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Christmas for Ukrainians usually involves a full house of family and friends eating, singing, and laughing together. However, Fort McMurray’s Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox population kept their traditions alive as COVID-19 shutdowns stopped large gatherings this year.
Thursday was Christmas on the Julian Calendar, which is used by Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox churches. On Christmas Eve Wednesday, families and friends would usually meet for Sviata Vecherya (meaning “Holy Supper”), a 12-course meatless meal honouring the twelve apostles.
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Winnipeg family hosting traditional dinner with pandemic twist
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Oksana and Borys Shulakewych with traditional Ukrainian food. Orthodox Christmas Eve is tonight and Orthodox Christmas is Thursday.
Instead of setting the table for a dozen tonight, Elmwood resident Oksana Shulakewych will celebrate a traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner with only her husband Borys in the room and the rest of her family on video chat.
Instead of setting the table for a dozen tonight, Elmwood resident Oksana Shulakewych will celebrate a traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner with only her husband Borys in the room and the rest of her family on video chat.
It is with profound sorrow we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother (Baba) Mary Hryb, aged 93, at Pioneer Ridge, December 23, 2020. Mary (Marika) was born October 20, 1927 in, Bohorodchany, Ivano-Frankiysk Oblast, Ukraine, the daughter of Myhalo and Eustena Romanyshak.
Growing up near the Carpathian Mountains, Mary and her young sister Paraskovia learned to prepare traditional Ukrainian dishes and embroider intricate tapestries. Her exquisite art pieces adorn her home for everyone to admire. In her eighties, Mary delighted her family with drawing captivating Ukrainian scenes in vivid colours, attesting to an innate artistic talent.
In 1940 when Mary was 12 years old, her father died leaving her mother to take care of them and the family home. Earlier that same year, older brothers Myhola and Dmytro were conscripted into the military leaving their mother and siblings to manage on their own. The resilience and perseverance she exhibited during her brothers’ abs
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