Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... Putin offered a 36-hour ceasefire to Ukraine so both countries could honour Orthodox Christmas, but Kyiv rejected his suggestion. This year, as ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church elects its primate and ... of newspapers and magazines featuring the words “Russian,” and Christmas or Easter sermons of the Russian Church patriarch.

When it rains on Christmas Day, Tupyliuk says ... as it used to be in Ukraine for over 100 years. The rest of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches switched next year, in 2023. The rainy weather ...

"Therefore, I will try to make it happen by Orthodox Christmas," meaning January 7 ... Meanwhile, the "head of the Ukrainian regime" rejected both negotiations and a ceasefire.

call on all parties involved in the internecine conflict to establish a Christmas ceasefire from 12:00 p.m. Moscow time on January 6 to 12:00 a.m. on January 7 so that Orthodox people could attend ...

We'll see when he becomes president.” St. Peter & St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Carnegie, celebrates Christmas according to the Julian calendar, so it wasn’t until January that Father ...

He praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his “tireless effort” to defend the country’s independence. Most Ukrainians identify as Orthodox Christians, though the country remains ...