Easter is a very important celebration both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, called Velikonoce – from Veliké noci or Great Nights. Although the religious connotations of Easter were suppressed ...

In the Czech Republic, mazanec, a Czech Easter bread, is like the turkey to America's Thanksgiving. But in the U.S., those who make this bread are... Stick the word "bread" behind my last name on a ...

CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic — Participants in black suits with white masks are marching in the southern Czech city of Ceske Budejovice, beating drums and pushing small carts in a revival of an ...

Sandy Schwan, chief curator of the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, 500 Federal in Saginaw, presents a display of Kraslice eggs she created. Kraslice (pronounced Kraslisa) are hand-painted ...

Parents and children with colorful baskets filtered into the Czech Center Museum in Houston Saturday afternoon for a day of Easter-themed activities. Pryce Mahboub, 5, and Aubriel Mahboub, 8, made ...

Stipa, Czech Republic- Emma & Ella Chavent get Easter whipping with custom home-made whips on Monday. For French girl Ella, it is the first time participating in an age-old tradition. She will tie a ...

PRAGUE -- For Petr Lebeda, Easter just isn't the same if he doesn't get to whip a few women. The day after Easter, Mr. Lebeda and hordes of other men and boys across the Czech Republic will be chasing ...

Easter is traditionally the most significant holiday in the Christian world. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, who was crucified on Good Friday and raised from the dead the following Sunday.

PRAGUE — The Czech government said late Thursday it was extending the country’s tight lockdown till after Easter, as infection and death rates remain at high levels. “We’re not in a situation to ...

Stick the word "bread" behind my last name on a Google search. Go ahead. Do it. What you'll find is a Czech food tradition rooted in Easter: a Czech Easter bread. Mazanec is a sweet bread with ...

Slices of mazanec made at home by Kristyna Montano, a Czech American now living in California. Stick the word "bread" behind my last name on a Google search. Go ahead. Do it. What you'll find is a ...