Will October 14 be a day off?

Since 2014, by presidential decree, October 14 has been celebrated as a national holiday -

(renamed to the

2021).

The very next year, the holiday became an official day off (according to

73 of the Labor Code).

Since then, this important holiday for Ukrainians has always been an additional day off in October.

However, in 2022, due to the introduction of martial law throughout the territory of Ukraine, the additional weekend, starting from March 8, was canceled.

Since on August 15, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada

(that is, until November 21, 2022), this year October 14, which falls on a Friday, will also be a working day.

We will remind that the state holiday is celebrated on the same day as another holiday -

, which was introduced in 1999.

And another great holiday in the church calendar is

.

Why is the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary an important holiday for Ukrainians

There is a legend that in 910, when Constantinople was besieged by enemies, the inhabitants of the city gathered in the temple for the All-Supper and asked the Lord for salvation in their sincere prayers. Then the holy ascetic Andrii Yurodivy saw the Mother of God in the sky with a host of saints.

The Holy Virgin came down from heaven and lowered over the city an omophorus (this is a large and wide covering that looks like a scarf, worn by women in those days, wrapped around the neck).

So she took the settlement under her protection.

The enemy's troops immediately retreated, the city was saved.

Zaporizhia Cossacks have long considered the Holy Mother of God to be their patroness.

And that's why the Intercession was the biggest and most important holiday for them.

On this day, a new chieftain was elected in Sich.