Georgia celebrate Easter

Orthodox Christians, including Georgians, are celebrating Easter today, the most significant feast in the Christian calendar, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter follows a 48-day fasting period known as Lent, which concludes with the Easter Sunday service. According to the Gospel, Jesus Christ was crucified for the salvation of humanity and rose from the dead on the third day, fulfilling his prophecy. His resurrection symbolises victory over death and the reopening of the path to eternal life.

Biblical accounts describe that early on Sunday morning, guards at the tomb experienced an earthquake and witnessed an angel rolling away the stone from the entrance, revealing that Christ had risen.

The holiday is followed by the Bright Week, a period of celebration in the Christian tradition.

A well-known Easter custom is the coloring of eggs in red, symbolising new life and the resurrection. The tradition is linked to Mary Magdalene, who, according to legend, was presented to the emperor and symbolically offered him an egg to announce the resurrection of Christ. Upon hearing this, the emperor laughed and said that believing it would be as difficult as believing that the egg would turn red. Before he could finish speaking, the egg first turned pink and then became red. Mary also told the emperor that the egg is a symbol of life, while the red egg represents the resurrection of the Savior. This became the origin of the tradition of Christians congratulating one another on the Resurrection with red eggs.