Holidays
- Cable Industry Worker's Day
- Customs Day of the Russian Federation
- International Women's Day for Peace
- Marketer's Day
- Andron Stargazer
- All-Russian Gymnastics Day
- Feast of the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God
- European Day of Civil Justice
- World Pasta Day
- Fatty foods day
- Mutual responsibility day
- “I Care About You” Day
- The darkest day
- Day of the trumpet call of distant wanderings
Significant dates
1854 The Battle of Balaklava took place – the largest battle of the Crimean War.
1922 The Civil War ended in Soviet Russia.
1971 Taiwan is expelled from the UN.
1990 The first episode of the TV game “Field of Miracles” (16+) was filmed.
Persons
On October 25, 1759, the Russian Empress, wife of Paul I, mother of Alexander I and Nicholas I, Maria Romanova, was born.
On October 25, 1825, the Austrian composer and conductor, “Waltz King” Johann Strauss (son) was born.
French composer Georges Bizet was born on October 25, 1838.
Russian writer Gleb Uspensky was born on October 25, 1843.
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881.
On October 25, 1883, the Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Egorov was born.
On October 25, 1926, Soviet and Russian opera singer, director, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Galina Vishnevskaya was born.
Folk calendar
Andron Stargazer
On this day, the memory of three holy martyrs is celebrated – Provos, Tarakh and Andronikos, who suffered for their faith under the Emperor Diocletian.
Saint Andron (Andronikos) in Rus' was considered a wise astrologer. “Andron can reach the sky with his pole, scoop up the stars with a scoop,” people said. On the day of remembrance of the saint, it was customary to watch the starry sky until midnight.
The stars were used to judge both the weather and the future harvest. So, if the sky was starry, peas were supposed to be born the next year. Bright stars foreshadowed frost, dim ones – a thaw, and blinking ones – a change in weather. If they saw a falling star, they expected winds and a dry year.
At this time, threshing continued – grain and flour were made from grain. Therefore, the most popular dish on the peasant table was porridge – barley, oatmeal or millet. Porridge was served with butter or lard, and for children it was seasoned with sweet jam.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Bogdan, Denis, Dominica, Ivan, Kuzma, Makar, Maximilian, Martin, Nikolay, Taras, Fedot
Source: Calend.ru.
