Christmas celebrations in Kiev will begin on January 7 at 14:00 at the Independence Square. Kievans will be congratulated by head of the Kyiv city state administration Alexander Popov and by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir.

According to the press service of Kyiv City State Administration, the holiday program will be continued by Kiev Academic Theater of Ukrainian folklore "Berehynya" with a big Christmas concert. Holiday guests will see the best performance of art troupes that will perform folk songs, Christmas carols, schedrivky. In places of celebrations everyone can buy souvenirs. To ensure the participation of Kievans and guests in the festivities, departments of transportation services in Kiev will provide the efficient work of public transport - will increase the number of pairs of trains on the metro lines, the amount of rolling stock on the bus, tram and trolleybus routes.