To start, she rings in the holiday on January 6 and 7, as is the tradition in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Designer Svitlana Bevza wears traditional Ukrainian clothes—as well as her own Bevza shoes and earrings—to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, which falls on January 7th. Here she is on the eve of Orthodox Christmas.Designer Svitlana Bevza of the label Bevza celebrates Christmas in a far different way than most people do in the West. Instead of celebrating on December 24 and 25, she rings in the holiday on January 6 and 7, as is the tradition in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The 12 dishes that Bevza served to symbolize Jesus's 12 disciples. Dishes do not include meat and there is no alcohol served in accordance with the Nativity Fast.Perhaps some of the most important traditions are the antique Ukrainian clothing Bevza wears. Of course, this isn’t fashion for fashion’s sake. Traditional Ukrainian clothes were either banned or frowned upon during Soviet rule.
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