Pysanky Workshop

Pysanky is the Ukrainian tradition of decorating eggs for Easter. New York's Ukrainian Museum has held workshops to teach the art of painting Easter eggs since 1977. In 2018 it attracts a diverse following, including many who are neither Orthodox nor Ukrainian, but are interested in art just the same.

Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Church

Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Church is one of the newer parishes in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. It was founded by Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, and construction of the building was completed in 1973.

The gold some of the church as seen from West Chicago Avenue. The architecture follows a Ukrainian-Byzantine style of the 11- 13th centuries.

The exterior of the church features a mosaic above the entrance depicting the Christianization of Ukraine.

Statue of the church's founder, Patriarch Josyf Slipyj

Statue of the church's founder, Patriarch Josyf Slipyj

Chicago's Ukrainian Village

Between 1880 and 1910 Ukrainians migrated in large numbers to the west Chicago neighborhood now known as Ukrainian Village. As with other ethnic enclaves, the neighborhood's Ukrainian population declined with the rise of suburbanization after World War II. While the Ukrainian-American population is just a fraction of what it once was, the Ukrainian influence remains, as seen in the district's many Ukrainian institutions and ornate churches.

Memorial statue outside Ukrainian Cultural Center of Saint Volodymyr and Princess Olha.

Doors of the Saint Nicholas Cathedral School

Ukraina Deli, West Chicago Avenue

Ukrainian flags on display, North Oakley Boulevard

Ukrainian Village Street Sign

Van with Ukrainian flag

Old Lviv Restaurant, West Chicago Avenue

Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral

Here's a look at Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, located in the Ukrainian Village of Chicago.Originally built for a German Lutheran congregation, the building was sold and remodeled for a Ukrainian Orthodox congregation in the 1940's. This is evident by the Eastern Byzantine design dominant inside the architecturally Gothic building. 

 

 

 

Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church

Here's a look at Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Village of Chicago, Illinois. The
Byzantine-style church was constructed between 1913 and 1915, and was modeled after the 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.

  

The Ukrainian American Population

As political unrest develops in Ukraine, we take a look at the largest Ukrainian communities in the United States:

		Ukrainian Population			Ukrainians, as a Percent of Total Population
	United States	939,746	1	Pennsylvania	0.86%
1	New York	132,438	2	Washington	0.83%
2	Pennsylvania	109,320	3	New Jersey	0.80%
3	California	99,624	4	New York	0.68%
4	New Jersey	70,594	5	Delaware	0.64%
5	Washington	55,698	6	Oregon	0.58%
6	Illinois	49,755	7	North Dakota	0.57%
7	Ohio	44,191	8	Connecticut	0.53%
8	Florida	42,778	9	Michigan	0.39%
9	Michigan	38,416	10	Illinois	0.39%
10	Massachusetts	23,381	11	Ohio	0.38%
11	Oregon	22,270	12	Maryland	0.36%
12	Maryland	21,053	13	Massachusetts	0.36%
13	Connecticut	18,804	14	Rhode Island	0.32%
14	Texas	18,250	15	District of Columbia	0.31%
15	Virginia	16,895		United States	0.30%
16	North Carolina	16,149	16	Minnesota	0.28%
17	Minnesota	14,820	17	New Hampshire	0.27%
18	Georgia	14,310	18	Vermont	0.27%
19	Arizona	13,007	19	California	0.27%
20	Colorado	10,234	20	Montana	0.24%
21	Wisconsin	9,783	21	Florida	0.23%
22	Missouri	8,476	22	South Dakota	0.22%
23	Indiana	8,146	23	Idaho	0.21%
24	South Carolina	6,725	24	Virginia	0.21%
25	Tennessee	6,263	25	Arizona	0.20%
26	Delaware	5,731	26	Colorado	0.20%
27	Kentucky	4,064	27	Maine	0.20%
28	Iowa	3,918	28	Alaska	0.18%
29	North Dakota	3,873	29	Wisconsin	0.17%
30	Nevada	3,659	30	North Carolina	0.17%
31	New Hampshire	3,559	31	Georgia	0.15%
32	Utah	3,551	32	South Carolina	0.15%
33	Oklahoma	3,489	33	Missouri	0.14%
34	Rhode Island	3,412	34	Nevada	0.14%
35	Idaho	3,319	35	Iowa	0.13%
36	Kansas	2,965	36	Utah	0.13%
37	Alabama	2,723	37	Indiana	0.13%
38	Maine	2,669	38	West Virginia	0.12%
39	New Mexico	2,377	39	New Mexico	0.12%
40	Montana	2,333	40	Wyoming	0.11%
41	West Virginia	2,283	41	Kansas	0.10%
42	Louisiana	2,169	42	Nebraska	0.10%
43	District of Columbia	1,854	43	Tennessee	0.10%
44	Nebraska	1,815	44	Kentucky	0.09%
45	South Dakota	1,772	45	Oklahoma	0.09%
46	Vermont	1,681	46	Hawaii	0.07%
47	Alaska	1,306	47	Texas	0.07%
48	Arkansas	1,229	48	Alabama	0.06%
49	Hawaii	1,020	49	Louisiana	0.05%
50	Mississippi	956	50	Arkansas	0.04%
51	Wyoming	639	51	Mississippi	0.03%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates

C04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates