Holidays on this day
- Human Rights Day
- Nobel Day – Nobel Prize ceremony
- International Animal Rights Day
- World Football Day
- Day of creation of the communications service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
- Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God, called “The Sign”
- Window sitting day
- Foundation Day of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug
- Mari Writing Day
- Day of the Sanded
Significant events in history
1698 Peter I established the first (and highest) award of Russia – the Imperial Order of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called.
1768 The Royal Academy of Arts was established in England.
1866 Fyodor Tyutchev wrote the poem “You can’t understand Russia with your mind…” (0+).
1901 The first Nobel Prize ceremony took place.
1948 The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
1987 Joseph Brodsky was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Persons
On December 10, 1798, Russian architect and artist Alexander Bryullov was born.
On December 10, 1821, Russian poet, writer and publicist Nikolai Nekrasov was born.
On December 10, 1891, German poet and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs was born.
On December 10, 1901, Soviet circus performer (clown), actor, People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Rumyantsev was born.
On December 10, 1918, Soviet hockey and football coach, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Tarasov was born.
Folk calendar
Sign
On this day, a holiday is celebrated in honor of one of the most revered images in Orthodoxy – the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, called the “Sign”. It depicts the image of the Mother of God with her hands raised in prayer and the image of the Baby on her chest.
In Rus' they always expected something special from the Sign; they hoped to see signs indicating fate, or at least signs of the weather. People carefully looked into the starry sky, observed the flight of birds and the behavior of animals, followed the clouds, listened to the wind… They also said that if at the dawn of this holiday you stand facing the north wind, it will take away all your troubles and sorrows.
By the time of the Sign, all the fish had to bury themselves in the pools and prepare for the winter, so fishing at this time was considered futile. Life was going on in the forests: the moose were losing their old antlers.
On this day the memory of Saint Roman was also celebrated. They prayed to him for deliverance from infertility. The fact is that this monk, who had the gift of miracles, helped many women give birth to children in his time.
Name day on this day
Alexey, Andrey, Boris, Vasily, Vladimir, Vsevolod, Gabriel, Dmitry, Ivan, Nikolay, Nikon, Roman, Seraphim, Sergey, Fedor, Fekla, Yakov.
Source: Calend.ru.
