Easter eggs (35 photos)

17 April 2012

Today, April 15, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Easter, the main Christian holiday, which is celebrated in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On this day, believers give each other colored eggs as a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ.

1. Hand-painted Easter eggs are sold at a fair in the center of Sofia, Bulgaria. (Oleg Popov / Reuters)

2. Traditional hand-painted Easter eggs are put up for sale at a fair in the center of Sofia. (Oleg Popov / Reuters)

3. Chocolate Easter egg made in Antwerp, Belgium. (© Thierry Roger / Reuters)

4. An amazing chocolate egg decorated with a whole composition. (© Thierry Roger / Reuters)

5. This masterpiece of pastry art was created by a Belgian pastry chef named Dominique Persoon. (© Thierry Roger / Reuters)

6. Easter eggs from Belgian confectioner Dominique Persoon are made from the best varieties of chocolate and decorated with funny faces. (© Thierry Roger / Reuters)

7. Josef Kospek displays Easter eggs decorated with miniature metal horseshoes in accordance with a long-standing Hungarian tradition. The photo was taken in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. (© Laszlo Balogh / Reuters)

8. These tiny horseshoes are believed to bring good luck. (© Laszlo Balogh / Reuters)

9. A giant chocolate Easter egg created by Belgian confectioners.

10. The same egg, close-up.

11. Josef Kospek decorates the egg with miniature metal horseshoes. The photo was taken a week before Easter in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. (© Laszlo Balogh / Reuters)

12. A chimpanzee inspects an Easter egg in its enclosure at the Buenos Aires Zoo. (© Enrique Marcarian / Reuters)

13. Children color Easter eggs in Tbilisi, Georgia. (© David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters)

14. A woman paints eggs with beeswax in Adlesici, Slovenia. (© Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters)

15. Painted Easter eggs hang on a tree in Adlesici, Slovenia. (© Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters)

16. Painted Easter eggs intended to decorate trees.. (© Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters)

17. Passers-by look at a spherical sculpture made up of Easter eggs near the Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv. (© Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters)

18. A spherical sculpture made up of Easter eggs, near the Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv. (© Konstantin Chernichkin / Reuters)

19. Little Christians from Lebanon demonstrate the krashankas they received in connection with the celebration of Easter after the Easter service in the Church of St. George. © Jamal Saidi / Reuters

20. A girl in St. Petersburg walks past a huge Easter egg painted by local artists. (© Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters)

21. A Serb from Kosovo peels an Easter egg during an Orthodox Easter service at a Serbian church in Mitrovica. © Hazir Reka / Reuters

22. A woman paints a huge Easter egg on Old Town Square in Prague. (© David W Cerny/Reuters)

23. Painted eggs are sold at the Easter market in the city of Innsbruck in western Austria. (© Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters)

26. At the Easter fair in Bad Tölz, Easter eggs are presented, painted by both professional artists and just amateurs. (© Michael Dalder/Reuters)

30. Painted eggs, traditionally used to decorate the holiday table, are sold at the Easter market in Vienna, Austria. (© Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters)

32. Easter eggs turned into ladybugs are sold at the traditional Easter fair, opened on the eve of the Resurrection of Christ in Vienna. (© Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters)

33. These Easter eggs, sold at the traditional Easter fair in Vienna ahead of the Resurrection of Christ, can be used as home decorations. (© Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters)