Pysanky (from the Ukrainian verb ‘pysaty’, meaning ‘to write’) date back thousands of years. For those who lived on the land now known as Ukraine, eggs were a source of life. People wrote pysanky each ...

As the war in Ukraine continues once again into the Easter season—with the Catholic and Protestant churches celebrating Easter in 2023 on April 9, and Orthodox Easter, as celebrated by many Ukrainians ...

While many Ukrainian-Canadians create pysanky every Easter, for artist Joan Brander the brightly coloured and intricately drawn eggs have come to represent a hope for peace in Ukraine at a time when ...

Cultural educator and pysanky artist, Lyrissa Sheptak is returning to Strathma for Pysanky in the Park, teaching members of the community the long tradition of pysanky Easter egg decorating. Hosting ...

People in Thunder Bay, Ont., gathered earlier this month for a special workshop on pysanky — or Ukrainian Easter eggs — and this year's session took on new meaning as the participants turned to the ...

YARDLEY, Pa -- Basia Andrusko has been writing Pysanky since she was a child, etching ornate designs on everything from chicken, finch and quail eggs to ostrich, emu and rhea eggs. Pysaty comes from ...

The Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery is giving people an opportunity to to watch and learn how Ukrainian Easter eggs are decorated using traditional techniques. On Saturday, Apr. 9 between 2-4 ...

It’s the second annual ‘Pysanky for Peace’ at Kingsway Mall. Fourteen oversized hand-painted Ukrainian Easter eggs are on display near entrance 8. Each egg tells its own story, while each painter is a ...

Ginger Kulas spoke to the Minden and District Horticultural Society on the art of decorating Easter eggs, a Ukrainian tradition she learned about when she married Bill Kulas 44 years ago and has ...