Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Manitoba, including the Kowalchuk family, celebrated Christmas Eve — and its traditional 12-dish vegetarian meal — on Saturday for the last time in January.

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 .

The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impacted every aspect of life for Ukrainians, even the date they celebrate Christmas. What hasn’t changed is the tradition of serving 12 dishes on ...

For their svyata vecherya-- the traditional meal consisting of 12 meatless dishes on Christmas Eve, the night before the end of the seasonal fast -- they will make sure to have both uzvar-- a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

I don’t want there to be any confusion, it’s not a Ukrainian Christmas,” Fr. Zomchak said. About 75 people gathered inside the church, filled with prayer, singing and performing traditional ...