10 Ukrainian Castles
"From the 13th century, the territory was widely contested and fought over between Lithuania, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Russia. A Cossack...
‘Russian Peace’ is the triumph of Evil: Pope Francis gets a powerful reply from...
Last week, Pope Francis provoked outrage by saying Ukraine 'should raise white flag' to end war with Russia. Among many powerful replies by political and...
Kvitka ‘Kacey’ Cisyk, Ukrainian-American famous singer was born April 4, 1953
Per Wikipedia, Kvitka "Kacey" Cisyk (Ukrainian: Квітка Цісик; Квітослава-Орися Цісик, Kvitka Tsisyk; April 4, 1953 – March 29, 1998) was an American coloratura soprano of Ukrainian ethnicity. Cisyk, a...
Constantinople Patriarchat publishes full version of historic arguments for Ukraine autocephapy
The historical reasons in support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s involvement in seeking a canonical resolution to the ecclesiastical anomaly in Ukraine have been...
In 1710 the Ukrainian Cossacks drafted one of Europe’s first state constitutions, which had...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Pylyp_Orlyk
John Steinbeck on Ukrainian bee farm
"We moved on to a flowered meadow where there were hundreds of beehives, and a little tent where the beekeeper lived. The air was...
Ukrainian Premium Dish
The full story behind John Steinbeck's quote can be read here. Why borscht is a Ukrainian meal and not Russian is explained here. Borscht...
Boxing star Vasyl Lomachenko took traditional Ukrainian Cossacks’ Hopak dance classes for 4 years
Even as he boxed, Vasyl also played soccer and hockey and wrestled. At 10, he began traditional Ukrainian folk dance. It wasn't Vasyl's idea, prancing...
Bohdan Khmelnitsky meeting Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch near Kyiv in 1654
Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...
In August of 1937, Moscow demolished 12th-century St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, but...
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is situated on the central hill of Kyiv overlooking the Dnieper River and the northern part of Ukraine's capital. It was...
