Creating traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs is not for the faint of heart. The process can take two to four hours, even for the simplest eggs, instructor Bernadette Thorwart said Saturday morning in ...

Johanna Kovitz has been decorating raw eggs with drawings - using bee's wax and dyes - for about 35 years. On Palm Sunday, she shared the traditional Ukrainian craft of pysanka during a demonstration ...

POTTSVILLE – As she admired the delicate colors and patterns of the pysanky egg she cradled in her hands, Haidyn Neifert smiled. “I really like it,” the 13-year-old from Schuylkill Haven said. Neifert ...

Let's talk about a beautiful Easter tradition that many Americans may not know about: painting pysanky eggs! This craft is probably unfamiliar to most families, who have their own Easter egg rituals.

Egg decorating is always a fun project for kids, but can be just as much fun for adults. The most familiar is the dyed colored Easter eggs using food coloring or the kits found at the local store.

With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, renewed interest is arising in one of the country's most celebrated Easter traditions. Think you're good at coloring eggs with ...

CHICAGO — Maria Fedachtchin’s fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled in her palm. She’s learning to design ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Folks stopped by the Catlin House on Monroe Avenue to learn how to make eggs, also called Ukrainian Easter eggs. Pysanky is a traditional Ukrainian craft where patterns are written on ...

BRATTLEBORO — In connection with a new exhibition on contemporary Ukrainian folk art, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is offering two workshops in Pysanky, the traditional Ukrainian folk ...

At my uncle’s funeral in 2001, the priest remarked to me during a conversation, “You’re not Russian. You are Ukrainian.” The funeral was held in the small yet ornate Ukrainian Catholic Church in a ...

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Maria Fedachtchin’s fingers trembled a bit as she etched the first intricate lines of beeswax along the smooth, unblemished shell of an egg cradled in her palm. She’s learning to design pysanky, the ...