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In Ukraine, Christmas celebrations traditionally start on Christmas Eve, which is celebrated from December 24 to January 6, the date of the celebration of the baptism of Jesus, known in Ukraine as Vodokhreshche or Yordan, according to the Gregorian calendar and Revised Julian calendar by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), the Catholic Church in Ukraine (including the Latin and Greek Catholics) and Ukrainian Protestants.[1]

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  1. 99 relations: Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv, Armenian Diocese of Ukraine, Atheism, Audience, Baptism of Jesus, BBC News, BBC News Ukrainian, Bethlehem, Boh predvichnyi narodyvsia, Bolsheviks, Bourgeoisie, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv, Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kyiv, Catholic Church in Ukraine, Christianity, Christianization of Kievan Rus', Christians, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas gift, Christmas tree, Church service, Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv, Date of Easter, Ded Moroz, Deloitte, Didukh, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ecumenical council, Epiphanius I of Ukraine, Epiphany (holiday), Father Christmas, Fedir Vovk, First Council of Nicaea, Garlic, Gregorian calendar, History of the Soviet Union, Holodomor, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Joseph Stalin, Julian calendar, Kievan Rus', Koliada, Kutia, Latin Church, Latin Church in Ukraine, Major archbishop, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, ... Expand index (49 more) »

  2. Christianity in Ukraine
  3. Christmas traditions by country
  4. Public holidays in Ukraine
  5. Slavic Christmas traditions
  6. Ukrainian traditions
  7. Winter events in Ukraine

Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)

Alexandra Feodorovna (p), born Princess Charlotte of Prussia (13 July 1798 – 1 November 1860), was Empress of Russia as the wife of Emperor Nicholas I.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of Armenia.

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Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv

The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv is a former, non-Metropolitan archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church sui iuris (Armenian Rite).

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Armenian Diocese of Ukraine

The Armenian Diocese of Ukraine (Ուկրաինայի հայոց թեմ Ukrainayi Hayots Tem) is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering Ukraine.

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Atheism

Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Audience

An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or academics in any medium.

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Baptism of Jesus

The baptism of Jesus, the ritual purification of Jesus with water by John the Baptist, was a major event described in the three synoptic Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark and Luke).

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC News Ukrainian

BBC News Ukrainian (BBC News Україна) is the Ukrainian service of BBC News which conveys the latest political, social, economical and sport news relevant to Ukraine and the world.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.

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Boh predvichnyi narodyvsia

"Boh predvichnyi narodyvsia" (Бог предвічний народився) is a Ukrainian Christmas carol, which is translated into English as "Eternal God Was Born" or sometimes "Pre-eternal God Was Born." It focuses on the incarnation in the story of the nativity.

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Bolsheviks

The Bolsheviks (italic,; from большинство,, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv

The Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Архикатедральна Базиліка Пресвятої Діви Марії; Bazylika Archikateldralna Najświętszej Maryi Panny), usually called simply the Latin Cathedral (Лати́нський собо́р, Katedra Łacińska) is a 14th-century Roman Catholic cathedral in Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kyiv

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Патріа́рший собо́р Воскресі́ння Христо́вого УГКЦ) is the main cathedral of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

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Catholic Church in Ukraine

The Catholic Church in Ukraine (Ecclesia Catholica in Ucraina; Католицька церква в Україні) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christianization of Kievan Rus'

The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus.

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Christmas gift

A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas.

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Christmas tree

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.

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Church service

A church service (or a service of worship) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building.

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Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv

The Co-Cathedral of St.

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Date of Easter

As a moveable feast, the date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as computation.

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Ded Moroz

Ded Moroz, or Morozko (translit), is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, and Santa Claus who has his roots in Slavic mythology. The tradition of Ded Moroz is mostly spread in East Slavic countries and is a significant part of Russian culture. At the beginning of the Soviet era, communist authorities banned Ded Moroz.

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Deloitte

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, commonly referred to as Deloitte, is a multinational professional services network.

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Didukh

A didukh (дідух), is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration; made from a sheaf of wheat, it is a symbolic sacrifice taken from the autumn harvest. Christmas in Ukraine and didukh are Ukrainian traditions.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Ecumenical council

An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are convoked from the whole world (oikoumene) and which secures the approbation of the whole Church.

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Epiphanius I of Ukraine

Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine (translit, secular name: Serhii Petrovych Dumenko, Сергій Петрович Думенко; born on 3 February 1979) is the primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), holding the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

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Epiphany (holiday)

Epiphany, or Eid al-Ghitas (عيد الغِطاس), also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana. Christmas in Ukraine and Epiphany (holiday) are eastern Orthodox liturgical days and January observances.

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Father Christmas

Father Christmas is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas.

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Fedir Vovk

Fedir Kindratovych Vovk (Федір Кіндратович Вовк, 1847–1918) also known as Khvedir Vovk (Хведір Вовк) was a Ukrainian anthropologist-archaeologist, the curator of the Alexander III Museum in St. Petersburg.

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First Council of Nicaea

The First Council of Nicaea (Sýnodos tês Nikaías) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325.

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Garlic

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium.

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Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.

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History of the Soviet Union

The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world.

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Holodomor

The Holodomor, also known as the Ukrainian Famine, was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians. The Holodomor was part of the wider Soviet famine of 1930–1933 which affected the major grain-producing areas of the Soviet Union. While scholars are in consensus that the cause of the famine was man-made, it remains in dispute whether the Holodomor was directed at Ukrainians and whether it constitutes a genocide.

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Jacques Hnizdovsky

Jacques Hnizdovsky (Yakiv Yakovych Hnizdovskyi, Jakub Gniazdowski, Jakiv Hnizdovskij, 1915–1985) was a Ukrainian-born American painter, printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

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Julian calendar

The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).

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Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.

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Koliada

Koliada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, for Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating to pre-Christian times. Christmas in Ukraine and Koliada are Slavic Christmas traditions and Ukrainian traditions.

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Kutia

Kutia or kutya is a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Christians predominantly in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, but also in parts of Lithuania and Poland during the Christmas – Feast of Jordan holiday season or as part of a funeral feast.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.

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Latin Church in Ukraine

Latin Church in Ukraine (LCiU) (Ecclesia Latina in Ucraina; Латинська церква в Україні), also officially Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine (RCCiU) (Ecclesia Catholica Romana in Ucraina; Римсько-католицька церква в Україні) is the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine.

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Major archbishop

In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop (sometimes also styled as major archeparch) is a title for the chief hierarch ("Father and Head") of an autonomous (sui juris) particular Church that has not been "endowed with the patriarchal title".

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Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine

The Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine is the metropolitan bishop who is the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

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Nativity Fast

In Christianity, the Nativity Fast—or Fast of the Prophets in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church—is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and Catholic Church in preparation for the Nativity of Jesus on December 25. Christmas in Ukraine and Nativity Fast are eastern Orthodox liturgical days.

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Nativity of Jesus

The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is documented in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.

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Nativity play

A Nativity play or Christmas pageant is a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus.

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Nativity scene

In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche, or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth of Jesus.

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New Year's Eve

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December.

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Nicaea

Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea), also known as Nikaia (Νίκαια, Attic:, Koine), was an ancient Greek city in the north-western Anatolian region of Bithynia that is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seventh Ecumenical councils in the early history of the Christian Church), the Nicene Creed (which comes from the First Council), and as the capital city of the Empire of Nicaea following the Fourth Crusade in 1204, until the recapture of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261.

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Nicholas I of Russia

Nicholas I (–) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland.

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Old New Year

The Old New Year, or the Orthodox New Year, is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. Christmas in Ukraine and Old New Year are January observances.

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Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU), also called Ukrainian Orthodox Church, is an Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union

Throughout the history of the Soviet Union (1917–1991), there were periods when Soviet authorities suppressed and persecuted various forms of Christianity to different extents depending on state interests.

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President of Ukraine

The president of Ukraine (Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine.

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Proletariat

The proletariat is the social class of wage-earners, those members of a society whose only possession of significant economic value is their labour power (their capacity to work).

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Protestantism in Ukraine

Protestants in Ukraine number about 600,000 to 700,000 (2007), about 2% of the total population.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Public holidays in Ukraine

The following are 11 public holidays in Ukraine. Christmas in Ukraine and public holidays in Ukraine are culture of Ukraine.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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Revised Julian calendar

The Revised Julian calendar, or less formally the new calendar and also known as the Milanković calendar, is a calendar proposed in 1923 by the Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković as a more accurate alternative to both Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Romanian Orthodox Church

The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; Biserica Ortodoxă Română, BOR), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Romanians in Ukraine

This article represents an overview on the history of Romanians in Ukraine, including those Romanians of Northern Bukovina, Zakarpattia, the Hertsa region, and Budjak in Odesa Oblast, but also those Romanophones in the territory between the Dniester River and the Southern Buh river, who traditionally have not inhabited any Romanian state (nor Transnistria), but have been an integral part of the history of modern Ukraine, and are considered natives to the area.

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Royal Hours

The Royal Hours, also called the Great Hours or the Imperial Hours, are a particularly solemn celebration of the Little Hours in the Eastern Orthodox and the Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Rite.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

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Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'.

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Santa Claus

Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa, or Klaus) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.

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Snegurochka

Snegurochka (diminutive) or Snegurka (p), or The Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales.

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Solar deity

A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof.

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Soviet Central Asia

Soviet Central Asia (Sovetskaya Srednyaya Aziya) was the part of Central Asia administered by the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1991, when the Central Asian republics declared independence.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Stalinism

Stalinism is the totalitarian means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin.

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Stauropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Ukraine

Mission «Stauropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Ukraine» (Misiia «Stavropіhіia Vselenskoho patrіarkhatu v Ukraїnі») is a permanent representative office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as the mother church for the local autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is located in St.

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Sviatoslav Shevchuk

Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011.

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The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper.

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Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper

A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is traditionally prepared to commemorate Jesus' twelve disciples in Central, Northern and Eastern European cultures, especially those that were formerly part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and neighbouring countries. Christmas in Ukraine and twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper are Ukrainian traditions.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is a major archiepiscopal sui iuris ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian language

Ukrainian (label) is an East Slavic language of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), commonly referred to by the exonym Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), is an Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine.

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Ukrainians

Ukrainians (ukraintsi) are a civic nation and an ethnic group native to Ukraine.

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Ukrainska Pravda

Ukrainska Pravda (lit) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum).

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Ukrinform

The National News Agency of Ukraine (Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform (Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of Ukraine.

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Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (often as Verkhovna Rada or simply Rada, VR) is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.

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Vertep

In Ukrainian culture, vertep (Cyrillic: вертеп) is a portable puppet theatre and drama, which presents the nativity scene, other mystery plays, and later secular plots as well. Christmas in Ukraine and vertep are Slavic Christmas traditions.

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Vigil

A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, παννυχίς or agrypnia ἀγρυπνία), is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.

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Vladimir the Great

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019, including during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine ongoing since 2022.

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Vozhd

A vozhd (romanised from Belarusian, Russian and вождь, also Bulgarian, Macedonian and label, vůdce, wódz, vodca, or vodja), literally meaning "the guidesperson" or "the leader", is a historical title with etymology deriving from the Proto-Slavic *voďь and thus common across Slavic languages.

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Western Ukraine

Western Ukraine (Zakhidna Ukraina) or West Ukraine refers to the western territories of Ukraine.

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See also

Christianity in Ukraine

Christmas traditions by country

Public holidays in Ukraine

Slavic Christmas traditions

Ukrainian traditions

Winter events in Ukraine

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Ukraine

Also known as Christmas Traditions in Ukraine, Ukrainian Christmas.

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