Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko proposed to conduct a survey on the date of the celebration of Christmas in the Diya application. And I recorded a special video that you can watch and listen to directly in the application.

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In his speech, the minister noted that Orthodox, Roman and Greek Catholics celebrate Christmas on the same day. The question is, according to which calendar: Gregorian (old style) or Julian (new style). Most Christians celebrate Christmas in a new style, December 25. Only a part of them, 6 out of 15 Orthodox churches, as well as Ukrainian Greek Catholics, are guided by the Julian calendar.

According to the minister, for Ukraine, the Julian calendar is a legacy of the Russian Empire, which refused to switch to the Gregorian calendar..

“Only after the fall of the empire did the Ukrainian People’s Republic switch to the Gregorian calendar. At the same time, the Bolsheviks also abandoned the Julian calendar, ”he explained..

However, according to the minister, the Russian church and Ukrainian churches traditionally use the Julian calendar..

Nevertheless, recently many Ukrainians are switching to celebrating Christmas on December 25 or in general, celebrating two dates..

More and more Ukrainians meet him on December 25. Like most of the world does. And how it was in 1918 after the declaration of independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

“We decided to conduct a survey on which date of celebration you prefer,” Tkachenko explained..

So: the Diya application offers answers:.

December 25.

January 7th.

both dates.

I don't celebrate Christmas.

Recall that since 2017 in Ukraine, Christmas on December 25 is a public holiday and an official holiday.. At the same time, this year, due to the full-scale invasion of Russia in our country, additional days off for public holidays have been canceled..