Symbols-Church, Cross, Sieve

I USED THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT, TO STYLIZE MY GRANDFATHER'S CHURCH FOR THE GOOSE EGGS THAT I WROTE.

MY GRANDFATHER'S CHURCH (that survives) IN LABOWA, PL. HE WAS A LEMKO, BUT EMIGRATED IN 1893;AVOIDING THE 1947 "OPERATION VISTULA" WHERE LEMKOS WERE DEPORTED AND THEIR CHURCHES AND VILLAGES OFTEN DESTROYED.

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The one true Christian symbol, and not one adopted  from an earlier pagan one, is "the church". You can see that the symbol is stylized.  Church symbols can be found on pysanky from Western Ukraine, particularly those in the Hutsul regions and Bukovyna.  

Crosses are fairly common, many found on traditional pysanky are not Ukrainian Byzantine crosses. The crosses commonly depicted are the "cross-crosslet" type, with arms of equal lengths.  

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Churches PDF

Antique Crosses PDF

A "sieve motif" inside the church images shown above, symbolizes the church’s ability to separate good from evil.  It is a most commonly used motif on pysanky.   

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“Driapanka by Rostyslav Kramar”
 an extraordinary Ukrainian artist, who often uses a photo of a church and then stylizes the image onto his "dryapanki".  
Dryapanki-eggs are dyed a dark color, traditionally with a natural dye, such as onion skins; then the patterns are scratched with a sharp object (eg, a needle or awl).  
I was inspired to write the goose egg of my Grandfather's Church from seeing the church Driapanki writtten by Пан Крамар-Mr. Kramar.
Here is the link to his brilliant Dryapanka Gallery.   http://www.dryapanka.com/eng/gallery.htm?id_category=1

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