Easter has traditionally been the most important holiday on the Orthodox and Greek Catholic calendar, the culture’s celebration of the coming of spring as well as of the resurrection of Christ. We took a look at what makes Easter what it is in Ukraine.
The trees have blossomed, the weather’s getting warmer, and Easter preparations are in full effect. In Ukraine Easter is considered one of the most important religious holidays and it’s one of the favourite ones, too.  Lots of people still wake up exceedingly early on Easter morning and head for church, where a priest in gorgeous robes consecrates paskhas (cake-like Easter breads) and pisanky (Ukraine’s famous painted Easter eggs).
Other foods, such as cheese, butter, wine, salt, salo, horse radish, eggs, ham, sausages, and

 І чужому научайтесь і свого не цурайтесь – так закликав великий український поет Тарас Григорович Шевченко український народ багато років тому. Але цей його заклик актуальний і сьогодні. В пошуках кращої долі, багато українців розлетілись в різні куточки земної кулі, а їхні діти, народжені на теренах чужої держави, стають повноцінними її громадянами. Вони вивчають мову, історію та культуру держави в якій проживають. Та для нас, українців, дуже важливо, 

Mr. Davydovych came to Buffalo and spoke at Dnipro on February 18th 2012. Approximately 50 + guests were eager to meet  and hear his appeal . Former County Legislator Greg Olma briefed attendee’s with a slide show of the most recent election monitoring mission to Ukraine in which he took part as an observer. Ron Chyczij, also with the Mission, introduced the speaker.

Mr. Davydovych is a former head of the Central Election Commission in Ukraine , now retired. He was asked by the Ukrainian Civic Center to speak in Buffalo and inform, advise and/or recruit Americans for the purpose