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What to do with blessed eggshells after Easter: three options for proper disposal
16.04.2023 06:50
Easter is the holiday that every Christian honors.
Traditionally, this is a time for baking Easter cakes, painting eggs and having family meals after Lent.
It is customary to bless all festive food in the temple. But what to do with the leftovers after the feast? This question worries many people.
Where to put the consecrated shell
Such products, according to belief, cannot be carelessly thrown into the trash. Believers consider the painted egg a sacred symbol. It is the personification of Christ's suffering, accepted by him on the cross in the name of faith and humanity.
Therefore, even eggshells should not be desecrated and thrown into the trash. Mixing them with general waste is unacceptable. In addition, they were sprinkled with holy water in the church. And although the shell cannot be considered a genuine relic, the remains of eggs must be disposed of in a special way.
How to do it right
Church officials advise using one of three methods.
Residents of private houses can bury the shells in the garden, but it is desirable that the place be impassable.
The best option is to place them under trees or bushes. It is also important that the remains are not desecrated by people or animals (you definitely shouldn't trample on the shells).
Those who don’t have a garden have another option: put the shells in flower pots.
When planting a houseplant, for example, it is crushed and mixed with the substrate. In addition to proper disposal, the shell will also play the role of a useful additive - it will saturate the plant with calcium.
And the third option is burning. The remains can simply be set on fire by throwing them into the fire.
