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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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… ...

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 ...