🎅🎄CHRISTMAS IN UKRAINE💙💛
Celebration. Food. Traditions.
Celebration
Traditionally, Christmas in Ukraine starts on January 6 (Christmas Eve
in the Julian calendar). It lasts until the Feast of Epiphany on January
19. At the same time, more and more Ukrainians celebrate Christmas
according to the Gregorian calendar on December 25.It is in common for
ukrainians to celebrate Christmas together with whole family. The main
Christmas meal, called 'Sviata Vecheria' (or Holy Supper) is eaten on
Christmas Eve (24th December or 6th January). Traditionally people fast
(don't eat certain foods) all day but you might start the day drinking
some holy water that has been blessed at church.
Food
There is usually a particular sequence of meals on Christmas Eve. First,
Ukrainians eat Kutia, then borshch, holubtsi, dumplings, fried fish,
cabbage, etc., and drink uzvar. As a rule, children bring dinner, for
example, to godparents and grandparents.
Traditions
Christmas is a time when many families and friends come together to
celebrate, and in Ukraine the many old traditions connected with this
feast day, such as carolling, sitting together on Christmas Eve for a
meal of Lenten dishes and performing the nativity play from house to
house, are still very much alive.
Learn more about Christmas in Ukraine on Wikipedia