oleksandra chenkova , tetyana dotsyak, yevhen rapenko, faktv, edyni news. ukrainians have joined almost one and a half billion christians who celebrate the birth of the son of god on december 25. first, officially, the orthodox church of ukraine and the ukrainian greek catholic church christmas liturgies were celebrated today. transition to the new church calendar, only supporters of the moscow patriarchate, so once again about the manipulations and myths about the date of christmas and when exactly our ancestors celebrated it with details olga chitaylo: good evening to you , master, rejoice from sunrise to sunset. for the first time this year, the carol will sound only in december, not two dates, not of your own choosing , officially christmas in ukraine is december 25, and both ocu and ugc have switched to a new calendar this year, i am very happy that we have now switched to this new style, from the old one the soviet one is needed leaving, and our children will already celebrate everything in a new way, but the first year was very difficult, now they ar