The following are public holidays in Ukraine. Holidays established by law Religious holidays are observed according to the Julian calendar (but here the Gregorian date of Christmas is written). When a public holiday falls on a weekend (e.g. Saturday or Sunday), the following working day (e.g. Monday) turns into an official day off too. If only one or only two working days are between a public holiday and another day off then the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine usually releases a recommendation to avoid this gap by moving these working days onto a certain Saturday (that is to have uninterrupted vacations, but to compensate this by work on another day which would be a day off). Usually such recommendations only concern those employees whose weekly days off are Saturday and Sunday. Holidays celebrated by the uniformed organizations 26 March — National Guard Day 30 April — Border Guards Day 6 May- Day of the Mechanized Infantry 18 May — Reservists' Day 23 May – Naval Infantry Day, Heroes of Ukraine Day 4 July — Police Day 8 July – Air and Air Defence Forces Day First Sunday in July – Navy Day; From 1997 till 2011 this day was celebrated on August 1 29 July — Special Operations Forces Day 8 August – Signal Corps Day First Sunday of September — Territorial Defense Forces Day 7 September – Military Intelligence Forces Day 9 September – Armoured Forces Day 14 September – Mobilized Servicemen Day 29 October – Finance Officers Day 3 November – Rocket Forces and Artillery Day 3 November – Corps of Engineers Day 21 November – Air Assault Forces Day 6 December – Armed Forces Day; festive fireworks and salutes take place in various cities in Ukraine The holiday was established in 1993 by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament). 12 December – Ground Forces Day 23 December – Operational Servicemen Day Other national holidays Fixed date 5 January — Anniversary of the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine 6 January — Epiphany in the Gregorian Calendar (Catholics, Protestants and some parishes of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine) and Christmas Eve in the Julian Calendar (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) 14 January — Old New Year 20 January — Day of Remembrance of the Ukrainian Defenders of the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport (2014-2015) 19 January — Epiphany in the Julian Calendar (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) 22 January