Cherub: Cherubs can represent innocence, virtue, and purity and are commonly seen on children's headstones. Crown: The crown is a Christian symbol of the soul's ascension into heaven.

BARABOO -- While contemporary Easter arrives in a commercial flood of colorful plastic eggs, marshmallow chicks, and chocolate bunnies, these symbols have meanings that tie us to our heritage from ...

The colorful Easter eggs you might decorate with your family are actually symbols of new life and rebirth. Ancient Christian communities in Mesopotamia would stain eggs red to represent the blood ...

Globally they represent rebirth or good fortune, but at one time in the Middle East they were considered to be aphrodisiacs. I’m not sure why because they’re toxic and you shouldn’t eat them.