Ukraine List

Magnatune, whose selling line is “We are not evil” has a good podcast of church music by a number of Ukrainian groups. In reality it is much more than a podcast though as you can click on any of track hyperlinks and then use the flashplayer to listen to all the songs off of fifteen […]

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As the holiday season is nearing its end in Ukraine, it is always interesting to look at the pagan traditions that contributed to the present religious practices. It is not uncommon to have pagan origins for Christian holidays as the Christian events were often created as a substitute for an existing pagan tradition. Since Ukraine […]

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I was searching the web and came upon this map on Wikipedia. It shows the distribution of Americans with Ukrainian heritage, and I thought some locations were a bit striking, such as the red areas in North Dakota and Alaska. I guess I always knew there would be clusters in New York and Pennsylvania, but […]

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Here are four perspectives on World War II (The Great Patriotic War) from Ukraine. One is from a French priest, another is from a film director, yet another is from a cave explorer, and the last is of an amateur archaeologist.
Part I (A French Priest)
This story comes from the Christian Science Monitor and is about […]

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As Christmas season here, many of us, especially those in North America, will be hearing a ubiquitous holiday song that comes from Ukraine. “Carol of the Bells,” that rhythmic bell-like song is based upon a Ukrainian folk song. Since then the song has been Anglicized and has been been on TV shows, hundreds of commercials, […]

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This photo was taken by Jason Witte as you can see by the imprint at the bottom. Jason posts some travel photos from Ukraine and other places he has visited on his website. I especially liked the subject of the photo entitled “Mural in Kiev.”

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So after years of not even hearing the name of David Duke in the US, it comes as a bit of an unfortunate surprise to see his name so frequently associated with Ukraine. Of course, the David Duke presence would be well-known by many in Ukraine, but it is largely off the radar in the […]

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I saw that the Kyiv Post has a short article on Halloween festivities in Kyiv. The article notes that Halloween started appearing in Ukraine about five years ago and has gained in popularity steadily. This is no surprise as it mirrors similar patterns throughout Europe. Also Ukraine, unlike some other European countries does not have […]

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