Oh, peoples of the whole world,
siblings,
from the New Testament
They took the cross to carry.
This year in Ukraine, like in that cave, dark, winter, in trembling candles, without dinner.
Babies were born
in a shelter, in a basement...
These are the Christmas holidays.
in earthly sorrow...
Instead of bright stars - rocket flashes, destroyed houses, and bursts of machine guns.
So now and in our time
This is how evil rejoices!
It is crying out of hatred,
writhing like snakes.
Because in the children of Ukraine and the whole nation there is the light of God's truths, dignity and freedom