Looking for a different late fall activity? How about a Pysanky Workshop? The Lackawanna Historical Society will host a Pysanky-making workshop 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
With every pysanky class Tammy Budnovitch teaches, she ensures that the Ukrainian craft passed down to her continues. “There are so many traditions that our ancestors have brought over that are dying ...
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Helen Badulak says she started teaching herself the art of pysanky around 1970. "It's a wax resist method of applying lines," she said. "My canvas is a real ...
They’re not your ordinary dyed Easter eggs. About a dozen crafters, many of them novices, came to Greensburg on Saturday to try their hands at turning white eggshells into intricately designed, ...
After learning about a traditional Ukrainian art form during library and art classes, second-graders at Hampton’s Central Elementary School were paid a visit on April 13 by local artist Laurie ...
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 ...
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 ...