This is the sound of light. This is the sound of a miracle. This is the sound of life. This is the sound of Christmas. Our "Shchedryk." Our Leontovych. Our history, which carries especially profound symbolism in times of war.
The great Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych spent several years living and working in the city now known as Pokrovsk. There, he taught music to children, formed a choir, and it was in that very place that he composed the second edition of "Shchedryk," which is heard in every corner of the world these days. This is how a Ukrainian gifted the world the musical spirit of Christmas.
And may everyone in the world remember Ukraine when they hear it. The way we are fighting today for the main symbol of this holiday – for hope and for the triumph of life. On our land, in every city and town, including Pokrovsk.
The divine music composed there and the evil that russia brought there sharply illustrate the difference between us and them.
We strive to create, while for some, the meaning of life is to sow death. We seek harmony, seek justice – we want peace.
All we need is to live peacefully on our own land, to see the sun, our sky, and in it – a Christmas star, not Iranian Shaheds and russian missiles. But for some, life feels "boring and lacks excitement." These words are proof of how far they are from God, from Christianity, and from true faith. And this is proof of why their bondage and darkness will lose. We know this. The world knows this.
And God knows this. Evil will be defeated. Ukrainians believe this and pray for it – pray for all this evil and filth to vanish from our land forever. And Ukrainians undoubtedly deserve it.
