In early 1919, when Ukraine's pleas for recognition were falling on largely deaf ears, it dispatched not only diplomats to Europe, but also a choir. Today, it is nearly impossible to imagine Christmas ...

"Carol of the Bells" is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs on Earth, and we have Ukraine to thank for giving "Christmas magic to the world." According to the Ukraine government website, ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

Exactly 100 years ago, the Ukrainian National Chorus first performed the piece in the United States at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of a cultural diplomacy mission. It was part of an effort to ...

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, has reported that "Shchedryk" ("Carol of the Bells") by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych "resounded again in the walls of the legendary Carnegie Hall" in ...

It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922. Its enchanting melody has since been sung by Beyoncé and Barenaked Ladies. By Rob LeDonne ...

But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

Wendy Honig, artistic director of the 6th annual Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Adolph & Rose Levis JCC Sandler Center, recently spoke with the filmmakers of “Carol ...

The Shchedryk children's choir performs on stage during the #Leontovych_Help charity concert as Ukrainian celebrities have joined forces to raise money in order to preserve the house of famous ...