One of the oldest holidays celebrated from the times of Kievan Rus. Kids write letters to the saint and receive gifts or a twig if they did not behave well.
After seven days of Lent, when people don't eat meat, dairy and eggs, they can finally start cooking and the "pysanky" (decorating Easter eggs). They prepare traditional food and gather with their family to celebrate.
It is the day when the summer meets autumn. People go to the church with fruits and vegetables. The weather that day predicts how will the weather be in autumn.
The holiday when young women gather together for "vechornytsi". They eat and gossip, do fortune-telling customs and line their shoes to see which of them will get married first.
Ukrainians celebrate New Year twice: on 1st of January and on the 14th. Young people gather to go from house to house, they dress in goats, sing and dance to congratulate others.
The wedding begins with the religious ceremony in the church, where the couple gets crowned. Then, the couple and their relatives gather to celebrate. The bride might get kidnapped according to the tradition.
