From: M G
Message: 2332
Date: 2000-05-04
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From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller <waluk@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: mercoledì, 03 maggio, 2000 7.38
Subject: Re: [cybalist] May 01, 2000 11:39 PM
> How do you figure that XB refers to Christ has risen? Is it a reference
> in some ancient language?
X is obviously the greek X or chi, initial of Christ
> Our family has a traditional Easter ritual with the colored eggs
> where we search for the champion egg by knocking one pointed egg-end
> against another. The person whose egg remains in tact, wins. Have you
> ever heard of that?
It is a kind of national past time at Easter here in Romania both among
Ortodoxes and Catholics.
I believe the same tradition exists also in all other Ortodox countries.
Salve
Marcus Prometheus Italian living in Romania