Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas 2024. Last year, the orthodox church of ukraine — which is wholly independent of the russian orthodox church — allowed faithful to celebrate christmas dec. In november 2017, ukrainian mps voted to make catholic christmas a national holiday, meaning there will be two christmases in the ukraine as orthodox christmas day is already a national holiday on 7 january.
The ukrainian orthodox church — which claims independence but has historic ties to moscow and faces an effective ban in pending legislation — is observing christmas on jan. This year, the orthodox church of ukraine has allowed its parishes to celebrate christmas on dec.