How Ukrainians celebrate Christmas — photo report

Here are the most important Christmas photos from all over the country.

Christmas service at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on the evening of Dec. 24.

Soldiers of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade during the service on Christmas Eve near the front line in the Kupyansk area.

Military personnel from the 4th Separate Tank Brigade “Ivan Vyhovskyi” attend the Christmas Eve service in a church near Kupyansk.

Soldiers of the 4th Separate Tank Brigade prepare a festive dinner.

Soldiers of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade conduct a Christmas service near the front line in the Donetsk region.

A volunteer decorates a Christmas tree in a shelter in the front-line town of Hulyai-Pole, Zaporizhia region.

People in traditional attire sing carols in the Kyiv metro.

Christmas celebration in Lviv.

Catholic believer Lesya Shestakova and Orthodox believer Oleksandr Shestakov celebrate Christmas together for the first time on the same day.

Lesya and Oleksandr in the St. Alexander's Cathedral in Kyiv before the Christmas service.