The following translation and transliteration is found on Wikipedia, and the original Ukrainian along with the musical notes is in the video.

A Ukrainian Christmas by Yaroslav Hrytsak, Nadiyka Gerbish

Servings of both dishes are also set aside overnight in the pokuttia, the corner of the house with the Orthodox/Eastern Catholic icons or Latin Catholic images of saints, for deceased ancestors within the family or, in recent cases, for family members killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War (especially those who were KIA in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other uniformed organizations). It means simply that our universal Christian ancestors celebrated Christmas for many days, not only on December 25 (January 7 on the new calendar). She is frustrated, however, that the Ukrainian orthodox patriarchate has fudged the issue of which day to celebrate, suggesting those who wish to celebrate on 25 December rather than 7 January may do so. The publisher is making a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal on publication on this book.In December 2020, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav, stated that the Greek Catholic Church would resolve this issue "together with our Orthodox brothers". Now with the over-emphasis on New Years to replace Christmas, which the godless soviets forced onto the pious Triune Russian Orthodox people, and the way Christmas in the West has become materialized into a consumerist-materialistic holiday, one can see that godless, valueless (cultural) Marxism is by no means dead—it just took on a different form.

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In this article, I will present videos of some of the most popular and beloved Kolyadki, one of which enchanted even generations of Americans. In Soft Lad, for the first time, Grimmy will share his outlooks, surprising obsessions, the things that have shaped him and his personal experiences with the world. To give birth to your own God, and then sing to Him about His inevitable death, and glorious resurrection. So first and foremost, the reason why sometimes we can’t feel the Christmas spirit these days, is because we aren’t observing it properly.Es scheint kleiner zu sein als die ukrainische Originalausgabe, wie ich den Videos auf YouTube entnehme. Therefore, the nominative word пан ( pan) simply means Sir, as in English, originally a title for nobility of various ranks, and now equivalent to mister in English or monsieur in French. 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. The acknowledgements really hit home when you hear about the determination to bring A Urainian Christmas to these shores, where letters to publishers were written during the wailing of air-raid sirens.

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In a country where east and west meet, this is a fascinating and unmissable guide to capturing the spirit of one of the most important times of year and a powerful reminder of the strength of holding on to your culture and beliefs, even as others try to take everything from you. In the VDNG park on the outskirts of Kyiv, not long before Christmas, a few families were taking selfies in front of the Christmas tree against the backdrop of some of the city’s vast Soviet-era monuments. If we want to truly “feel the Christmas spirit of our childhood again”, as some put it, we must become more like the Infant Christ, like a child, not only because children are innocent, but because the minds of children are most open to learning that those of adults, who have already become set in their ways. For many civilians near the frontlines on Sunday, meals will be cooked on stoves or over fires, while many across the country will start the day with “war coffee” – black with no sugar. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.My husband is in the east right now, so my children will come over for a Christmas Eve supper and we’ll have a sort of celebration.