National Holidays in Ukraine in 2024
Upcoming Holidays in Ukraine
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Women's Day
- The UN has declared March 8th to be a day to celebrate, recognise and remember women
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Orthodox Easter Day
- Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
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: Orthodox Easter Monday
- The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
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: Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation
- This holiday began in 2015 to honour those who lost their lives in conflicts including WW2
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: Mother's Day
- Mother's Day is celebrated across the world, in more than 50 countries, though not all countries celebrate it on the same day
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: Orthodox Pentecost Monday
- Orthodox Pentecost Monday, also known as Holy Spirit Monday, is observed fifty days (approx. seven weeks) after Orthodox Easter.
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: Constitution Day
- Marks the signing of the Constitution of Ukraine on June 28th 1996
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: Day of Ukrainian Statehood
- The Baptism Day of Kyivan Rus, marks the death of Kyiv's Prince Volodymyr the Great in 1015.
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: Independence Day
- Commemoration of the Declaration of Independence from the USSR in August 1991.
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: Day of the Defender
- Honours the courage of the defenders of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity
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: Dignity and Freedom Day
- Marks the anniversary of Maidan Revolution of Dignity in 2013
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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