Holidays on this day
- Military Counterintelligence Day in Russia
- Supply Day in Russia
- International Day to Help the Poor
- Birthday of linoleum
- Fingers Crossed Day
- Evergreen Tree Search Day
- Oatmeal muffin day
Significant events in history
1154 Henry II is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1863 Englishman Frederick Walton patented linoleum.
1917 The first regular season of the Canadian National Hockey League (0+) has started.
1972 The crew of Apollo 17 returned to Earth from the Lunar Expedition
1983 A crime has been committed in Rio de Janeiro that has been dubbed the “theft of the century” in the sports world.
Persons
American physicist and Nobel laureate Albert Abraham Michelson was born on December 19, 1852.
On December 19, 1906, Soviet statesman and political figure, head of the USSR (1964-1982) Leonid Brezhnev was born.
On December 19, 1913, Soviet cardiologist surgeon, Russian writer, academician Nikolai Amosov was born.
French singer and actress Edith Piaf was born on December 19, 1915.
On December 19, 1933, Soviet and Russian actress, director, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Galina Volchek was born.
Folk calendar
Nikola Winter
On this day, the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of one of the most revered saints in Rus' – Nicholas the Ugodnik, or, as he is also called, the Wonderworker. According to his life, the monk was born in the 3rd century in the Greek colony of Patare (Asia Minor).
In Rus', Saint Nicholas has long been considered the defender of the slandered; they believed that he could help the innocently convicted. He is also called the patron saint of sailors, merchants and children. Farmers also prayed to him – for good weather, for a good harvest. “The second intercessor after God,” that’s what people said about Saint Nicholas. Beggars, asking for alms, also referred to the heavenly protector: “Whoever loves Nicholas, who serves Nicholas, Saint Nicholas helps him at every hour.”
Peasants set St. Nicholas the Winter Day as a deadline for various types of transactions and payments. “Nikolsky bargaining is a decree for everything,” people said, implying that on this day prices were set for a long time in advance. Also on this date, brotherhood parties were organized, called “Nikolshchin”.
In the morning, people went to church, served prayers to St. Nicholas, and after that they set large tables together and began to have fun. “For the godfather Nikolshchina cooks mash, for the godfather she bakes pies”; “Invite a friend to Nikolshchina, invite your enemy too – both will be friends”; “The men go to Nikolshchina with an eye, and after Nikolshchina they lie under the bench,” such sayings have been preserved by the people’s memory of winter brothers.
No one was allowed to be sad about Nikola – it was believed that this would bring severe frosts. However, on this day the weather was usually cold anyway. People paid attention to how Nikola continues the work of Saints Barbara and Sava – “Nicholas will nail down what Sava will pave” – freezing rivers and lakes. If frost fell before St. Nicholas Day, one could expect a good harvest of oats.
Name day on this day
Maxim, Nikolai.
Source: Calend.ru.
