Holy Thursday is celebrated three days before the Easter Sunday. The customs and traditions of Maundy Thursday, preceding Good Friday, are aimed at purification not only of home but also of the soul. It is believed...
Holy Thursday traditions
Canada released new Ukrainian pysanka coin
For the fourth consecutive year, the Royal Canadian Mint releases coin "Traditional Ukrainian Pysanka" in the form of the Ukrainian Easter Egg for numismatists. And this is the only mint in the world, which pays much attention...
Ukrainian Easter egg designs – What do they mean?
“Pysanka is a unique wealth. We must preserve it as an invaluable treasure! We should be proud of it before the whole world.”
Dovzhenko,
talented screenwriter, film producer and director of Ukrainian origin
Pysanky Designs in Gucci Fashion
Oleh Kirashchuk lives in Kolomyia city in Ivano-Frankivsk regions and earns a living on Easter eggs. He presents his works on the Internet and sells them abroad.
His three-bedroom apartment is at the same time...
Pysanky – 26 Ukrainian Easter eggs from different regions of Ukraine
From ancient times, in every region of Ukraine, there were specific traditions to create pysanky (Easter eggs decorated with the batik method). One look at a pysanka was enough to say in what region the Easter...
Paska or kulich? Which word to use?
Paska or kulich? Paskha or Velykden? What is right and what is wrong? What are the arguments for and against different names? Recently, language discussions about the most important symbols of Easter have broken out.
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