Forget lavender, floppy-eared bunnies hopping through quaint pastoral scenes. The original Easter eggs were talismans dyed in baths made from berries and bark and portrayed symbols of eternal life, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

SS Cyril and Methodious Church, 133 N. River St. in Olyphant, will hold Ukrainian Pysanky classes. This two-hour beginner class will teach you basic steps to make your own Pysanky. You will also learn ...

Pysanky is a traditional Eastern European way to decorate Easter eggs. For this elaborate variety, an artist spent 10-12 hours on each egg. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in ...

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, ...

After a few apologetic text messages and technical difficulties, the Microsoft Teams video chat pinged to life in my parents' kitchen. Soon, we heard the excited hellos and expected laughter of my ...