St. John the Theologian Cathedral in Kharkiv is one of the only churches in Ukraine’s second-largest city where churchgoers can hear hymns sung in the Ukrainian language. And for people at this church, Orthodox Christmas services have been especially meaningful this year.
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Metropolitan Epiphanius the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, leads the Orthodox Christmas service in St. Sophia Cathedral on Jan. 7, 2019, in Kyiv.
