Easter, called Velykden or Paska, is the most important holiday in the Ukrainian church calendar, celebrating Christ's resurrection. Ukrainians fast for 40 days before Easter without meat, milk or dairy. The week before is called Great Week, during which people work hard preparing traditional Easter breads like paska and babka and dyeing eggs in designs or single colors called pysanka and krashanka respectively, which are gifts or eaten as part of the celebration of The Great Day.

1. Easter in Ukraine
Lilit Tigranyan
Mkhitar Sebastaci
5-1 class

2. EASTER IN UKRAINE
Easter is the most important holiday in the Ukrainian church calendar. It
is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. In Ukraine it is called
Velykden, meaning The Great Day. Another name for it is Paska. Before
Easter people fast for 40 days. When people fast, they do not eat meat.
They do not drink milk or eat things made from milk like cheese. The
fast before Easter is called Great Lent. The week before Easter is called
Great Week. People work hard to get ready for Easter. They bake Easter
breads. One type of bread is called a paska. Аnother type is called a
babka.

3. • They bake Easter breads. One type of bread is called a paska. Аnother
type is called a babka.

4. • People dye eggs for Easter. An egg that is one colour is called a
krashanka. People eat this egg. People also make eggs with designs.
They write on the egg with wax, then dye the egg. The egg with a
design is called a pysanka. The dye egg is given as a gift.