What a wonderful video? Thoroughly enjoyable and educational. It has lifted my spirit and I'm sure it will lift all your viewers'spirits. Thank you very much. ✌️🧑🎄🇺🇦
Very Beautiful and touching video , it bought a lump in my throat and teas to my eyes when you talked about the ones you lost. It was also the children's wishes. I hope more people see this as this is the way to celebrate Christmas. Thanks for sharing. regards Wally
This is truly a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing with us all. We love you and send you Christmas greeting and prayers both for lasting peace and comfort to all those that have lost so much. It is truly heartbreaking. I wish my government and the people of the U.S. would do more to help. I thank you for teaching me of my Ukrainian heritage and the spirit of our beautiful people. Sending you love! Slava Ukraini, glory to you all heroes in my experience everyone of you! God bless you all!
What a wonderful, joyful, and at same time, deeply poignant and sad piece. Thank you for sharing some of your lovely Christmas traditions with us. What a great country is Ukraine. May peace and wholeness be restored to you very soon. Slava Ukraini!
I feel the pain and the joy of the Ukrainian people this Christmas. It is a blessing that you still have your freedom. The Free World will not let you down. Ukraine is its proxy in this war against Russia. Russia cannot be defeat in any other way. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎇☃💙💛
That was a beautiful video, never lose your wonderful traditions! I'm so sorry for what you're all going through and from my heart I wish you love, peace and Victory for 2024. You are amazing people, happy, loving souls, God bless you all now and forever. Thank you!!! Glory to Ukraine!!!👍💪🇺🇦🇬🇧❤️ and 'Merry Christmas' Peace be with you❤🎄🎅
I enjoyed watching your beautiful city kyve thinking of u all this Christmas and wishing u the very best for 2024 God Bless u all espectially your President and his family and not forgetting the Soldiers who work non stop for there people and there country may God watch over u and protect u lots of love Slava Ukraine ❤❤🙏😇💘🤲🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
Excellent report -- affectionate, emotional, heart-touching, soul-stirring, generous-spirited. Very good English pronunciation. Good luck. Glory to Ukraine!
@@marialavrova5491 Anna, you did a few bloopers in the video. Here they are. 1:36 use an --absolute-- absolete Julian calendar I assume you meant obsolete... Check the pronunciation. 2:40 the way that --was-- has been never celebrated before Present Perfect is a must. 8:03 raise money to support --their-- our soldiers Had you been a foreign reporter, you would have said "their". Since you are not, you should say "our". To err is human. Good luck. ✌
Thank you, Kyiv Independent, for sharing this! It is so important to see the whole range of emotions, from tears for those who are lost, to joy and laughter in celebrating Ukraine's traditions. Thank you for helping all of us know Ukraine a little better. And, of course, thank you for your excellent journalism. Слава Україні 🌟 💛💙
Yes, Ukraine is shining like a beacon of freedom for the whole world. Stay strong, we are with you , undying respect and love to all you wonderful people ! Ukraina peremoze !
I was touched by the guy saying he wished to live his truth in his village but is now obliged to sacrifice his time. It is a deeply poetic statement, I believe that under the hardship you are going through, you see clearer what really matters. God bless you.
Exactly right. And what's more, we all need to make some sacrifices to help, it's not just "their" war. It's great to see so many good people commenting on these videos.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful, real message. With gratitude and tears for all of the affected souls in this horrible war. SLAVA UKRAINI ❤❤HEROYAM SLAVA ❤❤ The evil that is doomed to fail!!!!
Outstanding coverage. From the dancing to the cooking to the little kiddo running around at the end. Well done. This coverage will represent for decades to come. You will make it through the dark. The great country of Ukraine will stand as a great nation in the pillars of history. Merry Christmas y'all. 🕯️🌲 Dallas, Texas 💙🇺🇦
ukraininans celebrated christmas on 7th of january, imagine their hatred when they have to change thousands year old tradition just because they want to be part of a catholic world, which pope of course blessed gay marriage, fucking imbecils :D
To quote Mr. Rogers "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother say to me 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping'" Merry Christmas
When I was a kid growing up in Odesa in the 80s, I found it so annoying when instead of cartoons there’d be Ukrainian folk music on television, which was usually on channel 3. My family then moved to the USA and I didn’t think much about it. Ever since 2014, I rediscovered the beauty of Ukrainian music, songs and dancing and now can’t get enough of it. Seeing all these young people proudly singling beautiful carols made me tear up. This was a fantastic video and I wish all Ukrainians and Europeans a very quick and successful перемога! Слава Україні! 💙💛
Thank you to Kiev Post, my favourite channel. From Australia, a Merry Christmas, and a peace filled new year. I love all things Ukrainian now 👍🏻💖💖👍🏻 Slava Ukrani, 💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛 Intelligent people everywhere are quite aware that you ARE our front line. Where Ukraine goes, so go we all.... So thank you for the gargantuan sacrifices you make for the world. I pray we get Intelligent enough to give you Everything you need. For we can pay now, or pay more later 🤷 God Bless you all 🙏✨️🙏 **whispers thanks for Anya**😶🌫️💖😶🌫️
Merry Christmas to all the Ukrainians, To all those that are still living in Ukraine, or have had to leave Ukraine due to the unfortunate circumstances that is happening in Ukraine and to all of the Ukrainians that are fighting to defend your Independence, Sovereignty & for a free Ukraine, 🇺🇦SLAVA 🔱KRAYINI🇺🇦
At 14:02, Most of the world will recognise this tune as “The Carol Of The Bells”, a well known Christmas Carol, which the English language lyrics was written by Peter Wilhousky in 1936, But the original piece is called “Shchedryk”, meaning “the Generous one” or the word for bountiful, (“shchedryj” in Ukrainian), It was composed by a the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914, it is originally a New Year’s song, that is sung on New Year’s Eve, The original Ukrainian folk story related to the song was associated with the coming New Year, which, in pre-Christian Ukraine, was celebrated with the coming of spring in April. The original Ukrainian title translates to "the generous one" or is perhaps derived from the Ukrainian word for bountiful (shchedryj) and tells a tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the bountiful year that the family will have. With the introduction of Christianity to Ukraine and the adoption of the Julian calendar, the celebration of the New Year was moved from April to January, and the holiday with which the chant was originally associated became Malanka (Ukrainian: Щедрий вечір, Shchedry vechir), the eve of the Julian New Year (the night of January 13-14 in the Gregorian calendar). The songs sung for this celebration are known as Shchedrivky. The song was first performed by the Ukrainian students at Kyiv University in December 1916. It was introduced to Western audiences by the Ukrainian National Chorus during its 1919 concert tour of Europe. It premiered in the United States on October 5, 1922, to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall and the American audience fell in love with the Ukrainian song. The original work was intended to be sung a cappella by mixed four-voice choir. Two other settings of the composition were also created by Leontovych: One for the women's choir (unaccompanied) and another for the children's choir with piano accompaniment. These are rarely performed or recorded. So whenever you hear either this beautiful song, even with the English Lyrics, please take a moment to appreciate those that are trying to celebrate Christmas in Ukraine, under the constant attack from Russia’s illegal invasion and those that are fighting to defend Ukraine during this awful and dangerous time of war in Ukraine, 🇺🇦SLAVA 🔱KRAYINI🇺🇦
Starting in minute 16, with the Kutia/holy dinner, the background tune is "Deck the Halls". Is that carol popular/known in Ukraine, or is that added for English audiences? It seems (to me) like a very niche western tune but I am always curious to learn more and that detail caught my ear.
Thank you for sharing your customs and it was lovely to learn more about your people. I have got to admit the children who have lost parent or parents brought a lump to the throat, but the letter from the little boy who likes looking at the stars as that's where his parents live broke me and again tears fell again. So many tears have fallen since the beginning of the war. No child should ever write a letter like that. As always my support, love and prayers for your country to know peace again. All of this heartache and death just because a terrorist leader has a mega ego and want's to relive the USSR while he hides in a bunker. He has no regard for life, lives are worthless to him. But instead of the Orcs posting videos complaining about the lies they have been told and the woman saying they want there husbands back. The Orcs still attack Ukraine and commit war crimes. Put your balls where your mouth is and turn around and attack the leadership and keep going till you reach Russia. The sheer number of Orcs if you just stopped fighting in Ukraine and took it to Russia then you might have a chance to not only stop the war but start a change in Russia.
13:00 very sad!! from wiki....>>>Davyd Arakhamia, the faction leader of Zelensky's Servant of the People party, said in 2023 that Russia offered to end its invasion in the spring of 2022 if Ukraine agreed not to join NATO and adopted a policy of neutrality....>>>> having spent Christmas in a combat zone, I sympathize and am sad for for these men and their families... Too bad Biden, Boris snd Blinken told them to keep fighting when Ukraine had accepted a peace plan in 2022...
My wife and I look forward to visiting Ukraine as soon as we can. What a great country. I recognized while watching this that at the Christmas fair the standard medical kits that they were raising money for, which are only $6 each, I know this because my wife and I had donated 100 of those standard medical kits; THEY EACH HAVE FOUR TOURNIQUETS, GUESS WHY. Do your part to help the greatest people in the world, the wonderful Ukrainian patriots- give something to UNITED 24 for drones, medical gear. De-mining and more.
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No religious freedoms in Ukraine. Even your worship date is controlled by Evilensky. 🙄🙄
What a wonderful video? Thoroughly enjoyable and educational. It has lifted my spirit and I'm sure it will lift all your viewers'spirits. Thank you very much. ✌️🧑🎄🇺🇦
Thank you! We are glad you enjoyed it!
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sure thing karen, enjoy immigrants and lghdtv propaganda and soon blackies dancing upon your white family
Thank you! I learned so many things.
many of them of course propaganda, 7th of january christmas, not this 25 new age catholic pope approving gay marriage bullshit retard
Very Beautiful and touching video , it bought a lump in my throat and teas to my eyes when you talked about the ones you lost. It was also the children's wishes. I hope more people see this as this is the way to celebrate Christmas. Thanks for sharing. regards Wally
Thank you, Wally! It's definitely an emotional video; thank you for watching it.
catholic christmas, and they're not catholics :D
fucking ukronazis
This is truly a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing with us all. We love you and send you Christmas greeting and prayers both for lasting peace and comfort to all those that have lost so much. It is truly heartbreaking. I wish my government and the people of the U.S. would do more to help. I thank you for teaching me of my Ukrainian heritage and the spirit of our beautiful people. Sending you love! Slava Ukraini, glory to you all heroes in my experience everyone of you! God bless you all!
Thank you for your support and happy holidays!
Blessings to my mother's former homeland! Much love from Wisconsin, USA! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
Wishing you love, light and peace in the new year. Fight on, brave ones. Fight on.
Thank you!
What a wonderful, joyful, and at same time, deeply poignant and sad piece. Thank you for sharing some of your lovely Christmas traditions with us. What a great country is Ukraine. May peace and wholeness be restored to you very soon. Slava Ukraini!
Thank you for your beautiful wishes.
Thank you for watching!
I feel the pain and the joy of the Ukrainian people this Christmas. It is a blessing that you still have your freedom. The Free World will not let you down. Ukraine is its proxy in this war against Russia. Russia cannot be defeat in any other way.
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎇☃💙💛
Thank you for these wonderful Christmas wishes! Happy holidays😊
That was a beautiful video, never lose your wonderful traditions! I'm so sorry for what you're all going through and from my heart I wish you love, peace and Victory for 2024. You are amazing people, happy, loving souls, God bless you all now and forever. Thank you!!! Glory to Ukraine!!!👍💪🇺🇦🇬🇧❤️ and 'Merry Christmas' Peace be with you❤🎄🎅
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!
Excellent 🎉❤
That was lovely! Omg. Merry Christmas amazing Ukrainians, and respect and love from the US. Oh, that collar on the reporter's swearer is gorgeous.
Delighted joy 🇺🇦🎄🇺🇦 Greetings from Indianapolis Indiana 🇺🇸
I enjoyed watching your beautiful city kyve thinking of u all this Christmas and wishing u the very best for 2024 God Bless u all espectially your President and his family and not forgetting the Soldiers who work non stop for there people and there country may God watch over u and protect u lots of love Slava Ukraine ❤❤🙏😇💘🤲🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
Glory to Ukraine! Merry Christmas!
What a beautiful traditions and culture. Great documentary!
Excellent report -- affectionate, emotional, heart-touching, soul-stirring, generous-spirited. Very good English pronunciation. Good luck. Glory to Ukraine!
Thank you for your feedback, we are glad you enjoyed this video :)
Thank you! We worked hard on this
@@marialavrova5491 Anna, you did a few bloopers in the video. Here they are.
1:36 use an --absolute-- absolete Julian calendar
I assume you meant obsolete... Check the pronunciation.
2:40 the way that --was-- has been never celebrated before
Present Perfect is a must.
8:03 raise money to support --their-- our soldiers
Had you been a foreign reporter, you would have said "their". Since you are not, you should say "our".
To err is human. Good luck. ✌
Thank you, Kyiv Independent, for sharing this! It is so important to see the whole range of emotions, from tears for those who are lost, to joy and laughter in celebrating Ukraine's traditions. Thank you for helping all of us know Ukraine a little better. And, of course, thank you for your excellent journalism. Слава Україні 🌟 💛💙
Thank you for being a supporter! Happy holidays!
Fantastic! Wish all a good end to the year, and better days in 2024. Slava Ukraine! Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪🇺🇦
Thank you!
Yes, Ukraine is shining like a beacon of freedom for the whole world. Stay strong, we are with you , undying respect and love to all you wonderful people ! Ukraina peremoze !
Thank you!
tears... a great program. Слава Україні 🌟 💛💙
Many thanks!
I was touched by the guy saying he wished to live his truth in his village but is now obliged to sacrifice his time. It is a deeply poetic statement, I believe that under the hardship you are going through, you see clearer what really matters. God bless you.
Exactly right. And what's more, we all need to make some sacrifices to help, it's not just "their" war. It's great to see so many good people commenting on these videos.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful, real message. With gratitude and tears for all of the affected souls in this horrible war. SLAVA UKRAINI ❤❤HEROYAM SLAVA ❤❤ The evil that is doomed to fail!!!!
sure thing karen
Thank you!
Outstanding coverage.
From the dancing to the cooking to the little kiddo running around at the end. Well done.
This coverage will represent for decades to come.
You will make it through the dark. The great country of Ukraine will stand as a great nation in the pillars of history.
Merry Christmas y'all. 🕯️🌲
Dallas, Texas 💙🇺🇦
Thank you so much for watching! Happy Christmas to you 🙂
Thank you for sharing !! Salva Ukraine. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
ukraininans celebrated christmas on 7th of january, imagine their hatred when they have to change thousands year old tradition just because they want to be part of a catholic world, which pope of course blessed gay marriage, fucking imbecils :D
Merry Christmas, dear Ukrainians!🎄 You are saving the world from evil.
Merry Christmas to you too!
Slava Ukraine ! Love Frome Canada .
My heart and prayers are with you. X
Merry Christmas and keep shining💙💛
Merry Christmas! great reporting! Slava Ukraini!💙💛
Merry Christmas!
God bless all of you❤❤ you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Thank you!
Merry Christmas Ukrainian. Love ❤️ Ukraine. Yes it’s crazy Putin trying to take over Europe. Keep the hope and May God Bless you all
Love ❤
Ann
Thank you for your Christmas wishes!
My wishes of Merry Christmas to the staff of Kyiv Independent and all the people of goodwill in Ukraine.
Much appreciated!
Very interesting.... Malanka is very similar to what we have in Ireland, mummers....
Thank you for sharing! I am curious to look into that
@@marialavrova5491 if you search Wren Boys Ireland Saint Stephen's Day you should find it.... These days they don't catch birds and use models
Thank you so much!
To quote Mr. Rogers "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother say to me 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping'"
Merry Christmas
not our christmas, ours is on 7th of january, this is catholic pope apporivng gay marriege holiday retard
Froh Weihnachten und gluckliche neue jahr! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava!
Господи збережи нам Україну, щастя і долі дай нашим людям, захисти наших воїнів.
Merry Christmas to all
Merry Christmas
Beautiful. And a lot of mixed emotion
Thank you! We wanted to show different sides of our reality
When I was a kid growing up in Odesa in the 80s, I found it so annoying when instead of cartoons there’d be Ukrainian folk music on television, which was usually on channel 3. My family then moved to the USA and I didn’t think much about it. Ever since 2014, I rediscovered the beauty of Ukrainian music, songs and dancing and now can’t get enough of it. Seeing all these young people proudly singling beautiful carols made me tear up. This was a fantastic video and I wish all Ukrainians and Europeans a very quick and successful перемога! Слава Україні! 💙💛
Thank you to Kiev Post, my favourite channel.
From Australia, a Merry Christmas, and a peace filled new year. I love all things Ukrainian now 👍🏻💖💖👍🏻 Slava Ukrani,
💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛🇺🇦💛
Intelligent people everywhere are quite aware that you ARE our front line. Where Ukraine goes, so go we all.... So thank you for the gargantuan sacrifices you make for the world. I pray we get Intelligent enough to give you Everything you need. For we can pay now, or pay more later 🤷 God Bless you all 🙏✨️🙏
**whispers thanks for Anya**😶🌫️💖😶🌫️
Merry Christmas to all the Ukrainians,
To all those that are still living in Ukraine, or have had to leave Ukraine due to the unfortunate circumstances that is happening in Ukraine and to all of the Ukrainians that are fighting to defend your Independence, Sovereignty & for a free Ukraine,
🇺🇦SLAVA 🔱KRAYINI🇺🇦
Thank you! 🚜
Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas from 🇸🇪
Слава Україні та її воїнам 🇺🇦Героям слава 🇺🇦
Слава Україні🇺🇦
Христос Се Рождає! Славіте Його!
🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 very beautiful decorations. I see the happiness in them, even though time are tuff for them their spirit cant be broken! Slava ukraina 🇺🇦
Exactly! Thank you for watching and Merry Christmas!
This is wo derful. So much of it seems like May Day, or Saturnalia-like - so much richer than 'just' carols & cakes.
This is so much fun to see. Traditions are so important. It keeps people together. ❤❤❤❤
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SLAVA UKRAINI Insignificant me has supported your struggle which is mine as well since 24/02/2022.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Щасливого Різдва Христового Благослови вас усіх в Україні
... just seven more words for the algorithm 💙💛
At 14:02,
Most of the world will recognise this tune as “The Carol Of The Bells”, a well known Christmas Carol, which the English language lyrics was written by Peter Wilhousky in 1936,
But the original piece is called “Shchedryk”, meaning “the Generous one” or the word for bountiful, (“shchedryj” in Ukrainian),
It was composed by a the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914, it is originally a New Year’s song, that is sung on New Year’s Eve,
The original Ukrainian folk story related to the song was associated with the coming New Year, which, in pre-Christian Ukraine, was celebrated with the coming of spring in April.
The original Ukrainian title translates to "the generous one" or is perhaps derived from the Ukrainian word for bountiful (shchedryj) and tells a tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the bountiful year that the family will have.
With the introduction of Christianity to Ukraine and the adoption of the Julian calendar, the celebration of the New Year was moved from April to January, and the holiday with which the chant was originally associated became Malanka (Ukrainian: Щедрий вечір, Shchedry vechir), the eve of the Julian New Year (the night of January 13-14 in the Gregorian calendar).
The songs sung for this celebration are known as Shchedrivky.
The song was first performed by the Ukrainian students at Kyiv University in December 1916.
It was introduced to Western audiences by the Ukrainian National Chorus during its 1919 concert tour of Europe.
It premiered in the United States on October 5, 1922, to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall and the American audience fell in love with the Ukrainian song.
The original work was intended to be sung a cappella by mixed four-voice choir.
Two other settings of the composition were also created by Leontovych: One for the women's choir (unaccompanied) and another for the children's choir with piano accompaniment.
These are rarely performed or recorded.
So whenever you hear either this beautiful song, even with the English Lyrics, please take a moment to appreciate those that are trying to celebrate Christmas in Ukraine, under the constant attack from Russia’s illegal invasion and those that are fighting to defend Ukraine during this awful and dangerous time of war in Ukraine,
🇺🇦SLAVA 🔱KRAYINI🇺🇦
Thank you for sharing this!
🇺🇦👍💐🙂
Starting in minute 16, with the Kutia/holy dinner, the background tune is "Deck the Halls".
Is that carol popular/known in Ukraine, or is that added for English audiences? It seems (to me) like a very niche western tune but I am always curious to learn more and that detail caught my ear.
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At 14:50, there is a church tower that is, looks like dangerously tilted. Is this for real, or is it a camera lens distortion?
Все добре! Це ефект камери
It's a distortion from the camera lens. Saint Sophia Cathedral is safe 😃
Thank you for sharing your customs and it was lovely to learn more about your people. I have got to admit the children who have lost parent or parents brought a lump to the throat, but the letter from the little boy who likes looking at the stars as that's where his parents live broke me and again tears fell again. So many tears have fallen since the beginning of the war. No child should ever write a letter like that. As always my support, love and prayers for your country to know peace again.
All of this heartache and death just because a terrorist leader has a mega ego and want's to relive the USSR while he hides in a bunker. He has no regard for life, lives are worthless to him.
But instead of the Orcs posting videos complaining about the lies they have been told and the woman saying they want there husbands back.
The Orcs still attack Ukraine and commit war crimes. Put your balls where your mouth is and turn around and attack the leadership and keep going till you reach Russia.
The sheer number of Orcs if you just stopped fighting in Ukraine and took it to Russia then you might have a chance to not only stop the war but start a change in Russia.
Thank you for your support!
💔💔💔🫰🫰🫰
♥
Russia is Great!!!!
Greetings from Belgium!!
13:00
very sad!!
from wiki....>>>Davyd Arakhamia, the faction leader of Zelensky's Servant of the People party, said in 2023 that Russia offered to end its invasion in the spring of 2022 if Ukraine agreed not to join NATO and adopted a policy of neutrality....>>>>
having spent Christmas in a combat zone, I sympathize and am sad for for these men and their families...
Too bad Biden, Boris snd Blinken told them to keep fighting when Ukraine had accepted a peace plan in 2022...
The West and tradition, how stupid it sounds 😄
Freedom takes many forms! 🇺🇦🗽🕊️🛷🎄🍲😊
Hahahaha
My wife and I look forward to visiting Ukraine as soon as we can. What a great country. I recognized while watching this that at the Christmas fair the standard medical kits that they were raising money for, which are only $6 each, I know this because my wife and I had donated 100 of those standard medical kits; THEY EACH HAVE FOUR TOURNIQUETS, GUESS WHY. Do your part to help the greatest people in the world, the wonderful Ukrainian patriots- give something to UNITED 24 for drones, medical gear. De-mining and more.
🪖🇺🇦👋🇫🇮🙏🙏🙏❤🎄