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St. Michael is Ukraine's Protector
Venerated for centuries in countries around the world, the visage of St. Michael, the Archangel of the heavens and the warrior purported to pass judgment on all souls when Christ returns to an earthly form, this saint, Ukrainians claim as their own alone.
FeaturesTradition and Tragedy - Ukraine’s Kobzar Minstrels
Listen closely and the Ukrainian wind may still carry an ancient song sung by blind minstrels, a song that tells a spellbinding tale of Cossack courage and their heroic quest for Ukraine’s freedom. Traveling from village to village as ox-drawn carts stumbled across muddy roads leading into dark forests, Ukraine’s minstrels once trudged past Baroque churches with Greek domes and mosaic Virgins pieced together from crimson, turquoise and emerald fragments and wandered freely across the Ukrainian steppe. Indeed, Ukraine’s blind minstrels, called kobzari, are special in the country’s history, in part, because of their traditional customs as well as their tragic ending.
FeaturesUkraine’s History, Culture, Art, and Literature
Of course, the writers at Ukraine.com hope that our website will be your first stop on the Internet superhighway to learn about this emerging travel destination, but to compliment your viewing, why not try the newly created Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine?
FeaturesIvan Franko’s Timeless Words Craft a Ukrainian Portrait
Trudging along a Kyiv street, a man in a long dark coat with books and newspapers swinging from the buttons, whispers madly to no one in particular. Crowds of people along the pavement separate like water around dangerous rocks allowing the lonely man to pass.
FeaturesUkrainians’ Quest for Permanence and Sanctuary
What remains is history or rather, a memory of history for many older Ukrainians. Four walls, not or a country, are often a Ukrainian family’s only sanctuary, their faith in permanence, razor thin. An agrarian country, Ukrainians’ undisputed connection to the land surpassed Tsars and Communist leaders alike. The dacha, originally a shed next to an accompanying plot of land, embodies a necessary “retreat” from the urban Ukrainian landscape.
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