Christmas in Kiev.<br/> <br />Orthodox revelers parade through snow in costumes.<br/> <br />A priest holds an outdoor service as the sounds of music fills the air.<br/> <br />It is a time of joy and for traditional dancing at a time of an uneasy ceasefire between Ukraine's East and West.<br/> <br />A man offers a toast for peace.<br/> <br />Children enjoy the season on a horse-drawn wagon.<br/> <br />Similar scenes in the east - where residents take in traditional dancing.<br/> <br />Markets are filled with Christmas treats, and there is hope.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) DONETSK RESIDENT, NATALIA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We only prayed for peace, prayed for peace. So that we are heard not only by Donbass residents, but heard by the whole of Ukraine. I think that people in Ukraine, even in Kiev prayed, that they also prayed for peace, and that we hear each other."<br/> <br />Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko with his wife and children observed the Orthodox Christmas at monastery in western Ukraine.<br/> <br />Later Poroshenko and his wi
