February 12: weekday or holiday?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

February 12th can be spent as a weekday or made it special. It turns out that on February 12 there are real holidays that everyone should know about.

Professional holiday of marriage agencies

In the beginning of February it is already blowing in the spring, Valentine's Day is approaching, you want warmth and love. For the first time, the Day of Marriage Agencies appeared in the now long-suffering Ukraine in 2010. The idea was in the air, and the professional holiday began to be celebrated by those people who chose matchmaking as their occupation. With the filing of Ukraine, this holiday moved to the USA, Canada, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy. And on the web, all online dating sites celebrate it.

This holiday brings lovers closer to each other, and therefore was so well received. However, on February 12, I celebrate not only this.

Name day or personal saint's day

Name days are called the day of the angel because at baptism each person is given the name of his heavenly patron - a saint who will support and intercede all his life. The name is chosen according to the church calendar or the holy calendar, and it may not coincide with the secular one.

In Orthodoxy, it is customary to remember the heavenlypatron on the day of the angel. This is usually the date closest to the person's birthday. There are many saints of the same name, and you need to figure out which one is being discussed. For the layman, the church calendar is complicated, and it is better to find out everything from a spiritual mentor. On February 12, there are name days of such saints: Peter, Fedor, Stepan, Ivan, Vasily and Gregory. They were outstanding people, there is a lot of information about them.

American pancakes

This is how they celebrate this day in Kansas: they bake pancakes and arrange a race with hot pans. Only women run, and they should be wearing home clothes and kitchen aprons. During the race, the pancake in the pan must be tossed so that it turns over. This is done in the cities of Liberal (Kansas) and Albee, South Dakota. The cities are small and there is not much entertainment there. The pancake festival turns into fun - all the pancakes that survived during the race are happily eaten by a crowd of spectators. Thanks to this tradition, February 12 turns into a lovely family and friendly holiday in these places.

It should be noted that American pancakes are very different from ours. On this continent, pancakes are fluffy and look like 2-3 of our pancakes. Maple syrup is considered the best addition to them.

Abraham Lincoln's personal holiday

This is the birthday of America's national hero who ended the shame of this country - slavery. This man is known for never giving up. The number of difficulties and failures that fell to his lot is enormous. It seems that fate itself tested him for strength. His childhood was short - at the age of 9 his mother died, and two years earlierthe family lost their home. He constantly lost business, lost various elections, repaid debts. It took him 17 years to pay off one of the debts. Even his fiancee died. It is unlikely that in difficult times the holiday of February 12 was truly bright for him.

Only at the age of 51, Lincoln became the main man in his country - the president. The persistence of his character allowed him to abolish slavery, changing the system of moral values in a vast country. He is credited with the Declaration of Independence and the amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery. Americans are justly proud of him.

Colorful Carnival Day

It can be seen in Mexico, which so celebrates the entry into Lent according to the Catholic custom. The holiday on February 12 opens the carnival week in this vibrant country. It is believed that loud music, dancing until you drop and carnival costumes drive away evil spirits. Comic parades on the streets under night fireworks will obviously not be to the liking of evil spirits. About half a million people can gather for the carnival. As part of the carnival, a competition is held for unpublished literary works by local authors.

The carnival has its own queen and the "Terrible King" or the most unattractive man of the festival.

Who but Lincoln was born on February 12th?

On this day, many wonderful people were born who left their mark on history. Some significant events are also marked on this day. Yes, this onethe day is considered the birthday of vodka - a century and a half ago, Mendeleev defended his dissertation "On the combination of alcohol with water." With the light hand of historians, it is believed that it was he who found the ideal proportion of these components and created a forty-degree drink.

Later on this day in 1914, the first flight of the Ilya Muromets took place - the Sikorsky aircraft, which took 16 passengers on board for the first time in the world.

In the last century, just 60 years ago, the decision to build Baikonur, the world-famous Soviet cosmodrome, was approved.

In 1900, February 12 is the birthday of Soviet Marshal Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, hero of Stalingrad, one of the marshals of Victory.

On the same day, but in 1809, Charles Darwin was born, who created his theory of the evolution of living beings.

Orthodox Three Saints or St. Basil's Day

Feast of February 12 Orthodox is the day of memory of Basil the Great, one of the fathers of Orthodoxy. On this day, John Chrysostom is also remembered, who received a popular name for the gift of eloquence. Together with them, Gregory the Theologian is commemorated, who studied the Holy Scriptures best of all the first saints.