Ukraine celebrates Christmas as a national holiday on Dec. 25 — for churches observing the religious holiday on the Western calendar, like the Catholics in western Ukraine — and on Jan. 7, for ...

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 Dec. 25.

A blue and yellow ribbon for Ukraine is seen on the Rotary Club of Scranton's Christmas tree during the Festival of Trees event on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 ...

The Christmas tree is decorated with baubles in the shape of blue and yellow hearts, with the Ukrainian coat of arms on the top of the tree. There is a heart-shaped photo zone next to the tree, which ...

We instantly recognize many countries by their flags: the United States’ Stars and Stripes, the UK’s Union Jack, New Zealand’s Southern Cross, Lebanon by the Cedar tree, Israel by David’s Star, and ...

These final days of 2022, in the middle of a war that has ravaged the country for 10 months, a more modest tree stands there, its blue and yellow lights barely breaking the gloom of the square ...

Christmas has great significance in Ukraine in its post-Soviet era, a symbol of the country’s independence. "My grandmother told me that when she was a little girl, her family celebrated ...

Ukraine has shifted Christmas from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, further distancing itself from Russian tradition. Ukraine is celebrating Christmas on the Western calendar this year | WWNO ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — 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 ...