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Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, including Veronica Decerbo, left. Pysanky is the Uk... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A completed Pysanka egg made by a member of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practice the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Natasha Smith, whose grandparents came from the Carpatho-russian minority in Ukraine, holds a traditional embroidered Easter egg towel. members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Ma... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practice the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs ar... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs ar... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Vodka pairs with the Ukrainian art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beginning with the lightest color and working up to red o... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis holds an egg that has been decorated with the first wax drawing, the first phase of the elaborate process of Pysanky. He led members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

An example of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beginning with the lightest color and working up to red or black. At the end, the... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A completed egg, covered in wax, awaits the last phase of the process of the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beginning w... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis clears the layers of wax to expose the finished, decorated egg. He led a group members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the U... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis clears the layers of wax to expose the finished, decorated egg. He led a group members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the U... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

John Decerbo holding his first Pysanka egg. He and other members of the Orthodox Christian community of Cambridge, Massachusetts, practiced the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with w... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practice the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, beg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practice the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dye... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis demonstrates how to clean the egg white and yoke from an egg while preparing Pysanky. He leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Eggs prepared (and pre-marked in pencil) for a Pysanka-making workshop held by members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Pysanka eggs made by members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pysanka is the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Pysanka eggs made by members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pysanka is the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

John Decerbo learns the art of Pysanka during a community event held by members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg traditi... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Using a candle to heat wax, Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Des... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Using a candle to heat wax, Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Des... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Thais Traumann-Davis joined members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Thais Traumann-Davis looks up examples of Pysanka online. She is among the members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practicing the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter e... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

John Decerbo, right, performs one of several layers of dye on his egg while his father, Mike, left, looks on. He was among the members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

John Decerbo, right, performs one of several layers of dye on his egg while his father, Mike, left, looks on. He was among the members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts,... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis, right, leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Veronica Decerbo gets some red Easter egg dye during an event where members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practiced the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradi... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis, left, led a Pysanky making workshop for members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Easter egg designs are drawn with wax and then the eggs are dyed i... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A special type of wax "pen" to draw designs (used as a resist) when making Pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs. Members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts gathered to practice... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis using a paper clip attached to a screwdriver to whip up the contents of an egg to more easily remove it, during a Pysanky-making workshop in which he taught members of the Orthodox... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis, center, leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Design... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davids empty the contents of an egg during a workshop he led to members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg t... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, including John Decerbo, left. Pysanky is the Ukrain... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends, including John Decerbo, who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg t... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are dra... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are dra... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, including Veronica Decerbo, left. Pysanky is the Uk... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Veronica Decerba holds her first Pysanka egg. She was among the members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts practicing the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg traditio... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, practice the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs are drawn with wax and the eggs are dyed in layers, be... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Don "Serafim" Davis, right, leads a group of friends who are members of the Orthodox Christian community in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the art of Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter egg tradition. Designs... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Bulgarian Orthodox celebrate the holiday of Epiphany in the village of Kalofer with an early morning ritual of live traditional music and horo (circular dance) in the icy waters of the Tundja River in... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Behiye Abdulrahim presents a mother with her newborn baby boy, after assisting with the delivery at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdista... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali helps a new mother breast feed her newborn baby at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali helps a new mother breast feed her newborn baby at the Médecins Sans Frontières-run maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Marguerite Sheriff (from Grenada) checks a newborn baby suffering from a condition called thrush. MSF runs a new maternal health clinic at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdista... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Marguerite Sheriff (from Grenada) checks a newborn baby suffering from a condition called thrush. MSF runs a new maternal health clinic at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdista... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Women and their children leave a Médecins Sans Frontières-run maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2014. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Behiye Abdulrahim swaddles a newborn baby boy, just minutes old, after assisting with the delivery at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdis... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali helps a mother breastfeed her newborn baby at the Médecins Sans Frontièresmaternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Behiye Abdulrahim swaddles a newborn baby boy, just minutes old, after assisting with the delivery at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdis... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Midwives consult with patients at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla checks a newborn baby at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Midwife Marguerite Sheriff (from Grenada) holds an ultrasound image of an unborn baby at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sheriff suggested that... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali, prepares to deliver a baby at the Médecins Sans Frontièresmaternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Midwives Marguerite Sheriff and Abla Ali deliver a baby at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Midwife Marguerite Sheriff cleans after delivering a baby boy at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A baby boy, just minutes old, lies under a heat lamp at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A cleaning woman prepares a bed at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A Syrian Kurdish couple carrying a newborn baby down one of the dusty streets at Domiz camp. In 2014, the camp sheltered more than 60, 000 Kurdish Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was establishe... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A Syrian Kurdish refugee carrying a newborn baby down one of the dusty streets at Domiz camp. In 2014, the camp sheltered more than 60, 000 Kurdish Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was establish... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

People inquire about appointments at the new maternal health clinic set up by Médecins Sans Frontières in Domiz Camp, home to more than 60, 000 Syrian Kurdish refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan. Before the c... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A woman holding a baby gets medicine at the pharmacy inside the new maternal health clinic set up by Médecins Sans Frontières in Domiz Camp. The camp is home to more than 60, 000 Syrian Kurdish refuge... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Marguerite Sheriff, who hails from the island-country of Grenada, greets patients inside the new maternal health clinic at Domiz Camp. The camp is home to more than 60... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

People gather outside the new maternal health clinic set up by Médecins Sans Frontières in Domiz Camp, home to more than 60, 000 Syrian Kurdish refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan. Before the clinic opened do... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Marguerite Sheriff, who hails from the island-country of Grenada, greets patients inside the new maternal health clinic at Domiz Camp. The camp is home to more than 60... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Médecins Sans Frontières midwife Marguerite Sheriff (from Grenada) praises a patient for her calmness after she was told her health conditions made it necessary for her to be transferred to a city hos... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Midwife Marguerite Sheriff (from Grenada) speaks with Syrian midwife Abla Ali, chief of the midwifery staff at the Médecins Sans Frontièresmaternal health clinic at Domiz Camp. The camp is home to mor... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

A Syrian woman with her three small children and newborn baby waits for an appointment at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali Syrian midwife juggles patients at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternal health clinic at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, home to more than 60, 000 Syrian Kurdish refugees and a... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Syrian midwife Abla Ali, left, speaks with a patient at the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Shareen Ralef, 16, recently married and 8 months pregnant with her first baby makes a visit to the Médecins Sans Frontières maternity clinic at Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

In 2014, Domiz camp sheltered more than 60, 000 Kurdish Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan. It was established after thousands of people fleeing Syria's civil war sought shelter in Iraqi Kurdistan. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Vian Ali, 39, with her husband Heshyar Merza, oldest son Imad, 19, and youngest daughter, Noura, born August 4, 2014, inside a family store they run at Domiz Camp in Iraqi Kurdistan. Vian was heavily... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen