Christians celebrate Easter holidays each year all over the world. This festivity goes out back to the origin of Christianity and represents the novel life and Renaissance of Jesus Christ. This resurrection took place exactly three days after he was crucified and is still largely celebrated every year. When talking about Easter symbols, there are several that are linked with Easter. What actually do these Easter symbol mean? Let’s explore more in to it.

As you may probably recognise the most frequently used symbolization is eggs and rabbits. By now, they have become globalized symbols recognized and acknowledged by non-christians too. Eggs symbolizes Renaissance. Eggs in essence are known to symbolize the tomb from which Jesus Christ emerged. The hatching of the chick symbolizes a newborn life.

So why are rabbits a part of easter symbols? According to ancient scriptures, the hare is symbolic of fertility, Renaissance and a novel life.

The cross that is widely known of course is symbolization that shows the crucifixion and its cruelty. Today, Christians in general see it as a symbolization of bravery and salvation.

The lilies represent and symbolize the purity of Jesus Christ and are one of the Easter symbols that people will never forget. It is known in folklore that when Jesus Christ visited a certain place all flowers and animals but lilies bowed down on him. The lilies did not do so due to being excessively proud however on the crucifixion they bent their heads out of respect and remained that way forever more from then onwards

As per the butterfly, it is symbolic of uniqueness in life. Many people also believe that it represents Jesus’s life symbolically to show the type of life he lived on earth as does the caterpillar. The second stage, which has the cocoon, represents the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his burial. The resurrection of Jesus is symbolized by the emergence of a lovely butterfly from its cocoon.

One of the Easter symbols that we don t see Today is the Easter water. In the past, our antecedents accepted this water from the church on Easter Sunday. This water was then used to bless the homes and also some drank it to cure diseases. With time, this has modified and Today many of us don t recognise about the truth behind this.