/View.info/ Easter eggs are painted on Maundy Thursday or on Maundy Saturday before the holiday.
The first egg should be painted red. With it, the sign of the cross is made on the foreheads of the children, and then on all the rest of the family. It is put aside from the others and replaced with last year’s, which all along stayed in the house – to bring health, joy and happiness to its inhabitants. The egg is kept somewhere in a display case so that it does not break and brings good luck. The next egg is also red – it is left in the church on Saturday evening, after the festive liturgy, which continues after midnight, or the next day.
On Maundy Thursday, the leaven is renewed and the dough for the Easter bread is kneaded. They bear the most diverse names in Bulgaria: Easter kravai, god’s pita, koshara, threshing machine, kvasnik, eggnog, plenitsa or doll. They are usually decorated with an odd number of red or white eggs and dough twisted around them. Women also prepare smaller Easter breads with a red egg in the middle, which are given to the first guest, the best men, and relatives.
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