Date | English name | Ukrainian name | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
January 1 | New Year’s Day | Новий Рік | |
January 7 | Christmas | Різдво | Religious holiday |
March 8 | International Women’s Day | Міжнародний жіночий день | |
moveable | Orthodox Easter | Великдень | Religious holiday |
moveableEaster + 49 days | Orthodox Pentecost | Трійця | Religious holiday |
May 1 & 2 | International Workers’ Day | День міжнародної солідарності трудящих | |
May 9 | Victory Day over Nazism in World War II | День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні | To commemorate the end of World War II and the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. |
June 28 | Constitution Day | День Конституції | To commemorate Ukraine’s Constitution of 1996. |
August 24 | Independence Day | День Незалежності | From the USSR in 1991 |
October 14 | Defender of Ukraine Day | День захисника України |
The Julian calendar is used to celebrate religious festivals (but here the Gregoriandate of Christmas is written).
When a public holiday occurs on a weekend (for example, Saturday or Sunday), the next working day (for example, Monday) becomes an official day off as well.
If there are just one or two working days between a public holiday and another day off, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers typically issues a proposal to eliminate this gap by relocating these working days to a certain Saturday (that is to have uninterrupted vacations, but to compensate this by work on another day which would be a day off). Typically, such suggestions only apply to workers who have Saturday and Sunday off each week.