The Orthodox Church of Ukraine adopted the transition to the New Julian calendar. This decision has yet to be made by the Local Council, which will be held on July 27.. If the corresponding decision is made, then Orthodox Ukrainians will celebrate holidays on new dates from September 1.

Easter date.

Easter is one of the most important holidays for Christians.. Easter is also a public holiday in Ukraine.

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Easter belongs to the transitional church holidays, so every year its date changes. In 2024, the feast of the Resurrection of Christ falls on March 31 according to the Gregorian calendar, and on May 5 according to the New Julian and Julian calendar..

In Ukraine, Western Rite Christians will celebrate Easter on March 31, and Eastern Rite Christians on May 5.

Christians of different denominations have slightly different celebrations..

So, for the Orthodox, one of the main symbols of the holiday is paska.. Catholics can replace it with other sweet pastries.

Earlier we wrote when Ukraine will celebrate Christmas according to the new OCU calendar.

Recall that in February 2023, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announced the transition to a new calendar from September 1. In March, they published an updated church calendar of holidays for the period from September to December of this year..