Holidays on this day
- Russian Marine Corps Day
- Appraiser Day in Russia
- Kudelitsa (Philippines Day)
- Day of listening to evening city music
- Bavarian Cream Pie Day
- Family Health History Day
Significant events in history
1705 A decree of Peter I was issued on the creation of the first “regiment of naval soldiers” in Russia.
1730 The Senate issued a Decree “On making glass lanterns for lighting in Moscow in winter”
1888 A competition has been announced in Moscow for the best design for a shopping mall building on Red Square (today GUM)
1895 Alfred Nobel signed the last version of his famous will.
1922 New banknotes appeared in the monetary circulation of Soviet Russia – Soviet chervonets.
1971 For the first time, an artificial space object has reached the surface of Mars.
Persons
On November 27, 1701, the Swedish astronomer and meteorologist was born, after whom the temperature scale Anders Celsius is named.
On November 27, 1801, the Russian composer, author of famous romances Alexander Varlamov was born.
On November 27, 1874, the first president of the State of Israel (1949-1952), scientist Chaim Weizmann, was born.
On November 27, 1894, Japanese businessman and founder of the Panasonic corporation Konosuke Matsushita was born.
On November 27, 1940, American and Hong Kong film actor and martial artist Bruce Lee was born.
Folk calendar
Filippovka
Today we honor the memory of Saint Philip, one of the twelve apostles – disciples of Jesus Christ.
In Rus', after Filippov's day, the strict Nativity (Filippovsky) fast began.
Weddings and other noisy holidays were ending. All time was supposed to be devoted to work and pious pursuits. However, in the evening of Filippov's Day one could do fortune-telling: the girls would leave a piece of beef from dinner and put it under their pillow, inviting their betrothed to “make a fortune.” After this, one could see the future groom in a dream.
“Women's gatherings” began from Filippovka: women gathered in one hut, spun flax and wool, and at the same time sang quiet songs or talked. Many sayings and proverbs have been preserved that emphasize the importance of needlework: “A careless spinner doesn’t even have a shirt to wear”; “If you don’t weave in winter, there will be nothing to weave in summer”; “The plow feeds, the spindle dresses.”
It was also customary for Philip to take food out into the yard. It was intended for spirits who protect domestic animals. In some areas, a ritual of expelling cockroaches was held on this day. To do this, the whole family had to pull a cockroach tied by a leg out of the hut by a thread.
On this day, they paid attention to signs. Frost foreshadowed the oat harvest, rain – the wheat harvest. If a raven croaked, they were waiting for a thaw. And cloudy and snowy weather promised bad weather at the end of May.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Anna, Aristarkh, Vasily, Victor, Gabriel, Georgy, Gregory, Dmitry, Konstantin, Mikhail, Nikolay, Peter, Porfiry, Sergey, Fedor, Philip.
Source: Calend.ru.
