A plate with the 'Kutya' - a ceremonial grain dish traditionally served by Eastern Orthodox Christians, seen in the 'Kryivka' Ukrainian restaurant on Orthodox Christmas Eve, in Lviv, Ukraine, on ...

Ukrainian people start the meal with Kutya on Christmas Eve. It is made from threshed wheat, which is pounded in a makitra (a big clay mixing bowl). Honey, jam and dried fruit are added.

With Ukrainian Christmas food traditions, good things come in small packages. Many of us put a lot of effort into the packages now piling up under the tree. But people of Ukrainian heritage, like ...

Hanna Marykot, from left, with her daughters, Iryna, 18, and Sofiia, 20, pray before an Orthodox Christmas Eve service at St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Bloomingdale on Jan. 6, 2023.

The traditional Ukrainian Catholic Holy Supper calls for 12 meatless dishes, most of which carry symbolic meaning. The centerpiece is koloch, or Ukrainian Christmas bread .

Ukrainian Christmas traditions include a dinner on Christmas Eve with 12 meatless dishes including a sweet grain pudding called kutya. People decorate homes with elaborate sheaves of wheat called ...

This year, Inna will be continuing tradition and cooking 12 dishes with her husband on Christmas Eve. “My favourite dish is called kutya,” she says. “It's a dessert with grains—usually wheat— and we ...

Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th Brigade gathering on Christmas Eve for Koliada, a traditional meeting of friends and neighbors involving the exchange of good wishes, special dishes, small gifts ...