Guide to Ukrainian egg dying traditions for Easter 4 Articles

by Martha Leonard

Many modern religious traditions actually began as pagan customs which were incorporated into Christianity. Pagan celebrations of spring, for instance, often involved eggs as the symbol of birth and life. Dyeing or pai...read more

by A.C. Higgens

Guide to Ukrainian Egg Dying traditions for Easter The tradition of dying eggs for Easter is present in many countries, but perhaphs none is so developed as the variations found in Ukraine. The most common tradition ...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

Easter Egg traditions are a very important act of symbolism in paganism in the Ukraine. In fact the egg dying tradition constitutes one of the most important acts in the whole pagan belief system! Even though most think of...read more

by Helen Richardson

To paraphrase a Ukrainian saying, "As long as someone is dyeing an egg, the world will keep going on." To say that egg dying is an important part of Ukranian culture would be an understatement. The Ukrainian tradition ...read more