Ukrainian official holidays
In Ukraine there are many holidays. Here we listed only holidays
which are official days-off in Ukraine.
January 1. New Year. This is everybody's favourite holiday.
Decorating the Christmas tree, going to New Year's parties, getting
presents, — we love all this and impatiently wait for New Year's
eve to come. This is a nice chance to give your lady a present and
prove her that she is really very important to you.
January 7. Orthodox Christmas. A great deal of old Ukrainian
customs that go back to centuries ago are connected with Christmas.
They are fortune telling, singing Christmas carols, cooking traditional
Ukrainian Christmas dishes, going to church.
March 8. International Women's Day. This day is hugely popular
among women in Ukraine as they receive flowers and chocolates from
the men they know. They should not do any housework on this day.
It is recommended to send flowers and some gifts to all your Ukrainian
ladies. It will be highly appreciated as it is considered to be
a sign of your attention (or lack of attention).
Easter Day comes according to the lunar calendar. It could
fall on any Sunday in April or May and is full of lovely traditions.
Eggs are boiled and then painted brightly in different colours.
Very special sweet Easter bread is baked, full of raisins. Often
people will take food like the eggs and bread to the church to be
blessed by a priest on Easter night. This is the day to stop and
think about Jesus Christ's death for our salvation, about what we
have to do to improve ourselves and the life around us.
May 1-2.Originally the Day of International Solidarity of
Workers, it became just a holiday of spring though communists make
their traditional demonstrations on that day.
May 9. The Victory Day. There is hardly a Russian family
which would not suffer from Nazis in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945.
There is always a military parade involving all the people who took
part in World War II. All the old uniforms are worn with the original
medals. Their family and friends give these old soldiers flowers
and congratulations.
August 24. Independence Day. In 1991 independence was proclaimed
and Ukraine became a Sovereign state. A very important holiday.
According to Ukrainian law, in case an official holiday falls on
a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday will be day-off.
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