On New Year’s Eve in 1972, a group of Ukrainians set out to carol — a seemingly innocent holiday tradition. But for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s security services, this was no ordinary celebration. As ...

Alex, whose wife is from Ukraine, adds “For the last two years we have had her entire family over for Christmas and this creates an interesting set of new traditions”. Holly from Swansea is ...

When her children were growing up, Terese Wallack Waldron would spend Good Friday teaching them the fine points of pysanky, ...

Ukraine celebrates Christmas ... "Celebrating Christmas on December 25 is an attempt to create the cultural environment and people’s tradition for a local church independent from the Russian ...

When her children were growing up, Terese Wallack Waldron would spend Good Friday teaching them the fine points of pysanky, the Ukrainian art of decorating eggs for Easter. After one such session ...