Womens' Day
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Friday march 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
Maslenitsa
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Monday march 11, 2024
Culture : Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Week, Pancake week, or Cheesefare Week) has its origins in both pagan and Christian traditions. In Slavic mythology, Maslenitsa is a sun festival, celebrating the imminent end of the winter. corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival.
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 am local times
April Fools Day
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Monday april 1, 2024
cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
School holidays :
Annunciation
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Sunday april 7, 2024
Culture : The proclamation of the good news to Virgin Mary about the conception and birth of God baby Christ.
Optional holiday
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan from 2021
Cosmonautics Day
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Friday april 12, 2024
Culture : Celebrates the first manned space flight made on April 12, 1961 by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Chernobyl nuclear incident anniversary (not a bank holiday)
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Friday april 26, 2024
Culture : Occurred on April 26, 1986
Palm Sunday
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Sunday april 28, 2024
Culture :
Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
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
Event CANCELLED
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Friday june 28, 2024
Secular holiday :
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.
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 :