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public holiday A public holiday, national holiday, or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history ...

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Holidays established by law

Religious holidays are observed according to the

Julian calendar The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandri ...

(but here the Gregorian date of Christmas is written). When a public holiday falls on a weekend (e.g. Saturday or Sunday), the following working day (e.g. Monday) turns into an official day off too. If only one or only two working days are between a public holiday and another day off then the

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

usually releases a recommendation to avoid this gap by moving these working days onto a certain Saturday (that is to have uninterrupted vacations, but to compensate this by work on another day which would be a day off). Usually such recommendations only concern those employees whose weekly days off are Saturday and Sunday.

Holidays celebrated by the uniformed organizations

* 26 March - National Guard Day * 30 April - Border Guards Day * 6 May- Day of the Mechanized Infantry * 18 May - Reservists' Day * 23 May – Naval Infantry Day, Heroes of Ukraine Day * 4 July - Police Day * 8 July – Air and Air Defence Forces Day * First Sunday in July –

Navy Day Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy. By country Argentina The Argentine Navy day is celebrated on May 17, anniversary of the victory achieved in 1814 in the Battle of Montevideo. Bahrain The R ...

;Ukrainian Navy to celebrate its holiday on first Sunday of July – decree
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Interfax-Ukraine The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company publishes i ...

(12 June 2015) From 1997 till 2011 this day was celebrated on August 1 * 29 July - Special Operations Forces Day * 8 August – Signal Corps Day * 7 September –

Military Intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...

Forces Day * 9 September –

Armoured Forces Armoured warfare or armored warfare (mechanized forces, armoured forces or armored forces) (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armored fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of ...

Day * 14 September – Mobilized Servicemen Day * 29 October – Finance Officers Day * 3 November –

Rocket Forces and Artillery A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using the surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...

Day * 3 November – Corps of Engineers Day * 21 November – Air Assault Forces Day * 6 December –

Armed Forces Day Many nations around the world observe some kind of Armed Forces Day to honor their military forces. This day is not to be confused with Veterans Day or Memorial Day. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 6 October, ...

; festive fireworks and salutes take place in various cities in Ukraine The holiday was established in 1993 by the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(Ukraine's national parliament).Ukraine marks Armed Forces Day (Video)

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(06 December 2017) * 12 December –

Ground Forces An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

Day * 23 December – Operational Servicemen Day

Other national holidays

Fixed date

* 5 January - Anniversary of the

Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine On 5 January 2019, Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signed the tomos that officially recognized and established the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly (self-governorship). The events immediately leadi ...

* 6 January -

Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation ...

(Orthodox Church of Ukraine and

Ukrainian Lutheran Church The Ukrainian Lutheran Church (ULC; Українська Лютеранська Церква), formerly called the Ukrainian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, is a Byzantine Rite Lutheran Church based in Ukraine. The Eastern Christia ...

) * 14 January -

Old New Year The Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the Old New Year falls on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar. This tra ...

* 22 January - Ukrainian Unity Day, marking both the 1918 Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council and the 1919 Unification Act * 2 February -

Candlemas Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presenta ...

(Catholics and

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) * 15 February - Candlemas (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and

) * 21 February - Anniversary of the 2014 victory of the

Revolution of Dignity The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

* 24 February - Anniversary of the beginning of the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. A ...

(beginning 2023) * 26 February - Day of Resistance to Occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol * 25 March- Day of the

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukraini ...

* 24 May - Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day (also Slavonic Literature and Culture Day) (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 23 June - Day of the Ukrainian Civil Service * 24 June -

Kupala Night Kupala Night ( be, Купалле, pl, Noc Kupały, russian: Иван-Купала, uk, Івана Купала, Купайла), also called Ivanа Kupala, is a traditional Slavic holiday that was originally celebrated on the shortest night of ...

(Catholics and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 28 June -

Constitution Day Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitut ...

* 7 July - Kupala Night (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 16 July - Anniversary of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine * 28 July - Day of

Christianization of Kievan Rus' Christianization ( or Christianisation) is to make Christian; to imbue with Christian principles; to become Christian. It can apply to the conversion of an individual, a practice, a place or a whole society. It began in the Roman Empire, conti ...

— Ukraine * 6 August - Feast of the Transfiguration (Catholics and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 15 August - Feast of the Assumption and Dormition of the Mother of God (Catholics and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 19 August - Feast of the Transfiguration/ Apple Feast of the Saviour (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 23 August - National Flag Day * 28 August - Feast of the Assumption and Dormition of the Mother of God (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 29 August - Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine,Day of Remembrance of Ukraine’s Defenders marked today

Ukrinform The National News Agency of Ukraine ( uk, Українське національне інформаційне агентство), or Ukrinform ( uk, Укрінформ), is a state information and news agency, and international broadcaster of ...

(29 August 2020) remembrance day of the great Ukrainian casualties during the

Battle of Ilovaisk The Battle of Ilovaisk; uk, Іловайський котел, '). The word "kettle" refers to encirclement by enemy forces, which is termed "falling into the kettle". The word is also used to refer to battles during the Second World War, such ...

on August 29, 2014 * 1 September -

Knowledge Day Knowledge Day (russian: День Знаний), often simply called 1 September, is the day when the school year traditionally starts in Russia and many other former Soviet republics as well as other countries in the former Eastern Bloc (excludin ...

and Orthodox/Eastern Rite Ecclesiastical New Year in the Gregorian Calendar (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 8 September - Feast of the

Nativity of Mary The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus. The modern canon of scripture does not record Mary's bi ...

(Catholics and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 13 September - Cincture of the Theotokos (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) * 14 September - Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year in the Julian Calendar (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) * 21 September - Feast of the Nativity of Mary (Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 28 October - Liberation from Fascism Day * 31 October -

Reformation Day Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October, alongside All Hallows' Eve (Halloween) during the triduum of Allhallowtide, in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchth ...

(Most Protestant religious denominations in Ukraine) * 13 November - Reformation Day (Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 21 November - Dignity and Freedom Day, the anniversaries of both the first

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protests in Maidan Nezalezhno ...

protest day in 2013 and the victory of the 2004

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

* 6 December - Day of St. Nicholas (Catholics and Protestants) * 8 December -

Feast of the Immaculate Conception The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, also called Immaculate Conception Day, celebrates the sinless lifespan and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary, celebr ...

(Catholics and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) * 20 December - Day of St. Nicholas in the Julian Calendar ((Orthodox Church of Ukraine) * 22 December -

Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary A banquet (; ) is a formal large meal where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors. Modern examples of these purposes i ...

(Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Lutheran Church) * 24 December -

(Catholics, Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, also marked as Day of the

State Emergency Service of Ukraine The State Emergency Service of Ukraine
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Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy ...

- Marked two days before Western Christian and Orthodox Easter *

Holy Saturday Holy Saturday ( la, Sabbatum Sanctum), also known as Great and Holy Saturday (also Holy and Great Saturday), the Great Sabbath, Hallelujah Saturday (in Portugal and Brazil), Saturday of the Glory, Sabado de Gloria, and Black Saturday or Easter ...

- Marked on the Saturday before Western Christian and Orthodox Easter *

Bright Monday Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...

- Monday after Orthodox Easter Sunday *

Feast of the Ascension The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., shared by ...

- Thursday eight days before Pentecost *

Pentecost Sunday Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers o ...

in the Gregorian Calendar - 7th Sunday after Easter/Pascha as marked by Catholics and most Protestants *

Whit Monday Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of Easter. I ...

- Monday after Pentecost *

Holodomor Memorial Day Holodomor Memorial Day or Holodomor Remembrance Day ( uk, День пам'яті жертв голодоморів, translit=Den pamiati zhertv holodomoriv, translation=Day of memory for victims of the holodomors) is an annual commemoration of t ...

- Final Saturday of November

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Ukrainian culture * {{Ukraine-stub

Holidays established by law

Holidays celebrated by the uniformed organizations

Other national holidays

Fixed date

See also

References