A tradition of many Polish-Americans and those ... prepared foods to be eaten on Easter day. As time passed and cities grew, people would bring their basket of food to their church for the blessing.

In addition to Lent, Polish Catholics enjoy some unique Easter traditions of their own, a favorite being the annual blessing of Easter baskets. Orange County locals have been flocking to John Paul ...

Polish families and individuals spend a lot of time preparing Easter baskets, decorating eggs ... will painstakingly use a pinhole to empty the contents of the eggs and then use hot wax to ...

Between the rows of saplings outside the bright new Polish Mission Church, families are arriving, bringing baskets of sausage, bread, butter and hard- boiled eggs to be blessed for Easter breakfast.

Father Joe Evanko, left, and Tom Dzwonczyk bless Easter baskets ... basket blessing is a Polish tradition that takes place each Holy Saturday, when the baskets and their contents are prayed ...

We fill the basket with boiled eggs (with shells decorated either with stickers or paint), Polish ... On Easter Sunday, we are allowed to eat meat again and so at breakfast, we eat the contents ...

Dozens of Easter baskets lined the St ... of people walking down the street with baskets." The bilingual service began with a speech in Polish by Father Joseph Mroczkowski. The 91-year-old ...

Some vendors have created a "Polish Easter Basket To Go" for pick-up. The baskets have everything you need for a traditional Polish Easter, including a dozen pierogi, polish sausage, ham ...

When I was growing up in Poland, Easter used to be even bigger than Christmas. And the most exciting part was the tradition of preparing the Święconka basket. First, we would dye boiled eggs ...