox-christians-celebrate-easter 

 

April 28, 2019 

 

Written by URN

 

 Hundreds of Orthodox Christians on Sunday flocked St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, Namungoona, in Rubaga Division to mark Easter.
The different celebration dates arise from the use of the Julian calendar by the Orthodox instead of the Gregorian calendar used by the other Christians who marked their Easter celebrations last Sunday.

The holy liturgy was presided over by the Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Kampala and Uganda, HE Archbishop Jonah Lwanga. The service was attended by MPs Theodore Ssekikubo representing Lwemiyaga County and Silvia Akello, the Otuke Woman representative.

In his Easter message, Lwanga asked the Orthodox Christians to deepen their faith in God reminding them about the will of God and not to merely celebrate the resurrection. 

 

 

 

The archbishop who recently prophesied about the ruling party, National Resistance Movement (NRM) government upcoming collapse because of the injustices, today stayed clear of politics in his Easter message and appealed for peace and love for one another although talking to the media later, Lwanga said Ugandans should be stay optimistic because "very soon there will be a new beginning."

Lwanga later delivered the message from the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II in which he appealed for love among the Orthodox Christians in Uganda.He encouraged them to continue having faith in Jesus Christ’s resurrection and also exercise patience and endurance as well as care for the poor and all those in need.

“At the same time, this faith encourages us to love and be besides those who are suffering, respect and care for those who are afflicted, expressing in the most essential manner a worship of Christ who has resurrected for our salvation. Even more so, does our comprehension of the souls of our neighbours and the care of their relief, manifest our faith in the resurrection and our practical love,” read part of Pope Theodoros Easter message to the Orthodox Christians.

 

The tradition of Easter eggs in the Orthodox Church

https://eu.greekreporter.com/2010/04/01/the-tradition-of-easter-eggs-in-the-orthodox-church/ 

 

By

A. Makris

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Apr 1, 2010

For Orthodox Christians, the Easter egg is much more than a celebration of the end of fasting — is a declaration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ for the faithful. Traditionally, Easter eggs are dyed throughtout the Orthodox Christian world on Easter Thursday and are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, while the hard shell of the egg symbolises the sealed tomb, whose cracking of which symbolises the resurrection.

Easter eggs are specially decorated to celebrate the Easter holiday along with the arrival of spring. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs.

Many eastern Europeans, including Bulgarians (pisano), Croats (pisanica), Czechs (kraslice), Poles (pisanka), Serbs (pisanica), Slovaks (kraslica), Slovenes (pisanica or pirh), and Ukrainians (pysanka) decorate eggs for Easter. Many of the names derive from the Slavic root “pisa” which is related to “writing”. In the eastern European tradition, the egg (similar to icons) is written, not drawn or painted.

Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Poland and other east European countries’ folk traditions. A batik (wax resist) process is used to create intricate, brilliantly-colored eggs, the best-known of which is the Ukrainian pysanka.
Pisanica is a decorated Croatian Easter egg that comes from an old Slavic custom dating back to pagan times.

 

During Easter, eggs would be painted with bright colors, and would be given as gifts, especially to young children or a significant other. Before paint became common, villagers used whatever resources they had available around them to make the dyes and paints themselves. The most common color for eggs was red, due to the abundance of red beets and other vegetables.

In the Međmurje area, soot would often be mixed with oak to make a dark brown color. Green plants would be used for green dye. The word pisanica is derived from the Croatian word that means “writing”. The most common phrase put on pisanicas is Happy Easter, or “Sretan Uskrs”.
Other common decorations are doves, crosses, flowers, traditional designs, and other slogans wishing health and happiness.

Polish pisanka (plural pisanki) is a common name for an egg (usually that of a chicken, although goose or duck eggs are also used) ornamented using various techniques. Believed to have originated as a pagan tradition, pisanki were absorbed by Christianity to become the traditional Easter egg. Pisanki now symbolise the revival of nature and the hope that Christians gain from faith in the resurrection of Christ.
(source: ana-mpa)