Holiday Calendar for Ukraine in October
Ukrainian traditions and memorable days, professional and national holidays in Ukraine, significant events and festivals by months 
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October 2025
Wednesday 1 October - The Intercession of the Theotokos (or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary); Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine); Sociologist's Day in Ukraine
Saturday 4 October - Day of Territorial Defense of Ukraine (Celebrated on the first Sunday in October)
Thursday 9 October - Realtor's Day in Ukraine (unofficial holiday)
Saturday 11 October - Artist Day in Ukraine (Held on the second Sunday in October)
Sunday 12 October - National Day of the Economist in Ukraine (celebrated in conjunction with the World Day of Economists); Day of the military chaplain in Ukraine
Saturday 25 October - Marketer's Day (unofficial holiday for marketing specialists)
Tuesday 28 October - Grandmothers and Grandfathers Day in Ukraine (Grandparents Day since 2018); Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis
November 2025
Saturday 8 November - Winegrower and Winemaker's Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the second Sunday of November)
Thursday 13 November - International Sausage Day (unofficial holiday)
Saturday 22 November - International Son Day (community initiative); Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Day
Thursday 27 November - Logistics Day in Ukraine (date for 2025. They celebrate on the last Friday of November)
December 2025
Friday 12 December - Ground Forces Day (Ukraine)
Tuesday 23 December - Operational Servicemen Day n Ukraine (Day of all level operational control structures servicemen); Mechanical Engineer Day in Ukraine
January 2026
Friday 2 January - The second day of New Year (a holiday in Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Mauritius, Montenegro, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine. New Year Holiday [Albania, Scotland], if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3)
February 2026
Thursday 26 February - The Day of Resistance to Occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol in Ukraine (official holiday)
March 2026
April 2026
Monday 6 April - Dyngus Day (It is very popular in Poland, as well as in Polish communities across America)
Wednesday 15 April - Ecological Knowledge Day (has been celebrated in Ukraine since 1996 at the initiative of environment NGOs)
Saturday 25 April - International Sculpture Day (Held on the last Saturday of April)
May 2026
Thursday 7 May - Physicist Day (since 1959)
Monday 18 May - Day of the reservist in Ukraine; Day of Remembrance of Crimean Tatar genocide in Ukraine
Thursday 21 May - World Embroidery Day or International Vyshyvanka Day (Celebrated on the third Thursday of May. Festival of culture of the East Slavic traditional embroidered shirt. Usually, an embroidered shirt was made from a homemade cloth, which was woven on a loom); Day of Interethnic Harmony and Cultural Diversity
Saturday 30 May - Steppe Day in Ukraine (2017)
June 2026
Thursday 4 June - Day of Remembrance for Children Who Died in Ukraine (Day of Remembrance for Children Who Died as a Result of the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine); International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Saturday 13 June - Furniture Makers Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the second Saturday of June. Unofficial professional holiday of furniture makers)
Sunday 21 June - Day of the employee of the control service at regulated prices in Ukraine (the Law of Ukraine “On Prices and Pricing” was adopted on that day); Pectoral Day or the Day of the Ukrainian Jeweler; Father’s Day
July 2026
Friday 3 July - Day of anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Day of Army Aviation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Saturday 4 July - International Dnipro Day (Celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July)
Sunday 19 July - Trainer's Day in Ukraine (unofficial holiday of sports trainers. For the first time, the idea of this professional sports festival appeared in 1999 among representatives of the Federation of Sports and Rhythmic Gymnastics of Ukraine)
Monday 20 July - Feast of Elijah (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, and the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod); International Chess Day
August 2026
Sunday 2 August - Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Council of Europe, European Parliament); Airmobile Forces Day (Ukraine)
Saturday 29 August - Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Memorial Day of the defenders of Ukraine, who died in the struggle for independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine); Trucker's Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the last Saturday of August)
Sunday 30 August - Miners' Day in Ukraine (is celebrated on the last Sunday of August)
September 2026
Thursday 3 September - Methodist Day in Sumy, Ukraine (official regional professional holiday)
Friday 4 September - Customs Brokerage Day in Ukraine (in 1992, an order of the State Customs Committee was approved that regulates the activities of such specialists)
Monday 7 September - Military Intelligence Day (Ukraine)
Tuesday 8 September - Rozhanitsy in Ukraine (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21); Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Saturday 12 September - Kakhovka Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the second Saturday of September); Mariupol Day in Ukraine; Borscht Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the second Saturday of September); Olympic Week in Ukraine (Held from the second Saturday of September)
Sunday 13 September - International Crane Day (Celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in September)
Monday 14 September - Mobilized Servicemen Day in Ukraine; Day of the Tank Troops of Ukraine; National Live Creative Day
Wednesday 16 September - Recruiter's Day or HR Manager's Day (Celebrated on the third Wednesday of September)
Friday 18 September - International Day of Equal Pay (established by the UN General Assembly on November 15, 2019. Several countries, including Georgia and Ukraine, sponsored the resolution); Memorial Day for Motorcyclists
Monday 21 September - Rozhanitsy Day in Ukraine (Celebrated for two days, September 8 and 21)
Saturday 26 September - New Kakhovka Day in Ukraine (Celebrated on the last Saturday of September)
Sunday 27 September - Tourism Day in Ukraine; International Daughters' Day (Celebrated on the fourth Sunday of September)
Monday 28 September - Melitopol Day in Ukraine (Held on the last Sunday of September)
International Day of Older Persons
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons.
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International Music Day
The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO’s advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO’s headquarters in..→
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International School Library Month
October 1 marks the beginning of International School Library Month (ISLM), a month to celebrate and draw attention to school libraries. First s..→
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List of commemorative months in October in Ohio
Ohio hepatitis C awareness month; German heritage month; Crime prevention month; Disability employment awareness month; Sudden Infant Death Synd..→
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Ohio Forest Products Awareness Week
The state of Ohio has approximately 8.05 million acres under forest cover, which is 30.7% of Ohio’s land area. Nearly three-quarters of Ohio’s f..→
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World Vegetarian Day and International Vegetarian Week
World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is the official date, however if necessary, individuals may schedule their event on a..→
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International Day of Non-Violence
According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion..→
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Ostomy Awareness Day (World Ostomy Day)
In 1993 Professor Dr. Gerhard Englert proposed the idea to organize World Ostomy Day.
The aim was to draw attention for people with a stoma and..→
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World Animal Day
World Animal Day was observed on October 4th, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Started in Florence Italy in 1931..→
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World Space Week
The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space scie..→
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World Teachers’ Day
UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special in..→
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German-American Day
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German American imm..→
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Nonviolence Week in Ohio
The idea of Ohio Violence Week was developed by the Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, an organization that advocates for peace, tolerance and..→
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World Architecture Day
World Architect Day is celebrated on the first Monday of every October, concurrently with the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, was set up by ..→
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World Habitat Day
In 1985 the United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day (Resolution 40/202 of 17 December 1985). The i..→
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Leif Erikson Day in Wisconsin
Leif Erikson was born in Iceland and raised in Greenland. Norse sagas written 300 years after his death describe his explorations, around 1000 C..→
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World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the..→
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General Pulaski Memorial Day in Ohio
Casimir Pulaski (March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish noblemanb, soldier and military commander who has been called with his fellow Hu..→
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International Day of the Girl Child
On December 19, 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day of the Girl C..→
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Voices f..→
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Christopher Columbus Day in Wisconsin
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Mona..→
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World Arthritis Day
World Arthritis Day (WAD), established in 1996 by Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI) is a global initiative bringing people together t..→
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American Indian Heritage Day in Alabama
STATE OF ALABAMA. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR:
"WHEREAS, many of our state citizens are of Native American Indian heritage, and their Tra..→
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Farmers’ Day in Florida
Farmer’s Day has history dating back to the 1800’s. There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Far..→
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Fraternal Day in Alabama
Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama on the second Thursday of October beginning in 1915.
In 1915, The Fraternal Monitor, publish..→
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Indigenous People’s Day in Berkeley, California
The idea of replacing Columbus Day with a day celebrating the indigenous people of North America first arose in 1977 from the International Conf..→
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International Day for Disaster Reduction
By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989), the General Assembly designated the second Wednesday of October International Day for Natural Disaster ..→
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Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Ohio
Metastatic breast cancer is also called stage IV or advanced breast cancer.
At University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, offer one of the onl..→
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Native American Day in South Dakota
In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor George S. Mickelson to proclaim 1990 as the "Year..→
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Virgin Islands-Puerto Rico Friendship Day
It is easy to be insular in thinking when geographic factors facilitate it but it is good for us in the Virgin Islands to retain some regard for..→
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World Standards Day
Each year on 14 October, the members of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO..→
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Global Handwashing Day
Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing ..→
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International Day of Rural Women
The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on 15 October 2008. This new international day, established by the General Assembly in i..→
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Ohio
Approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies worldwide end in miscarriage. According to the World Health Organization, 4.5 million stillbirths occur each ye..→
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White Cane Safety Day (White Cane Day)
White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on Oct. 15 of each year since 1964. Then President Lyndon B. Joh..→
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Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day in Ohio
Dravet syndrome, also known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI), is a rare and catastrophic form of intractable epilepsy that begins ..→
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International Credit Union Day
International Credit Union Day (ICU Day) has been celebrated on the third Thursday of October since 1948. 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of its..→
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National Boss’s Day (or Bosses Day)
Boss’s Day, also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day, is generally observed on or around October 16 in the United States. (If the holiday f..→
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World Anesthesia Day
World Anesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of ether anesthesia on October 16, 1846. American dentist William Morton , ..→
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
We are living in the world, where every fourth person tries to survive for 1 US dollar a day. Even in the most technologically developed country..→
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Day of Struggle Against Breast Cancer
On October 19 is celebrated worldwide on the Day of Struggle Against Breast Cancer. The best tool for this struggle is early detection, therefor..→
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International Chefs Day
Each year on the 20th of October we celebrate the International Chefs Day.
The American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a professional, organi..→
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International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, celebrated on 20 October each year, not only marks the anniversary of the International Fed..→
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World Osteoporosis Day
The concept for World Osteoporosis Day started with a campaign launched by the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society and supported by E..→
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World Statistics Day
World Statistics Day is observed On 20 October every 5 years since 2010 when it was celebrated for the first time, as decided in the UN General ..→
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International Stuttering Awareness Day
Since 1998, every year on October 22 we celebrate International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD).
The self-help groups and the national associat..→
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U.S.S. Hocking day in Ohio
USS Hocking (APA-121) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the United States Navy (Displacement: 6,873 tons; Length: 455 ft (139 m); Beam: 62..→
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Disarmament Week
The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, was called for in the Final Do..→
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United Nations Day (UN Day)
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority ..→
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World Development Information Day
The General Assembly in 1972 instituted World Development Information Day to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems ..→
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Larry Itliong Day in California
Larry Itliong is known as a prominent leader in one of the greatest social justice movements in the United States of America: the American farm ..→
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Make a Difference Day
British police officers carry a teddy bear in their cars to help comfort kids who are scared after an accident. That’s really awesome! If you’re..→
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Daylight saving time (autumn)
New Zealander George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementat..→
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 2..→
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International Animation Day
October 28, the International Animation Day (IAD) was proclaimed in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) as the main glob..→
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World Psoriasis Day
This Day is an annual day specially dedicated to people with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis. Conceived by patients for patients, World Pso..→
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World Stroke Day
Stroke can be caused either by a clot obstructing the flow of blood to the brain (called an ischemic stroke) or by a blood vessel rupturing and ..→
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World Cities Day
The United Nations has designated every 31 October as World Cities Day. The Day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s int..→
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