Given its progressive nature, the Soviet regime actively sought to wipe out Vertep, along with other Ukrainian Christmas traditions, such as Malanka, from public life. Religious practices were ...

Kutia, a ceremonial dish at the heart of Ukrainian Christmas celebrations, is more than just a festive pudding. Steeped in symbolism and centuries-old traditions, it represents unity, blessings ...

On Christmas Eve, the ice in the pond was ... are testing the Hutsul traditions like never before. Stay warm with Ukrainian traditions this winter. Shop our seasonal merch collection.

In addition, a complete taboo on Christmas Carols and Verteps has ... Movement will hold accountable those who emasculate Ukrainian traditions with such fierce hatred," the CNR emphasized.

"That's the only Christmas wish for the Ukrainian country at the moment". Some Ukrainian children in Berkshire had been able to celebrate their own traditions earlier this month according to Mick ...

After the Christmas Eve mass on January ... “live their own life with their own traditions and holidays”. The newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine also changed its Christmas date to ...

In 2023, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... in January or make the shift to December, she knows the Christmas holiday traditions will remain — going to church to celebrate the birth ...

Billions of dollars of investment may be needed to rebuild Ukraine's power systems, brought to the brink of total decimation ...

traditions flourished again. Father Vasyl Diychuk conducts the Christmas Day service in the church in Sokolivka, a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine on Dec. 25, 2024. (Vitalii Poberezhnyi ...