Monday, February 22, 2010

How the Fast of Lent Gave us Easter Eggs

Dear friends,
What say we start a "Christian Did You Know" section? Liz has been surfing and came up with this one.

"Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Jesus, and Simon of Cyrene all appear in legends about eggs turning red.

As the feast of Easter developed in Christian tradition, so did the festival's preparatory period, known as Lent. This involved fasting and later abstinence from certain foods, including eggs."

From Christian History.Net

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