Public holidays in Ukraine

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The following are 11 public holidays in Ukraine. [1]

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Holidays established by law

DateEnglish nameUkrainian nameRemarks
1 January New Year's Day Новий Рік
8 March [2] International Women's Day Міжнародний жіночий день
moveable (Revised Julian) Easter ВеликденьReligious holiday
moveable Easter + 49 days(Revised Julian) Pentecost ТрійцяReligious holiday
1 May [3] International Workers' Day День праціUntil 2018, 2 May was also a public holiday [3]
8 May Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 - 1945 День пам'яті та перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні 1939 - 1945 роківTo commemorate the end of World War II and the Allied victory over Nazi Germany [4]
28 June Constitution Day День Конституції УкраїниTo commemorate Ukraine's Constitution of 1996
15 July [5] [6] Statehood Day День Української ДержавностіTo commemorate the Christianization of Kievan Rus' (28 July until 2023)
24 August Independence Day День Незалежності УкраїниFrom the USSR in 1991
1 October [5] [6] Defenders of Ukraine Day День захисників і захисниць УкраїниPublic holiday since 2015 [7]
(14 October until 2022)
25 December [8] [9] [5] [6] Christmas Різдво ХристовеReligious holiday since 2017, previously celebrated on 7 January (from 2017 to 2022 celebrate on 7 January and 25 December)

During martial law a public holiday is not a non-working day. [10]

Easter postcard (by Jacques Hnizdovsky) Hnizdovsky Easter.gif
Easter postcard (by Jacques Hnizdovsky)

Before the Orthodox Church of Ukraine [11] [12] and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church [13] switched to the Revised Julian calendar in September 2023 all religious holidays were observed according to the Julian calendar, since then Christmas is officially celebrated on 25 December. [5] From 2017 to 2022 Christmas was celebrated in Ukraine on 2 different days, 7 January (the date of the holiday according to the Julian calendar) and 25 December (the date of the holiday according to the Gregorian and Revised Julian calendars). [9] From 2023 Christmas is only officially celebrated in Ukraine on 25 December. [14] [15] [16] [17]

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 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.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 led to a reappraisal of the popularity of the public holidays in Ukraine. [18] A March 2024 study by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that the popularity of Independence Day of Ukraine and Defenders Day had both almost more than doubled (from 37% to 64% and from 29% to 58%) while the popularity of International Women's Day had fallen from being labelled "most beloved" by 49% of respondents in 2017 to 21% in March 2024. [18]

Holidays celebrated by the uniformed organizations

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Other national holidays

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Commemorative and remembrance days in honor of Ukrainian victories won in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Beginning 2023 the following days are earmarked as days of remembrance and honor in relation to Ukrainian victories during the current (2022) invasion:

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  27. 1 2 Day of Remembrance of Ukraine’s Defenders marked today, Ukrinform (29 August 2020)
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