UBC professor brings Christmas cheer to Ukraine, Moldova, Romania
UBC engineering professor Ray Taheri will celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas this week in Ukraine, Moldova and Romania, ...
Oleksandr Usyk welcomed back to Ukraine by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after victory over Tyson Fury - as heavyweight champion sends New Year's message
Usyk has since returned home to Ukraine, where he is a national hero, with Zelenskyy sharing an image on New Year's Eve where ...
TASS4d
FACTBOX: It’s all about the tree: How Russia celebrates New Year
TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...
Hosted on MSN5d
Russian Army Sings, Dances, and Celebrates New Year with Gifts and Holiday Cheer for Orphanage Kids
Russian military personnel spread joy this New Year by decorating their stations with festive garlands and New Year's trees, ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty5d
Ukraine's Carol Of The Bells Still Rings In War-Torn Birthplace
The song known in English as The Carol of the Bells is widely recognized as a Christmas melody. But in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, residents know it as Shchedryk, a work by a local composer. The ...
The Soviet Holiday Classic Even Kremlin Skeptics Can’t Stop Watching
The Irony of Fate” is a turn-of-the-year TV tradition that endures even in households that are now wary of Russian culture.
Long Islanders with Soviet roots hold fast to tradition of 'New Year's tree'
The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...
Israel21c5d
Celebrating tradition at Novy God, the Russian new year holiday
As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...