Paska (bread)

Paska (Ukrainian: паска, romanized: paska, IPA: [ˈpɑskɐ]; Georgian: პასკა, romanized: paska, IPA: [ˈpʼaskʼa]; Romanian: pască; lit. 'Easter'; ultimately from Imperial Aramaic: פסחא, romanized: pasḥā, lit. 'Passover') is a traditional Ukrainian Easter bread particularly spread in Central and Eastern European countries with cultural connections to the ancient Byzantine Empire, Eastern Orthodoxy or Eastern Catholicism. Easter breads are a traditional element in the Easter holiday cuisines of Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. It is also eaten in countries with large immigrant populations from Central and Eastern Europe such as the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Easter bread is also a common tradition amongst the Assyrian diaspora.