Holidays
- World Electric Day and Information Society
- Internet birthday
- Pulmonologist Day
- World Hypertension Day
- International Children's Helpline Day
- Memorial Day of the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God
- Walnut Day
- Barakholshchik Day
Significant dates
1642. The city of Montreal is founded.
1727. Peter II, the young grandson of Peter I. entered the Russian throne.
1801. In St. Petersburg, the grand opening of the monument to the great commander A.V. Suvorov.
1861. For the first time, a color photograph taken by the physicist James Maxwell was publicly publicly demonstrated.
1928. The IX summer Olympic Games (6+) in Amsterdam (Netherlands) opened.
1988. On the territory of the Moscow Kremlin found a “large Kremlin treasure”.
Persons of the day
On May 17, 1820, a Russian historian, academician Sergey Solovyov, was born.
On May 17, 1946, a Russian political and statesman, human rights activist Galina Starovoitova, was born.
On May 17, 1950, a Russian politician, dissident, journalist Valery Novodvorskaya was born.
People's calendar
Pelagia Intercessor, Baklushnikov Day
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the martyr Pelagia of Tarsia. According to life, it was born in the 3rd century in Asia Minor, in a family of noble pagans. The girl was very beautiful and well educated, so Emperor Diocletian decided to marry her for his heir. However, Pelagia was baptized and refused to marry the emperor's adoptive son. Diocletian called the girl to him, and when he saw her beauty, he wanted to make her his wife. Pelagia refused the emperor, for which she paid with life.
In Rus', Holy Pelagia (Pelagia) has always been considered an intercessor of innocent girls, as well as all unfairly offended. In addition, she patronized the birds.
In the evening, experienced gardeners conducted a rite on Pelagia, which was supposed to protect plantings from evil spirits and various pests. To do this, a touched pot was carried into the garden, put a nettle pulled out with a root and put a pot upside down in the bottom of the middle bed. It was believed that any enemy force, touching the burning nettle, will be frightened and escaped from the garden.
And the day of Holy Pelagia was also called the day of the bucks. It was at this time that the trees were chopped to dress spoons and made blanks – bucks.
Name day on this day
Ivan, Isaac, Cyril, Clement, Leonty, Maria, Nikita, Nikoer, Nikolai, Pelageya.
Source: Calend.ru.
