Break through the shell of oppression

Apparently the Greeks have been suffering under the tyranny of eggs:

"It [March 25, which is Greek independence day and the day of the Annunciation to Mary] is also remembered as the day the Greeks gained their independence from the Ottoman Empire. So on one hand you have the people shaking off the yolk of Ottoman oppression and also all men freed from the yolk of sin."

-- link via The Right Christians, who were more interested in the story's real focus on other religions' new years.