Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Orthodox Easter
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Sunday may 5, 2024
Orthodox : Paid holiday
Orthodox Easter Monday
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Monday may 6, 2024
Orthodox :
Victory Day
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
Secular holiday : Marks the capitulation of Nazi forces to the Allies in Berlin on May 8, 1945. It is celebrated in the successor states to the Soviet Union on May 9, because when the German Instrument of Surrender was signed, it was already May 9 in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Wikipedia
Europe Day
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Secular holiday : The only state in the world that, not being a member of the European Union, celebrates unity with European countries annually
National Day of the Vlachs
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Thursday may 23, 2024
Culture :
Regional holiday
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Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Kiev Day in Kiev region only
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 31, 2024
School holidays :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday june 17, 2024
cards/flowers :
Day of Public Servants
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Sunday june 23, 2024
Culture :
Orthodox Pentecost
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Sunday june 23, 2024
Secular holiday : Paid holiday
Event CANCELLED
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Monday june 24, 2024
Secular holiday :
St John's Day
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Monday june 24, 2024
Culture : Ivan Kupala Day (St John Baptist)
Whit Monday
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Monday june 24, 2024
Orthodox : In Cyprus, Kataklysma is the festival of the floods in seaside towns
Constitution Day
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Friday june 28, 2024
Secular holiday : An independence referendum was held on 1 December, after which Ukrainian independence was finalized on 26 December. The current constitution was adopted on 28 June 1996.
Event CANCELLED
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Friday june 28, 2024
Secular holiday :
National Police Day
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Thursday july 4, 2024
Culture :
Statehood Day
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Monday july 15, 2024
Secular holiday : from 2023
Day of Baptism
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Sunday july 28, 2024
Culture : Declared on July 25, 2008
Regional holiday
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Friday august 23, 2024
Secular holiday : Kharkov Day in Kharkov region only
Independence Day
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Saturday august 24, 2024
Secular holiday : From the Soviet Union in 1991
Independence Day
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Monday august 26, 2024
Secular holiday : From the Soviet Union in 1991
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Odessa Day Odessa region only
Exaltation of the Fair and Holy Cross
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Saturday september 14, 2024
Culture : In memory of acquisition and the Exaltation of the Cross of Christ. This momentous event occurred during the reign of Constantine the Great, who was the first Roman emperor to stop the persecution of Christians.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday september 15, 2024
cards/flowers :
Defenders' Day
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Tuesday october 1, 2024
Secular holiday : The Orthodox feast day of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, October 14, is considered to be the symbolic day of the founding of the UPA, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army active during World War II, as well as one of the main holidays of the Ukrainian Zaporozhzhian Kozaks, the proto-Ukrainian military and political force that challenged the authority of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, the Tsardom of Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and its vassal the Crimean Khanate over the 16-18th centuries. In the Ukrainian tradition going back to even the medieval times of the Kyiv Rus, the Intercession of the Virgin Mary is interpreted as a symbolical act of protecting and blessing the Ukrainian people. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Marathon of Invincibility
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Sports events : Www.kyivmarathon.org/ 2024 edition confirmed
Yom Kippur
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Sunday october 13, 2024
cards/flowers :
Intercession of Mother of God
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Monday october 14, 2024
Culture : This is the main autumn fest, the history of which dates back to the year 910, when in one of the temples of Jerusalem during the service weak-minded Andrew and his disciple Epiphanius saw floating in the air Mother of God, who spread out the wide white veil over worshippers.
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times