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What is the significance of the red-dyed eggs at Easter, cracked against each other in a game where the last unbroken egg brings good luck?

Red Easter eggs symbolise the blood of Christ and his resurrection; dyed on Holy Thursday, they are cracked against each other with the greeting 'Christos Anesti' (Christ is Risen), a game symbolising the breaking open of Christ's tomb.

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