Holidays on this day
- Maslenitsa day 6
- International Mother Language Day
- Paramedic Day
- World Guide Day
- Reading Cards Day
- Jam bun day
- Boomerang Flight Day
Significant events in history
1784 The port and fortress in Crimea were named Sevastopol.
1816 Prince William of Orange and Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna were married in St. Petersburg.
1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the “Manifesto of the Communist Party” (12+).
1920 The State Commission for Electrification of Russia was formed.
2022 The President of Russia signed decrees recognizing the LPR and DPR.
Persons
On February 21, 1728, the Russian Emperor (in 1762) Peter III Fedorovich was born.
On February 21, 1783, Russian artist and sculptor Fyodor Tolstoy was born.
On February 21, 1876, Russian and Soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR Pyotr Konchalovsky was born.
British stage and film actor and director Alan Rickman was born on February 21, 1946.
On February 21, 1952, Soviet and Russian diplomat Vitaly Churkin was born.
Folk calendar
Zakhar Serpovidets
The national holiday got its name in honor of St. Zechariah.
The saints call Zechariah the Sickle Seer because in one of his prophetic revelations he saw a scroll flying through the air and resembling a huge sickle in shape.
Therefore, on the day of remembrance of the saint, peasants paid a lot of attention to this instrument. The reaper women prayed to Zechariah for a good harvest. On the day of his memory, sickles were taken out of the closets, examined, cleaned, sharpened and sprinkled with baptismal water. In this regard, they said: “You don’t sharpen sickles when you go to the stubble”; “If you don’t cut a crooked sickle in time, you won’t harvest a sheaf in the field.”
It was believed that Zechariah the Sickleseer would see the efforts of people and help them – he would breathe spore-like power into the sickles.
According to popular belief, Zechariah was wearing a particularly sharp crescent moon. People noticed: the colder it is on this day, the warmer it will be in March.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Andrey, Zakhar, Makar, Peter, Savva, Semyon, Sergey, Stepan, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
