The most palpable impact will be that millions of Ukrainians will celebrate Christmas with the ... from Old Church Slavonic to modern Ukrainian, changing calendars, Yevstratiy believes, is the ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church formally changed the main date for the festivities, departing from the Russian tradition of celebrating on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar. Santa handing out ...

Ukraine will formally mark Christmas Day on December 25 this year ... that Ukraine observes the date in line with the Gregorian calendar, along with most of the world’s Christians.

And this is a historic moment because this is the first year that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is celebrating Christmas on the Western calendar and not with the Russian Orthodox Church ...

In Ukraine, the date on which to celebrate ... the Orthodox Church decided to stick with the old calendar when it came to the celebration of Christmas. DANYLEVICH: (Through interpreter) We ...

in which Christmas falls on Jan. 7, rather than the Gregorian calendar used in everyday life and by Western churches. Separately, Ukraine's air force said it shot down 28 Russian drones out of 31 ...

No matter what the calendar says, though ... Like in other Slavic cultures, the roots of Christmas celebrations in Ukraine reach back before Christianity itself. In 988, Prince Volodymyr the ...

A poll by the Ukrainian government held in December 2022 showed that nearly 60 percent of Ukrainians supported moving the date of Christmas to December 25. Yevstratiy said that just a few years ago, ...

Ukraine has shifted Christmas from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, further distancing itself from Russian tradition. Ukraine is celebrating Christmas on the Western calendar this year ...