If you're in need of some Easter egg inspiration, you might find a new source in pysanky eggs. This traditional Ukrainian method of decorating eggs has been around for several millennia—and crafty ...

Traditions around the Easter holiday usually derive from some religious attribute. For many, dying Easter eggs is a cultural ...

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.

Speaking on ETV show "Ringvaade," calligrapher Tiina Kull explained how Ukrainians paint eggs at Easter using wax to write symbols and traditional patterns that are believed to have protective powers.

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 ...

Pysanky with Barbara Duncan Jackson resident Barbara Duncan taught a series of pysanky classes at Crisp Museum in Cape Girardeau. Pysanky is the traditional Ukrainian art of decorating eggs using ...

Completed eggs are covered in a thin layer of polyurethane before being placed on a drying rack to harden. After the polyurethane is dry, tiny holes are drilled into the egg to remove the yolk so that ...

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 ...

On a sunny afternoon, in what seems like another world, I went to my friend Candace Cook’s house to make Ukrainian Easter eggs. It was a time when you could still visit a friend, though even then ...

If you are planning on decorating eggs for Easter, you might want to buy them early. Due to an alignment of the calendars, Eastern Orthodox Easter will fall on the same day as traditional Western ...