A Ukrainian Christmas

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To paraphrase the legendary Kievan choir master Mikhail Lytvynenko, Ukrainians are the most singing, musical people in Europe. 2 The Ukrainian language (historically called Ruthenian or Little Russian) is beautiful and in some ways is even more melodic than Italian. Julia Goralka (11 December 2011). "A Christmas tree, Jesus, and a spider". Washington Times . Retrieved 6 December 2014. While Ukrainian is most closely related to Belarussian and Carpatho-Rusyn than to Russian-proper and Polish, one may note that it is perhaps the softest most gentile sounding of these languages. While Russian and Polish may certainly be more worldly, scientific, and formal, Ukrainian sounds naturally like a song. An interesting anecdote is while most Slavic languages are in their respective languages grammar system a masculine word ( yazik), Ukrainian is considered grammatically feminine ( Mova). Sings of the independence of Ukraine yet ensures you feel the connecting hand of warmth, understanding, and friendship… So profoundly meaningful and powerful, A Ukrainian Christmas ensures that you never lose sight of the true meaning of these festivities and how important they are in the lives of so many people‘– LOVEREADING

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In the East, they tried to replace Christmas, which split the focus of society into two groups, those who still fast on new years and await glorious Nativity, and those who consider New Years their main winter “holiday”. Indeed, in Russia and the near abroad, it has plagued society with secularism, but at the very least, Christmas was preserved as a religious holiday. Ironically, by putting the focus on New Years, the Bolsheviks ignored Christmas, leaving its observation as a religious holiday relatively unadulterated. Sings of the independence of Ukraine yet ensures you feel the connecting hand of warmth, understanding, and friendship ... So profoundly meaningful and powerful, A Ukrainian Christmas ensures that you never lose sight of the true meaning of these festivities and how important they are in the lives of so many people' - LOVEREADING Official notice of the meeting of the Holy Synod on February 2, 2023". OCU (in Ukrainian). 2 February 2023 . Retrieved 3 February 2023. a b "Orthodox Church of Ukraine to switch to Revised Julian calendar, celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25". The Kyiv Independent. 24 May 2023 . Retrieved 18 June 2023. This is why talk of changing the calendar, as some schismatics in Western Ukraine shamefully suggest, is quite painful, considering this calendar is the life-cycle of the people, their history, and their future. The calendar is more than dates and numbering, it is a continuum of Christian liturgical life, which was seamlessly intertwined with daily life, which every generation practiced. When something has been practiced from generation to generation, it should not be so easily changed and forgotten.

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At a rehearsal for that performance, the choir was practising Shchedryk – the tune known in English as the Carol of Bells – a song from the kolyadka tradition popularised a century ago by the composer Mykola Leontovych and then adapted with new lyrics in English. There was a meeting of the Primate of the OCU with the Father and the Primate of the UGCC". OCU (in Ukrainian). 24 December 2022 . Retrieved 24 December 2022. There are two very important things to learn from this popular song, which both Slavs and non-Slavs alike should understand. Chosen as a LoveReading Star Book, it is worth noting that the publisher Sphere is making a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal on publication of A Ukrainian Christmas. I don’t understand why the church wouldn’t be more decisive. They’ve been very soft when they should be tougher.”

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A wonderful little book of recipes and stories' - NIGELLA LAWSON 'Christmas brings the indestructibility of hope in times of the greatest hopelessness. As long as we celebrate this holiday, we can neither be defeated nor destroyed. This is the message that Ukraine is trying to convey to the world. And this is what our book is about.' The publisher is making a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal on publication of this bookOther versions replaces sunlight with a miracle from Father Christmas, Santa Claus, or the Child Jesus, and tells the story primarily from the perspective of the spiders who wished to see the Christmas tree. [3] [4] [5] [6] Origins [ edit ]