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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the law to declare December 25 an official non-working holiday in Ukraine and to cancel non-working day on May 2, Gordonua.com. reported.

The number of Catholics who celebrate Christmas on December 25 is about 5 million in Ukraine. The deputies from the Petro Poroshenko bloc, the People’s Front Party and the Radical Party proposed to postpone the celebration of Christmas on December 25.

According to the Orthodox Church, Christmas is celebrated on January 7. Catholics and Protestants celebrate Christmas during the night of 24 to 25 January.

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