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 ...
OLYPHANT – Tammy Budnovitch has painted pysanky eggs since she was a little girl. When she started, Ms. Budnovitch, 46, of Lake Ariel, said she used a basic “drop and drag” method to decorate the ...
Amanda Ackers remembers when she was 7 years old, sitting with her great-grandmother learning to make her first pysanka. Today she is an adult and her great-grandparents are deceased, but she can ...
Join us for a vibrant celebration of Ukrainian culture at our annual Pysanky Easter Egg Decorating Workshop, presented by the Ukrainian Arts T.O team. Discover or rediscover the beautiful art and ...
In Ukraine, where churches lie in ruins and the invading Russian army has been accused of war crimes, Easter in 2022 will be a sombre affair. In normal years, this would be a time of celebration.
Pupils in kindergarten through sixth grade at Walnutport Elementary School and students at Northern Lehigh High School, Slatington, recently received firsthand instruction on pysanky or the Ukrainian ...
ROCHESTER — An ancient art has long been a source of respite for Alexandra Wolanskyj. Over the past few weeks, as she watched people in her family’s home country stave off a Russian invasion, she's ...
The Easter bunny would be envious if he could see the fancy eggs at Marcy Avery’s home. Instead of eggs plainly dyed in pinks, greens and yellows, the eggs resemble elegant jewels too precious to ...
Learn the ancient art of Ukrainian Easter Egg decorating-- a sacred and meditative practice. Pysanky, as these eggs are known in Ukrainian, are made using the wax-resist "batik" method, in which ...