Holidays on this day
- International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Personnel
- Cultural Worker's Day
- Taming Balloons Day
- International Waffle Day
- Birthday Russian postcard
- International Sports Film Day
- International Day of the Unborn Child
- Festival of troublemakers
- Invocation of Spring
Significant events in history
421 years old Founding day of Venice.
1306 Robert the Bruce ascended to the throne in the ancient Scottish capital of Scone.
1420 The peasant militia under the leadership of Jan Zizka defeated the army of Emperor Sigismund.
1532 “History of Florence” (12+) by Niccolo Machiavelli was published in Rome.
1872 Birthday postcard in Russia.
1997 A legendary sea treasure has been discovered off the coast of Ecuador.
2018 There was a fire in the Winter Cherry shopping and entertainment complex in Kemerovo.
Persons
On March 25, 1259, the Byzantine emperor (1282-1328) Andronikos II Palaiologos was born.
On March 25, 1479, the Russian Tsar, Grand Duke of Vladimir and Moscow and All Rus' (1505-1533) Vasily III was born.
On March 25, 1782, Napoleon Bonaparte's younger sister Caroline Bonaparte was born.
On March 25, 1864, Russian expressionist artist Alexei von Jawlensky was born.
On March 25, 1871, Russian artist and art critic Igor Grabar was born.
On March 25, 1937, Soviet and Russian pop singer, People's Artist of Russia Maria Pakhomenko was born.
Folk calendar
Feofan's Day
Theophan the Confessor is a Byzantine monk, chronicler, revered by the Orthodox Church as a saint. The biography of Theophanes is known from the life written by Patriarch Methodius in the 9th century, as well as from his own work “Chronography”. The monk is credited with the gift of working miracles—healing diseases and casting out demons.
In Rus', on this day, people went out into the street in the morning to welcome spring. It was believed that the snow cover completely melted towards Feofan and the soil thawed.
On this day, special attention was given to horses – the first assistants of the peasants. It was believed that if an animal fell ill on Feofan, it would be unwell all summer. To protect against diseases and the evil eye, horses were taken to a spring and watered with silver – that is, a silver coin or ring was immersed in water.
There were many sayings and signs associated with horses. For example, they said: “A good owner does not have a bad horse.” They also noticed: if a horse shakes its head and throws it up, it means bad weather; if it snorts on the road, it means a joyful meeting.
We also monitored the weather that day. The fog on Feofan foreshadowed the harvest of flax, oats and hemp. To make the omen come true, people went out into the street and treated the birds – throwing them hemp and flax seeds. Hemp fiber used to be used to make twine, ropes, and coarse fabrics, and hemp oil was consumed as food and used for painting.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Vladimir, Grigory, Dmitry, Ivan, Konstantin, Semyon, Sergey, Feofan.
Source: Calend.ru.
