They are very special gifts. If you give someone a pysanka it wishes them love and good health. All the colours and designs used in decorating the eggs have special meaning. Yellow is the colour of light and purity. A star is a symbol of God's love for all people.
Parents pass the technique of making pysanky down to their children.
At Easter, Christians eat all the rich foods such as eggs, butter and cream that they had given up for the forty days of Lent. This day is celebrated as Easter in the Julian calendar. The date of Easter varies from year to year. Easter Sunday is the most joyful celebration in Christianity. It is the day when Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came back to life after being tortured and killed.