The following are11 public holidays in Ukraine.[1]
| Date | English name | Ukrainian name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | New Year's Day | Новий Рік (Novyi Rik) | |
| 8 March[2] | International Women's Day | Міжнародний жіночий день (Mizhnarodnyi zhinochyi den) | |
| moveable | (Revised Julian)Easter | Великдень (Velykden) | Christian holiday |
| moveable | (Revised Julian)Pentecost | Трійця (Triitsia) | Christian holiday |
| 1 May[3] | International Workers' Day | День праці (Den pratsi) | Until 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 років (Den pamiati ta peremohy nad natsyzmom u Druhii svitovii viini 1939–1945 rokiv) | To commemorate the end ofWorld War II and the Allied victory overNazi Germany[4] |
| 28 June | Constitution Day | День Конституції України (Den Konstytutsii Ukrainy) | To commemorate Ukraine's Constitution of 1996 |
| 15 July[5][6] | Statehood Day | День Української Державності (Den Ukrainskoi Derzhavnosti) | To commemorate theChristianization of Kievan Rus' (28 July until 2023) |
| 24 August | Independence Day | День Незалежності України (Den Nezalezhnosti Ukrainy) | From theUSSR in 1991 |
| 1 October[5][6] | Defenders of Ukraine Day | День захисників і захисниць України (Den zakhysnykiv i zakhysnyts Ukrainy) | Public holiday since 2015[7] (14 October until 2022) |
| 25 December[8][9][5][6] | Christmas | Різдво Христове (Rizdvo Khrystove) | Christian holiday since 2017, previously celebrated on 7 January (from 2017 to 2022 celebrated on 7 January and 25 December) |
Duringmartial law a public holiday is not a non-working day.[10]
Before theOrthodox Church of Ukraine[11][12] and theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church[13] switched to the Revised Julian calendar in September 2023 all Christian holidays were observed according to theJulian calendar, since then Christmas is officially celebrated on 25 December.[5] From 2017 to 2022Christmas was celebrated in Ukraine on 2 different days, 7 January (the date of the holiday according to theJulian calendar) and 25 December (the date of the holiday according to theGregorian 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 aweekend (e.g. Saturday or Sunday), the following working day (e.g. Monday) turns into an official day off too.[citation needed]
If only one or only two working days are between a public holiday and another day off then theCabinet 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.[citation needed]
TheRussian 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 theKyiv International Institute of Sociology found that the popularity ofIndependence Day of Ukraine andDefenders Day had both almost more than doubled (from 37% to 64% and from 29% to 58%) while the popularity ofInternational Women's Day had fallen from being labelled "most beloved" by 49% of respondents in 2017 to 21% in March 2024.[18]
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