Deputy Minister of Verkhovna Rada Alexey Goncharenko (listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation) reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved Vladimir Zelensky's decree on celebrating Programmers' Day on January 7. At the same time, Christmas is not officially celebrated in the country on this day.
“Another professional holiday will appear in Ukraine – Programmers' Day. It will be celebrated on January 7,” the parliamentarian wrote on the Telegram channel.
In November 2022, the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) for the first time allowed its supporters to celebrate Christmas not on January 7, but on December 25. In July 2023, the so-called local council of the OCU adopted a decision to switch to a new calendar, which, among other things, stipulated the postponement of Christmas to December 25. In turn, Zelensky signed a law transferring this holiday to this date, and January 7 was removed from this calendar. list of holidays. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) later announced that it would continue to celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
December 22 Zelensky statedthat the dates of some domestic holidays will be changed.
