The Feast of the Resurrection is the greatest Christian feast. On this day our Lord  Jesus Christ Resurrected from the dead, he conquered death and granted all people from Adam and Eve eternal life. The feast of the Resurrection is a moveable feast and is celebrated after the Jewish Passover, in the first week after the full moon which occurs on the day of the Spring equinox, or immediately after it, but never before it.The earliest it can fall is 4th April, but the latest it can fall is 8th May (according to the Gregorian Calendar).

For the feast of the Resurrection there are rich and beautiful customs. In the entire Christian world, there is the custom of Easter eggs. The colouring of Easter eggs is done in commemoration of the visit which Mary of Magdalene made to the Roman emperor Tiberius. She gave him a red coloured egg and greeted the emperor with these words “Christ is Risen!” The red colour symbolises the blood of Jesus Christ which was spilt on the cross on Golgotha for the salvation of humanity.The egg symbolises the regeneration of nature and of life. The act of giving an Easter egg, expresses joy and happiness to those who offer it and also to those who receive an Easter egg on the feast of the Resurrection, with the historic greeting: Christ is Risen!

From the feast of the Resurrection to the feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, (forty days) orthodox Christians greet each other with these words: Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!