Painting eggs and blessing cakes is an Easter tradition that has ancient roots. The Holy Tradition of the Christian Church has preserved a narrative about an event that can be considered the source of the emergence of such a culinary practice.
It is difficult in modern times to imagine Easter without colored eggs. This folk tradition has become so tightly embedded in the life of a Russian person that even people who do not profess Christianity are engaged in such art.
There is a legend that after the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, all his disciples and disciples dispersed throughout the world preaching about the risen Savior. One of the disciples was the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, whom the Church calls the myrrh-bearing wife. She went to the Roman emperor Tiberius to announce the miraculous event of the resurrection of Christ. When the saint arrived at the imperial palace, there was an ordinary egg in her hand.
Mary Magdalene began to preach about the resurrection of Jesus. Tiberius, being a pagan in nature, did not believe her words, but even laughed in response, saying that the resurrection of a person is impossible exactly as well as the fact that an egg cannot suddenly turn red. A miracle happened before the eyes of the emperor - the egg turned red. This had a huge impact on Tiberius. The historian of the first centuries Suetonius wrote that the Roman emperor even wanted to include Christ in the pantheon of pagan gods, but this was prevented by the Roman Senate.
This is how the tradition of coloring eggs for Easter appeared, as a sign of the Christian's faith in the reality of the event of the resurrection of Christ.
