A family celebration or a day filled with songs, dances, and traditions? This weekend has gathered interesting offers from Kyiv for celebrating Easter. Explore, add to it, and choose!
Sofia Kyivskaya National Reserve
Traditionally, the Ivan Gonchar Museum, together with the National Reserve "Sofia Kyivskaya," organizes Easter celebrations. Visitors will be able to enjoy ancient spring games and ritual dances that used to be performed on Easter to attract warmth and harvest. The program plans to include about 50 spring songs, games, and round dances that everyone can join in.
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Before the holiday, open rehearsals will take place — everyone is welcome to come, learn the movements and songs, and prepare for the celebration.
When: rehearsal will take place on April 4 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The main celebration is on April 12.
Cost: 250 hryvnias (entry to the reserve territory — 50 hryvnias, workshop — 200 hryvnias).
Where: Volodymyrska Street, 24.
National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine "Pirohiv"
On April 12, the celebration "Easter Glade" will take place here. The program includes traditional spring games, round dances, and ritual performances that were carried out in different regions of Ukraine during Easter. Spring songs will be performed by folklore groups, and visitors will be able to participate in contests and round dances.
Fun and activities for children are also planned.
When: April 12 at 2:00 PM.
Cost: 200 hryvnias.
Where: Akadimika Tronka Street, 1.
Registration by phone: 099 47 84 130 or 097 626 21 33.
Victory Church
A journey through time "Easter Day in Jerusalem" will lead you to participate in the events. Enter the ancient city and move along with a guide who will help you navigate the events and places. The events change, and you transition between them, see the daily life, hear the voices, feel the rhythm of the era. You can make something with your own hands, taste, and enjoy the details. Two hours of immersion in the atmosphere of the ancient city and world-famous events.
This will be interesting for both adults and children, but children under 12 can only attend accompanied by adults.
When: April 9, 10, and 11 (specific time to be confirmed).
Entry: free, but the number of spots is limited, so registration is required.
Where: Malynska Street, 16, near the "Akademmistetcho" metro station. You can get there by marshrutka 301 or a free shuttle from the "Akademmistetcho" metro station on April 9 and 10 (Thursday and Friday). Departure 30 minutes before the program starts. Stop towards the TRC Lavina. After the event, a return shuttle to the metro is provided.
Easter in Lviv: majestic temples, medieval streets, and round dances in the Glade
Even if you don't have acquaintances in the city, you will still enjoy this holiday, as round dances are done here in large circles, with people who seem unfamiliar but are actually very close. In such an atmosphere, you can immerse yourself in the celebration and feel the joy of Easter.
In the glades, they perform crooked dance, willow board, stream, Podolianchik, hounds and wolves, princess, bridges, and dove. You can also attend the Easter liturgy in an ancient church that was transported from the village of Kryvka.
The Easter celebration is planned for April 12. On this day, numerous ethnogroups will perform. Guests are invited to support the tradition of live round dances, which will take place simultaneously in several glades. There will also be the opportunity to participate in spring ritual games.
Specific events are also planned for the youngest participants.
Date – April 12.
Ticket price: 250 UAH.
The celebrations and Easter festivities will continue even on Wet Monday. Then, children's groups, including those playing traditional Easter instruments, will perform in the Glade.
Date – April 13.
Ticket price: 150 UAH.
Traditional Easter in the village. The best villages where Easter traditions are preserved
Easter is truly festive in villages that honor traditions. Even if you just join a general service when everyone is dressed in beautiful clothes with baskets. We offer a selection of villages and towns where we recommend booking a house for Easter.
Village of Kosmach
Kosiv District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region
Before the war, a festival "Easter in Kosmach" was held. Despite the fact that the festival is currently on pause, this village remains the capital of Ukrainian Easter eggs. It is here that you can see the famous "orange" Easter egg with a lace pattern. On Easter, the people of Kosmach go to church in the most precious Hutsul outfits — a beauty that you will not forget.
Verkhovyna
We invite you to celebrate Easter and relax in Verkhovyna, the heart of Hutsul Land. Morning service in the church yard accompanied by the sounds of trembita, traditional horse blessing, and lengthy horseback rides in festive attire.
Kryvorivnia
Where: Verkhovyna District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region
A place of power where Parajanov filmed "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors." The service in the ancient wooden church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1719) — is a peaceful celebration for the soul.
Sheshory
Kosiv District, Ivano-Frankivsk Region
After the service, the youth gather by the Pistin River. Here, interesting patterns of Easter eggs and unique local round dances with special polyphony have been preserved.
Tukhlya
Striy District, Lviv Region
The legendary village of Zakhar Berkut. On the night before Easter, a giant bonfire is lit here — an ancient ritual of "burning Judas," symbolizing the victory of light over darkness.
Drohobych
Celebration near the Church of St. George, built without a single nail and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2012, a Great Celebration took place here — a mass event with over 5500 participants, which was recorded in the Book of Records of Ukraine.
