KYIV, Ukraine >> Packing a cathedral for Orthodox Christmas, hundreds of worshippers heard the service in that church in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades, a demonstration of ...

KRYVORIVNIA, Ukraine >> Christmas carried more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year as the country newly observed it as a public holiday on Dec. 25 rather than the later date ...

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate Christmas on 25 December for the first time this year. Ukraine has traditionally used the Julian calendar, also used by Russia, where ...

According to Ukrainian tradition, the first star that appears in the sky on Christmas Eve signifies the birth of Christ. Believers peer through their windows throughout the evening hoping to get a … ...

For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians are celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25. Ukraine used to observe the holiday next month like Russia. Now, they believe their future lies in the west.

Far from home, Ukrainian refugees celebrate first Christmas since Russian invasion Mykhailo Hrabymskyi, a 19-year-old refugee from Ukraine, is in the U.S without family, studying at Glendale ...

The true meaning of Christmas is coming to life in Ukraine. Kind-hearted Americans are rushing to deliver gifts — toys, candy, clothes, and even generators — to make the first holiday season ...

Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian ...

A priest holds a candle during an Orthodox Christmas service inside the nearly 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra Cathedral of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.