For the nearly two-thirds of Ukrainians who identify as Orthodox Christians, Easter is known as Velykden, meaning “Great Day” in Ukrainian. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine calculates the date of Easter according to the revised Julian calendar. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox — one of the two moments per year where the day and night are of equal length. At the center of the week-long preparations is the Easter basket, known as sviachenemeaning “that which is blessed.” The Orthodox Easter basket is far from its Western counterpart, which usually fea…