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Thursday, April 01, 2010

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller

Ginette Simpson of New Alexandria sells pysanky for years to raise money for the Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Salemville, a village in Salem Township."Eggs, I made eggs for people whom I want to remember me because they are my legacy," Mrs. Simpson said. "So it was a very hard decision to start selling them to strangers. Then in 2005, our church needed a fundraiser."Salemville was settled by immigrant miners, many from the Carpathian Mountains and the Ukrainian region of Galicia. Pysanky originated in ancient cultures that treated the egg as a source of life and a symbol of the earth's rebirth in spring. When Ukrainians accepted Christianity in the 10th century, the egg became the Christian symbol of the opening of Christ's tomb and the rebirth of mankind. Superstitions gave pysanky the power to ward off evil spirits, and the Hutsuls of the Carpathian Mountains believed the fate of the world depended on pysanky. When they were no longer made, a horrible serpent chained to a cliff would break loose and destroy the earth.Mrs. Simpson wants to keep the tradition alive for other reasons. "I don't want it to disappear," she said.

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