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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AMBRIDGE -- Eleven-year-old Maya Kozup of Emsworth worked so intently, you could almost feel the sweat beading on her brow. Cutting a diamond? Cracking a safe? Nope. Making an Easter egg. But not just ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Want to dial up your Easter egg dyeing game this year? Try taking a crack at pysanky. The vibrant and intricately-designed eggs are made by using a repetitive wax resist ...

Frieda Kossyk holds an ostrich egg she decorated with vivid poppies and wheat. It's one of several she made as keepsakes for her grandchildren. The Ukrainian art of decorating eggs began centuries ago ...

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, ...