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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

POTTSVILLE – When it comes to decorating a pysanky Easter egg, there is no such thing as a bad egg. Each one is different. It was the lesson taught by Georgine Postupack-Borchick during a class ...

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 ...

There are several different traditional forms of egg decorating, and every egg is like a blank canvas on which to apply your talents. Some designers use a form called the "pysanky" method that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

An American-born daughter of Ukrainian refugees, Sofika Zielyk has dedicated her life to keeping the heritage of her parents’ homeland alive. The artist and ethnographer specializes in creating and ...