which might sound a little christmas-y, but an important ... The story goes that Peter Wilhousky, a Ukrainian-American heard the song performed in Carnegie Hall and wrote the new lyrics, turning ...

Little did the crowd know that they were seeing the debut of a melody that would be recast by an American school teacher of Ukrainian descent and become one of the most famous Christmas songs in ...

It’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries – the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” -- that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war.

Christmas for the Eastern Orthodox Church is next Tuesday, and for the Ukrainian community here in the Valley, it is both a time to celebrate and pray for peace.

Thus, 'Shchedryk' created the iconic Christmas carol 'Carol of the Bells ... Russians killed people who wrote and sang Ukrainian songs, like, for example, the author of, 'Shchedryk', Mykola ...

Many think it's an American song about Christmas, not," he says, "a Ukrainian song about great expectations." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHCHEDRYK") UKRAINIAN REPUBLIC CAPELLA: (Singing in non-English ...