The week following Roman Catholic Easter was Orthodox Easter. This was a bigger celebration in Fundacja Nidaros (Nidaros Foundation) than Roman Catholic Easter. I arrived late Sunday morning to find the house bustling, the kitchen full and women preparing food. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits- lots of jokes and lots of laughter.
Lots of jokes, laughter, and meat.
Everyone helped, even the children.
So much food was prepared. There were tea sandwiches, with spreadable cheese topped with just cucumber and cucumber and sausage, plates of cheeses and various sausages- kabanos, wiejska- or country sausage- (it’s not all just Polish sausage! Sausage in Poland is like snow in northern Scandinavia- there are many varieties and more words to describe the subtleties and nuance than we commonly have in countries with less snow and less sausage), there were veggie plates, and dishes of herring and olives, and deviled eggs.
Making food and tasting food.
This is a traditional Ukrainian shirt, a festive shirt for a festive day.
The food in all its abundance.
Not convinced about that apple.
Most everyone gathered in the dining/ common room to take an Easter picture, to be together for a bit before dispersing again.
This young girl is the performer of the house, always ready with a poem or a song- usually Ukrainian in theme and language- she did not disappoint on this occasion.
A visit from a former Foundation resident, who now has a job and an apartment in another part of Krakow, she frequently comes back to visit.
A traditional Ukrainian Easter cake called paska.