Polish Heritage Garden, Brick by Brick!!
We cordially invite you to support our Polish Heritage Garden which will be located next to our Polish American Cultural Center. This is a great opportunity to create a lasting memory for a loved one or your family to be recognized as supporters of the Polish-American Community in Cleveland, OH. For businesses and other […]
Reverse Raffle April 21, 2018
Decorating Pisanki at St. Casimir’s
Decorating Pisanki Easter Eggs Polish American Cultural Center’s wonderful, multi-talented, Bernadette Zubel, came to St. Casimir’s church to teach others the Polish tradition of decorating Easter eggs, called Pisanki. The egg symbolizes new life and Christ’s resurrection. However, the oldest Polish pisanki (the traditional name for painted eggs, singular: pisanka) date back to the end of the 10th century. […]
Polish Easter Dinner – Święconka
The tradition of food blessing at Easter, which has early-medieval roots in Christian society, possibly originated from a pagan ritual.[1][2] The tradition is said to date from the 7th century in its basic form, the more modern form containing bread and eggs (symbols of resurrection and Christ) is said to date from the 12th […]