Participants perform Christmas Carols during the Christmas Stars Festival outside the Taras Shevchenko monument on the Orthodox second day of Christmas, in Lviv, Ukraine, on Jan. 8, 2023. (Artur ...

The sermon, a deeply symbolic moment after months of tension with the Moscow-led branch of the church, came as a cease-fire failed to materialize. By Megan Specia Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine ...

A Christmas tree is lit up with power generated by a man pedaling a bicycle at a Kyiv station on Dec. 19, 2022, amid power cuts across Ukraine due to Russia’s missile attacks. Kyodo News/Sipa USA ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Non-English language spoken). SCOTT DETROW, HOST: From Bethlehem to Kyiv. This is the sound of a Christmas Eve service at Saint Michael's Cathedral in Ukraine's capital.

The Ukrainian people, for the first time, are celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 this year, as the war-torn country continues to distance itself from Russia and embraces traditions of the West. The s… ...

Ukraine has moved its official Christmas holiday to Dec. 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church.

From Bethlehem to Kyiv. This is the sound of a Christmas Eve service at Saint Michael's Cathedral in Ukraine's capital. And this is a historic moment because this is the first year that the ...