The Christmas tree set up annually in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, is not just a Christmas tree. Over the years, it's taken on different meanings. And NPR's Julian Hayda reports that this year ...

Sponsor Message In central Kyiv, a big Christmas tree is decorated with blue and yellow ornaments, the colors of the Ukrainian flag. This is the first time Ukraine will celebrate the holiday on ...

Under the Soviet Union, atheism was encouraged and Christmas traditions such as trees and gifts were shifted to New Year's Eve, which became the main holiday. Ukrainian Christmas traditions ...

Bobby Pietrangelo, 23, of Hilltown died on January 3, 2025 during a Russian offensive in the city of Pokrovsk in the Donestk ...

A Christmas tree stands next to the grave of a Ukrainian soldier at Lychakiv cemetery, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv [Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP] The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a newly created ...

Jessica Chastain Reflects on 'Life-Changing' Ukraine Trip: 'I Needed a Few Weeks to Process Everything I Saw' Rather than lighting sparklers at the Christmas tree in the town square, as they ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza. These final days of 2022, in the middle of a war ...

Ukraine has a diverse array of traditions ... are a seasonal decoration that Vira says are “set up instead of a Christmas tree.” “It is made of wheat because bread has the greatest value ...

People gather around a Christmas tree decorated with the colors of the Ukrainian national flag at Sophia square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Ukrainians can enjoy only some blue and ...

His wife and two of his daughters fled Ukraine on Feb. 24 and made their way to Chicagoland by the summer of 2022. At St. Andrew, several regal Christmas trees decorated the cathedral, each ...