Since the Western Easter is approaching, I thought I would share some of my culture. Russian Orthodox Easter is celebrated much later than Western as Russian Orthodox follows the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian.
Easter to us is more important than even Christmas. We have a lot of traditions, some of which have been adopted by other Christian cultures. The one that stands out to me the most are the Easter Eggs. There are a lot of traditions tied up with
them, some of which you might recognize...such as the egg hunt. There were more reasons for hiding Easter Eggs than just a challenge for children to find them.
During the reign of my more notorious descendants, a jeweler was commissioned to create a gifts for the Tsarina. You will have heard of him.
Peter Carl Fabergé. He created the most beautiful jeweled eggs ever known, and was commissioned every year.
After my homeland went through that quaint little coup, the eggs disappeared. Some never to be found again. I had made it my goal to locate as many as possible.
And kill those that possessed them. There were fifty eggs that were made. Before I arrived here I had obtained only fifteen. My search continues once I return.
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