Statehood Day or the Day of Ukrainian Statehood is a national holiday in Ukraine, celebrated on 28 July in 2022 and 2023, and held annually on 15 July thereafter, in commemoration of the Christianization of Kievan Rus'.

On 16 February 2018 three former President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yushchenko in an addressed to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) pleaded for the implementation of a Day of Ukrainian Statehood.

[6] After the Bishops' Council was held on 24 May 2023, it became known that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) would ask the authorities to postpone Statehood Day, as well as Defenders Day, due to a the adoption of the Revised Julian Calendar by the church [uk] (the dates are similar to that of the more recognised Gregorian calendar), because the holiday of Vladimir the Great in the OCU and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) would be celebrated on 15 July from 2024.

[7] On 28 June, President Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law that moves Statehood Day from 28 to 15 July.

[1][10][11] The event is symbolized by the Ukrainian trident, that is stated to represent struggle, independence, history & identity.