March 10 is NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY OF UKRAINE

“Neither the glory nor the will of Ukraine has died yet, fate will smile on us, brothers of the youth.” These are the words of our National Anthem, which are familiar to every Ukrainian almost at the genetic level.

It sounds at solemn events, state ceremonies, before sports competitions, at festivals and actions in support of Ukraine all over the world, it was sung on the Maidan during the Orange Revolution and the Revolution of Dignity. It is performed by famous opera singers and children in rural schools. It unites millions of hearts.

The text of the future anthem was written in 1862 by the Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist and poet Pavlo Chubynskyi, and it quickly spread among Ukrainophile circles. This caused irritation of the tsarist regime, and Pavel Chubynskyi was sent to Arkhangelsk province. However, the poem was not forgotten, and the composer and priest Mykhailo Verbytskyi, who liked the words of the song, set them to music.

National Anthem Day is celebrated on March 10, because it was on this day in 1865 that it was performed publicly for the first time in honor of the anniversary of the death of Taras Shevchenko.

At the beginning of our country’s independence, in 1992, the Verkhovna Rada approved the official musical version of the anthem “Ukraine is not dead yet…”. And, finally, the text of the anthem was approved by the Law of Ukraine dated March 6, 2003 “On the National Anthem of Ukraine”.

In these difficult times, when Ukrainian defenders are fighting for the integrity, freedom and independence of Ukraine, the National Anthem has acquired a special spiritual meaning and is the inexhaustible source that connects with our heroic history, with many generations of freedom fighters.

He inspires and warms our hearts with a sense of patriotism and pride for his country!