Easter Lilies

Have you ever wondered how lilies came to be associated with Easter? If so, you can learn the Christian history, meaning and symbolism of Easter lilies here!

Lilies are often used in the Bible as symbols of beauty:

“Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens” (Song of Solomon 2:2).

“I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots” (Hosea 14:5).

“Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these” (Luke 12:27).

Since lilies grow from a bulb that is buried and then blooms into life, it is a beautiful representation of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Furthermore, the trumpet shaped blooms of lilies have been likened to the trumpets of angels that herald significant events. Lilies announce not only the arrival of spring, but the greatest event in Christian history — the resurrection of Christ!

Though most of the lilies native to the U.S. do not bloom until early summer, the Bermuda lily, or white trumpet lily, which blooms naturally in the spring, was imported to America in the late 1800s. It’s popularity grew quickly, and it soon established itself as the symbolic flower of Easter in the U.S.

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