In Ukrainian Happy/Merry Christmas is ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born).

What do you write in a Ukrainian Christmas card?

In Ukrainian Happy/Merry Christmas is ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Christ is Born).

What is the response to Merry Christmas in Ukrainian?

The appropriate response would be Славімо його!

What does Slava Isusu Christu mean?

Glory to Jesus Christ!
As worshipers gather, they exchange a traditional Ukrainian greeting. “Slava Isusu Christu!” – “Glory to Jesus Christ!” – resonates through the outer hall.

What are some Ukrainian Christmas traditions?

Ukrainian Christmas traditions The Christmas celebration begins on Christmas Eve. Family members cook Christmas dinner consisting of 12 fasting dishes that symbolize 12 apostles. The main dish at the festive table is kutia – a mix of boiled grains, honey, nuts, poppy seeds, dried fruits, and other toppings.

How Ukraine celebrates Christmas?

Mid-December is when the Christmas atmosphere begins to fill Ukrainian cities, with all Christmas markets and festivals, decorations and magic lights. Christmas Eve (Holy Eve) is marked by traditional family gatherings in the evening in Ukraine – the so-called Sviata Vecheria (‘Holy Dinner’).

What is Ukrainian Christmas called?

Christmas in Ukraine
Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper by Jacques Hnizdovsky
Also called Rizdvo
Observed by Christians, many non-Christians
Type Christian, cultural

How do you say Merry Christmas in Yugoslavia?

In Serbian Happy/Merry Christmas is Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Christ is born Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – truly born (reply).

What is the Easter greeting in Ukrainian?

«Христос Воскрес» is the Ukrainian Easter greeting, and means “Christ has risen.” During Easter service (which, for the orthodox, is a midnight mass), the priest shouts this to the congregation, who answer «Воїстено Воскрес!» (“Indeed he has risen!”).