DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine — Christmas on Ukraine’s front line started, fittingly, in an old barn filled with hay. Soldiers filed in as Lt. Mykola Bagirov, the brigade’s chaplain ...

Sweet Silver Bells," but didn’t know that it is a traditional Ukrainian Christmas and New Year’s song! The melody is quite old and the original verses were about a swallow who flies in and ...

In Ukraine, the date on which to celebrate ... we always had this really vivid Christmas celebration. MAK: Sixty-year-old Oleksandra Kyrychuk is the assistant director of the Museum of Religion ...

For 6-year-old Darynka, that meant practicing ... is an opportunity for us to gather for this beautiful Ukrainian religious tradition.” Christmas, like so much else in Ukraine these days ...

She added: "I just visited my parents — my 81-year-old mother and 86 ... It's really cool." The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has also opted to hold Christmas services on Dec. 25.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his forces a cease fire order in Ukraine in ... she is celebrating Christmas twice this year, once with the West and once in line with old traditions.

The 88-year-old pontiff’s remarks came hours ... is that they respect the “territorial integrity of Ukraine.” Elsewhere in his Christmas message, the pope called for peace across the Middle ...

The 88-year-old pontiff’s remarks came hours ... is that they respect the “territorial integrity of Ukraine.” Elsewhere in his Christmas message, the pope called for peace across the Middle ...