#Ukrainian Christmas

[vintage-ukraine]

Koliadky by Mykola Pymonenko, 1890s

The painting, depicting traditional Ukrainian Christmas caroling with a handmade Bethlehem star, was, among many others, looted by the russian occupiers from the Art Museum in Kherson.

[restless-historian]

Christmas is just around the corner so in the next few days I'll try posting some holiday stuff to get us into the festive mood

Christmas cards painted by Vasyl Krychevsky, 1947

The inscription on the back of this one reads: "Oh, my homeland, you know not how I long for you!"

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Tryzub on a Christmas tree in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2022.

[k87808]

It was Christmas

All with what was

[yuliia-ozen]

A wonderful painting by Liudmyla Tafiychuk (Людмила Тафійчук) was turned into this amazing gif. Merry Christmas, dear friends! Let it give hope to us, with its Star shining all along this dark and long way.

Христос народився! Славімо Його!

[thalia-pages]

[collapsethevillain]

- Is it true that your wife dresses up as an imp and walks around, scaring people?

- That’s true.

[meatgrindermilk]

woo!! happy ukrainian christmas groovy geckos

[kazhanko-art]

So with the recent switch in Ukraine for Christmas to be exclusively on Dec 25th, I’m wondering how the diaspora will be responding. In Canada, the Orthodox churches have all joined the switch, with some accommodation, but the thing is that the Jan 7th date has for while left being a purely religious thing. “Ukrainian Christmas” is celebrated by Catholics and non religious diaspora members as a holiday much more about identity and heritage, especially as a means of preserving an identity away from the anglocentric one in Canada. So on the one hand, officially Ukrainian Canadians are joining Ukrainians in moving just to Dec 25th, but on the other hand, we have developed a rather separate holiday from what the Jan 7th date meant to Ukrainians, so I suspect many will continue to celebrate it in that capacity. It’s a weird situation, so I guess we’ll see what happens

[artcorvid]

Merry Christmas! I make this really cool drawing of a Ukrainian Christmas Vertep.

Tell me if you want to hear more about the Vertep tradition in Ukraine. It`s really cool folk practice and i could tell some more about it :D

[noblogname765]

Merry Christmas my dear people! 🤍🤍🤍

[vintage-ukraine]

Christmas Card by Leopold Levytsky, 1972

[restless-historian]

Nil Khasevych, a woodcut from the catalog of the Ukrainian Art Circle "Spokiy" (lit. "Calm"), 1930-1934

[driver270]

Holiday Music

Merry Ukrainian Christmas to those who celebrate.

[nolinork]

[yuliia-ozen]

This is Nikita Titov's artwork. God bless all defenders of Ukraine who provide our opportunity to celebrate in the warm home under the protected sky.