When is the Evdokia holiday in the year? Proverbs, folk signs and holiday traditions in Rus'

The article describes which of the holidays are the most famous and what is worth paying attention to among historical events.

May 21, what is a divine religious holiday according to the church calendar, among Orthodox Christians, signs, what not to do, the Ascension of the Lord or not

In 2015, the Ascension of the Lord was celebrated on this day, but in another year it will have a different date of celebration.

They remember the Monk Arseny the Great, Arseny the hardworking and Pimen the faster.

The holiday of Ivan the Long (Theologian) is celebrated, on which wheat is sowed, pies are baked and taken to people in need. According to popular belief, if the sky has a red tint in the morning, then you should expect rain.

May 21, what holiday do Muslims have? Islamic and Muslim according to the Muslim calendar, Circassians in the Kabardino-Balkaria (Kabardino-Balkaria)

On the night from the 14th to the 15th of the month of Shaban, Muslims celebrate the Night of Baraat, but it is different years will have different dates. Commonly read Holy Quran, forgive sins and pray.

Today is the Circassian Day of Mourning among the Circassians, which is related to the year 1864 and the military parade of General Grabe in Krasnaya Polyana, which marked the end of the Caucasian War.

Holiday of Vyshyvanka, Active Citizen, Pacific Fleet

In Ukraine, Embroidery Day is celebrated, on which attention is paid to ancient traditions and customs of wearing embroidered clothes.

Today we remember the beginning of the “Active Citizen” project in Moscow, which allows you to quickly decide various problems citizens and process all their suggestions for improving the city.

May 21 is a holiday in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Belarus, Kazakhstan and the world

In Greece, Pyrovassia (fire walking) is celebrated, which lasts until May 23rd, and is celebrated only by the Anastenarians. The interesting thing is that this is not pagan, but Christian holiday, but only fire walkers think so, because the official church position is completely different.

This is Predoy in Bulgaria, which has been preserved since the times of pagan rituals and is dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helena, and that is why it is Christian and is celebrated by the Bulgarians who converted to Islam and are called Pomaks.

Today is the Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Tsar Constantine and his mother Queen Helena, after which the summer days and in which they remember the emperor of Roman times and his mother, who managed to open the cross of the Lord on Calvary.

The Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Caucasian War in Abkhazia and the Day of St. John the Evangelist, who is considered to be the patron saint of writers, are taking place.

The “Night of Museums” Festival is held in St. Petersburg and Moscow, during which various cultural institutions are open from six o’clock in the evening until 6 am the next day.

In India, Buddha Purnima is celebrated, which is better known as Buddha's Birthday. It is customary to celebrate it in May during the full moon, when the one who managed to achieve enlightenment was born in the year 623.

Ukraine is celebrating Europe Day, which was initiated in 2003 and enshrined by presidential decree number 339/2003 of April 19. The main goal of all events is to show readiness and desire to be part of the EU. In addition, this is Science Day, established by Decree of the Ukrainian President No. 145/97 of February 14, 1997.

Since 2003, the Independence Day of Montenegro has been celebrated, which was able to become the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and also the Kalmyk Tea Day, which falls on the 3rd Saturday of May and was enshrined by parliament in 2011, in order to preserve national traditions.

Celebrate Inventory Day (BTI Worker Day) and Military Translator Day in Russia, which is related to 1929 and the order “On the establishment of the title “Military Translator” for the command staff of the Red Army.”

Today is Polar Explorer's Day in Russia, which dates back to 2013 and was established by presidential decree number 502. The date was chosen for a reason, because it was today in 1937 that one of the first expeditions was carried out and the North Pole station was opened. 1".

Since 2003, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, established with the support of UNESCO, began and the Day is held Stavropol Territory, which was initiated in 1999.

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John the Theologian was one of three disciples whom the Lord especially brought close to Himself. He did not part with the Lord: he was present at the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter and at the Transfiguration of the Lord on Tabor; during the Last Supper, he asked Him about the name of the traitor, persistently followed Him along Way of the Cross; at the foot of the Cross wept with Mother of God. He wrote the Book of Revelation and the Gospel.

The holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian was the son of Zebedee and Salome, the daughter of the holy Betrothed Joseph. At the same time as his older brother Jacob, he was called by the Lord Jesus Christ to be one of His disciples on Lake Gennesaret. Leaving their father Zebedee in the boat, who was fishing, both brothers followed the Lord.

The Apostle John was especially loved by the Lord for his perfect gentleness and virginal purity. After his calling, Saint John did not part with the Lord; he was one of the three disciples whom the Lord brought especially close to Himself.

He was present at the resurrection of Jairus's daughter and at the Transfiguration of the Lord on Tabor. During the Last Supper, he reclined next to the Lord and, at a sign from the Apostle Peter, leaned on the Savior’s chest and asked Him about the name of the traitor. The Apostle John followed the Lord when He was led bound from the Garden of Gethsemane to the judgment of the lawless high priests Annas and Caiaphas.

He was in the bishop’s courtyard during the interrogations of his Divine Teacher and relentlessly followed Him along the Way of the Cross, compassionate with Him with all his heart. At the foot of the Cross, he wept together with the Mother of God and heard the words of the Crucified Lord addressed to them from the height of the Cross: “Woman, behold Thy son,” and to him: “Behold Thy Mother.”

From that time on, John, like a loving son, took care of Holy Virgin Mary and served Her until Her Dormition, never leaving Jerusalem. After the Dormition of the Mother of God, the Apostle John, according to the lot that fell to him, went to Ephesus and other cities of Asia Minor to preach the Gospel, taking with him his disciple Prochorus.

During the voyage, a strong storm arose and the ship sank. All the travelers were thrown onto land, except for only the Apostle John, who remained in the depths of the sea. Prochorus wept bitterly, having lost his spiritual father and mentor, and went to Ephesus alone. On the fourteenth day of his journey, he, standing on the seashore, saw that a wave had thrown a man onto the shore. Approaching him, he recognized the Apostle John, whom the Lord kept alive, despite the fact that he spent fourteen days in the depths of the sea.

While in Ephesus, the Apostle John constantly preached to the pagans about Christ. His preaching was accompanied by numerous and great miracles, so that the number of believers increased every day.

At this time, the persecution of Christians began, initiated by Emperor Nero. The Apostle John was taken in chains to trial in Rome. For confessing his fiery faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostle John was sentenced to death, but was kept alive by the power of God: he drank the cup of deadly poison offered to him and remained unharmed.

In the same way, he emerged unharmed from the boiling oil cauldron into which he had been placed on the orders of his tormentor. After this, the apostle was exiled to prison on the island of Patmos, where he lived for many years.

On the way to his place of exile, the Apostle John performed many miracles, and when he arrived on the island of Patmos, his sermon, accompanied by wondrous miracles, attracted all the inhabitants of the island to him. The Apostle enlightened with the light of the Gospel most of inhabitants, cast out numerous demons who were in idol temples, and healed a great many sick people.

On the island of Patmos, the Apostle John withdrew with his disciple Prochorus to a deserted mountain, where he committed three days fast and a prayer, after which the mountain shook and thunder roared. Prokhor fell to the ground in fear. The Apostle picked him up and ordered him to write down the words that he would pronounce.

Thus, around the year 96, the Book of Revelation of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian was written. This book reveals the secrets of the fate of the Church and the end of the world.

After a long exile, the Apostle John received freedom and returned to Ephesus, where he continued his activities, teaching Christians to beware of emerging heresies. Around 95, the Apostle John wrote the Gospel in Ephesus. He commanded all Christians to love the Lord and each other and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

The Apostle John lived on earth for more than 100 years, finally remaining the only living person who saw Jesus Christ during His earthly life.

When the time came for the departure of the Apostle John to afterlife, he retired outside of Ephesus with seven of his disciples and ordered a cross-shaped coffin to be dug for himself in the ground, in which he lay down, telling the disciples to cover it with earth. The disciples kissed their beloved apostle with tears and did what he said.

They covered his face with a cloth and buried his grave. Having learned about this, the rest of the Apostle’s disciples came to the place of his burial and dug up the grave, but did not find in it the body of the Apostle, who, according to the special provision of God, had been transferred to the afterlife.

Every year, in May, fine dust emerged from the grave of the Holy Apostle John, which believers collected and were healed of mental and physical illnesses.

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Apostle, beloved of Christ God, hasten to deliver people who are unrequited, who accept you as you fall, and who have fallen and are accepted in Persia. Pray to Him, O Theologian, and disperse the present cloud of tongues, asking us for peace and great mercy

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Today, May 21, 2017, is also Polar Explorer Day and World AIDS Day of Remembrance.

On May 21, starting in 2013, Russia celebrates a new professional holiday - Polar Explorer's Day. This new holiday for the country was established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 502 of May 21, 2013, “On Polar Explorer’s Day,” in recognition of the merits of people in this profession.

The date for the holiday was not chosen by chance - on this day in 1937, the first scientific research expedition of the polar drifting station “North Pole-1” (“SP-1”) began its work. Solution intkbbee about organizing such a thing in the Arctic scientific station Soviet leadership was adopted in February 1936. Otto Schmidt was appointed head of the entire expedition, and Ivan Papanin was appointed head of the North Pole-1 polar station.

The initiator of the inclusion of Polar Explorer's Day in the calendar of Russian holidays was the President's Special Representative for International Cooperation in the Arctic, Artur Chilingarov. In December 2012, Chilingarov's proposal was supported by members of the Federation Council.

And on April 25, 2013, during the “direct line”, this issue was proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for consideration. He supported the idea of ​​establishing professional holiday polar explorers, Arctic and Antarctic researchers and proposed to begin celebrating it in the same year.

World AIDS Day of Remembrance

Every year on the third Sunday in May it is customary to remember people who have died of AIDS. In 2017, this day fell on May 21.

World Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the “Plague of the 20th Century,” as AIDS is also called, is also celebrated in order to draw the attention of the world community to the problems of AIDS patients and HIV carriers, as well as to the spread of this disease in the world.

The first World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims was celebrated in San Francisco, America in 1983. A few years later, a symbol of the movement against this disease appeared. They became a red ribbon pinned to clothes, as well as multi-colored canvases - quilts, sewn from scraps of fabric in memory of many people who passed away. These attributes were invented in 1991 by artist Frank Moore.

According to statistics from the World Health Association, there are more than 42 million people living on the planet who are infected with the immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and every day this figure increases by another 14-15 thousand. The majority of HIV-infected people are young people under 30 years of age.

Over the past 25 years, about 25 million people have died from AIDS.

It was John and his older brother James that Jesus Christ made his favorite disciples. The theologian is the author of five chapters of the New Testament, in which the apostle reveals the whole truth about death and resurrection, as well as the coming of the Messiah and the end of human days.

That is why John the Theologian is considered the patron saint of everyone related to books and book publishing - writers, editors, publishers, book printers, as well as booksellers and paper industry workers.

In addition, they believe that the prayer offered to the holy Apostle John the Theologian saves from poisoning, because the Apostle John himself, summoned to Rome by Emperor Domitian, took poison, which had no effect on him.

On this day in Rus' they traditionally sowed wheat. And in the evening, wealthy peasants baked sacrificial pies in honor of St. John and treated them to the poor. Often women walked the streets and distributed pies to beggars and travelers.

On May 21, old people went out to the nearest intersections and read special prayer so that the Lord sends good things to their families, friends, and just people around them. At the end of the prayer, they scattered pie crumbs they had brought from home along the road to feed the birds. It was impossible to eat such baked goods yourself; everything was distributed to the poor, and the crumbs were given to the birds.

According to legend, every year from the grave of the Holy Apostle John on this May day, fine dust came out, which believers collected and were healed of illnesses with it. Therefore, the Church celebrates the memory of the holy Apostle John the Theologian on this day - May 21, according to the new style.

*** Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian (c. 98-117). * Venerable Arseny the Great (c. 449-450).
Martyrs of the guard warriors. Saint Milo the singer. Saints Pimen the faster (XII), Arseny the Hardworking (XIV), Cassian the novice and faster (XIII-XIV), resting in the Far Caves; Zosima and Adrian of Volokolamsk (XVI); Arseny of Novgorod (discovery of relics, 1785)

Orthodox Saints.

Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

The holy apostle and evangelist John the Theologian was the brother of the Apostle James Zebedee, the son of Zebedee the fisherman and Salome, pious people. Came from Bethsaida of Galilee. Jesus Christ called him from the disciples of John the Baptist. John was a particularly beloved disciple of Christ. Him, together with the ap. Peter, the Lord revealed the traitor at the Last Supper; he was the only one of the apostles to be at the cross of the Lord. Here the Lord entrusted His Mother to him. Before the Dormition Holy Mother of God he did not leave Palestine, and then lived in Ephesus and preached in seven churches in Asia Minor. When Emperor Domitian opened the persecution of Christians, John was presented to Rome. Here they wanted to poison him, but John, having drunk the poison, remained unharmed. Then they threw him into a cauldron of boiling oil, but the Lord preserved him here too, and he came out of the oil as unharmed as the youths Ananias, Azariah and Mishael from the fiery furnace. Then the people, seeing the miracles, exclaimed: “Great is the Christian God!” and many believed in Christ. Domitian sentenced him to exile in chains to the deserted island of Patmos, where the most dangerous criminals were exiled. On the way to Patmos, John performed many miracles, so that many believed in Christ. On the island, with his miracles, he converted almost all the inhabitants to Christ. Here ap. John wrote a book called in Greek the Apocalypse, i.e. Revelation, which mysteriously depicts future destiny Church of Christ and the whole world. After the death of Domitian, John returned to Ephesus. Here the bishops and rulers showed him the three Gospels written by the apostles Matthew, Mark and Luke, and John confirmed them as undoubted truth. Then they began to ask him to write what he preached to them orally and to supplement the written Gospels, and John, after fasting and prayer, began to write his Gospel. In it, he outlined the teaching about the Divinity of the Savior and those of His conversations that were not written in the other Gospels, for example, conversations with Nicodemus, with the Samaritan woman, about the sacrament of communion and a farewell conversation with the disciples. Other evangelists began their Gospels from the first days of the earthly life of Jesus Christ; but John began with the doctrine of His divine origin as the Son of God from God the Father: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” which is why he is called the Theologian. In addition to the Gospel and the Apocalypse, he wrote three epistles, main idea which teach about Christian love. IN recent years of his life, being very old, St. The apostle spoke only one instruction: “Children, love one another!” The disciples asked him why he repeated the same thing. The apostle replied: “This is the most important commandment. If you fulfill it, then you will fulfill the whole law of Christ.” St. Evangelist John the Theologian, the only one of the apostles, died of natural causes at the age of 105, approximately 72 years after the Ascension of the Lord. Feeling the approach of death, he ordered a grave to be prepared for himself, lay down in it as if on a bed, and died peacefully. It was September 26th. Believers did not find his holy remains in the tomb soon after burial; Only on May 8 each year did his ashes come out of the tomb, which the locals called manna and which helped liberate from passions and heal illnesses. In memory of this procession, the feast of St. John the Theologian was established on this day.

The Apostle John lived on earth for more than 100 years, remaining the only living apostle who saw Jesus Christ during His earthly life. The rest of the apostles had all already died at this time. martyrdom. All Christian Church deeply revered the Apostle John as the seer of God's destinies. On the icons, the holy Apostle John is depicted with an eagle - a symbol of the high soaring of his theological thought, which he especially expressed in his gospel.

Venerable Arseny the Great

The Monk Arseny the Great lived at the end of the 4th and first half of the 5th centuries, was born in Rome, was very learned man and was distinguished by his piety. The Emperor of Theodosius entrusted him with the education of his children, Arcadius and Honorius. “Make them virtuous and wise, save them from the temptations of youth. Although they are the sons of the king, you demand complete obedience from them,” Feodosia told him, entrusting the children. Arseny led the education of the princes with all zeal. But the honor and glory with which he was surrounded weighed down his soul, which longed for the silence and humility of monastic life; he prayed that the Lord Himself would show him the path of salvation. “Arseny, avoid people and you will be saved,” he heard a voice from above. Then Arseny retired from the palace to Alexandria, to the hermitage hermitage. Here the brothers entrusted him to the leadership of one of the most experienced elders, John Kolov (November 9). Arseny's first test is remarkable. When the brothers sat down to dinner, Arseny was not invited to sit down to eat. During the meal, John threw a cracker to Arseny and said: “Eat if you want.” Arseny humbly picked up the cracker, went to a corner and ate it there. “This will be a great ascetic!” John said about Arseny. And so it was. Soon Arseny heard a new voice: “Arseny, avoid people and remain in silence: this is the beginning of a holy life,” and he retired to a special cell, several miles from the monastery; he rarely left there and received visitors also rarely and reluctantly. One day they asked Arseny why he was hiding so much from everyone. “I love everyone, but I cannot be with God and with people at the same time. All the powers of heaven have one will and unanimously glorify God; on earth, every person has his own will, and people’s thoughts are different.” One monk asked Arseny: “What should I do: I read the psalms and don’t understand them?” Arseny answered: “In any case, it is useful to read them, even if you do not understand what you are reading.” Arseny wove baskets from date leaves, and for a whole year he did not change the water where he soaked the leaves. “Why don’t you change the water, don’t you feel how bad it smells?” the brothers asked Arseny. “Instead of the incense with which I was surrounded in the world, I now want to smell this smell, so that on the day Last Judgment“avoid the hellish stench,” answered Arseny. He lived in the desert for 40 years and died at the age of 95.