The eggs, called pysanky, are a tradition thousands of years started in Eastern Europe. Colorful and intricate patterns are etched upon the eggs using beeswax and dyes. To encourage the dozen pysanky ...

Pysanky are a lot like Asheville- unique, fun and colorful! In this workshop we will be making beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs – pysanky. You will learn the method of batik – also called wax-resist – ...

In pysanky, the colors and designs carry meaning and call out to the gods and goddesses for health, fertility, love, wealth and much more With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war ...

A basket of pysanky at Strawberry Hill Museum in Kansas City, Kan., illustrates the many symbols and designs created for the Eastern European tradition that dates to pre-Christian times. The egg held ...

Traditionally, pysanky were decorated out of sight, finished eggs kept covered in baskets until they were blessed by a priest and sent home as good omens for the year ahead. To hear Nina ...

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 ...

When her children were growing up, Terese Wallack Waldron would spend Good Friday teaching them the fine points of pysanky, the Ukrainian art of decorating eggs for Easter. After one such session in ...

Bonnie Deprez's great-grandfather owned a grain mill in Ukraine during the early 20th century. Her grandmother remembered government wagons coming to their family farm and taking most of their food, ...

Ukrainians have an ancient springtime tradition of intricately decorating eggs. This art form, called pysanky, has taken on special meaning and urgency this year, due to the war in Ukraine. Now, ...

OAKLAND — Something as benign as an egg fosters creativity and hope and wards off bad luck, according to Ukrainian folklore. Area artisans are busy creating intricately decorated eggs called “pysanky” ...

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 ...