This year I decided to make our own didukh for Christmas. This traditional Ukrainian decoration symbolizes a good harvest and is usually made of wheat, rye or oat stalks. In English, didukh means ...

Olena Didukh, center, the wife of the Ukrainian soldier Bohdan Didukh, after his burial at the Lychakiv military cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday.Credit... Supported by By Megan Specia ...

Ukraine has a diverse array of traditions associated ... “It is made of wheat because bread has the greatest value,” she adds. “The didukh symbolizes the ancestors and honors the family.” ...

NPR's Tim Mak is in Dnipro, Ukraine, as residents look for solace ... MAK: A typical bundle of wheat, called a didukh, to symbolize abundance and garlic to ward off evil. Tamila says she is ...

Ukrainian Orthodox Christians attended services ... People decorate homes with elaborate sheaves of wheat called didukh. Celebrations also include singing carols called kolyadky, carrying ...

Ukrainian customs come from ancient times ... the head of the household or “Hospodar” brings in a sheaf of wheat or “Didukh” (grandfather’s spirit), a symbol of the gathering of the ...

Table tennis players Viktor Didukh and Iryna Shynkariova became bronze medalists of the Games in Paris in the mixed doubles tournament (class XD17). The Ukrainian Paralympians secured a medal on ...