For Lviv City Day, we are celebrating with purpose and launching a charity fundraiser for the repair and return to service of vehicles of the 47th Separate Mechanised Brigade "Magura".

Overall goal: 200,000 ₴

Donation jar: https://send.monobank.ua/jar/59hrznmEGW

There are two ways to donate:

Simply support the fundraiser online via the link to the jar;

Visit Kumpel: at our restaurants from 1 to 3 May, you can try a "yurashka" in exchange for a donation and support the cause.

Even a small contribution matters. Lviv celebrates — Lviv supports.

Why "yurashky" for Lviv City Day

A yurashka is a Lviv-style honey cake — a type of gingerbread made from dark honey dough with spices (cinnamon, ginger, anise, nutmeg), traditionally baked not only as a treat but also as a symbolic gift. These gingerbread pieces were once made in all kinds of shapes, and the most beautiful ones were decorated and given as something truly special.

The name yurashky comes from the great annual fair held near Saint George's Cathedral. The fair began two weeks before the feast of Saint George (6 May) and continued for two weeks after. The square was filled with tents selling honey cakes of different colours, flavours and shapes, and from the 19th century, decorated yurashky appeared in the form of soldiers, children, hearts and baskets.

Over time, the yurashka became more than just a sweet — it became a city's "taste landmark": for people coming from surrounding villages and towns, this beautiful honey cake was associated with Lviv itself and with celebration. There was even a tradition: every father felt it his duty to bring his child a yurashka from the fair.

That is why, on Lviv City Day (historically connected to spring city celebrations and traditions around Saint George), yurashky are still seen as the "right" taste of celebration — warm, honeyed and very much Lviv.

Source note: this text is an adaptation based on materials from the book "Lviv Cuisine. My Culinary Journey Through Galicia" by Marianna Dushar (Pani Stefa).