From Pagan ritual, to Easter tradition, the Orthodoxy story of Easter Eggs

IPSWICH CHRONICLE
By Beverly Perna

Pysanky Easter Eggs

MASSACHUSETTS - Unlike the familiar dyed Easter eggs, these are strictly to look at and appreciate as religious, art, and cultural artifacts. Eggs decorated with a lot of black and detailed designs are indicative of a long life and thus a longer story. The Orthodox Church of St. John the Russian, 16 Mt. Pleasant St., will offer Pysanky Easter egg decorating classes for adults on Wednesday, March 28. Xenia Schneider, wife of priest Spyridon Schneider, said that the eggs were originally part of the pagan spring traditions, but with the advent of Christianity became a symbol of the resurrection. [link]