Holidays
- world health day
- RuNet's birthday
- Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Maundy Tuesday
- International Beaver Day
- Day of Feat
- Day of Remembrance of Dead Submariners
- Cosmetologist's Day
- Rugby birthday
- Day of State Fisheries Protection Authorities
- Coffee Cake Day
Significant dates
1795 In France, a law was passed introducing the Metric system of measures.
1805 The premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony took place.
1826 The building of the Pinakothek was founded in Munich.
1827 The first matches as we know them today have been sold.
1934 Day of formation of state fisheries protection bodies of Russia.
Person of the day
On April 7, 1784, Russian historian and political figure Alexander Turgenev was born.
On April 7, 1887, the Soviet poet Efim Uvrazhin was born.
Soviet and Russian producer, film critic, actor Mark Rudinshtein was born on April 7, 1946.
Soviet and Russian statesman, politician, diplomat Valentina Matvienko was born on April 7, 1949.
On April 7, 1962, Soviet and Russian singer, chansonnier, and poet Mikhail Krug was born.
Folk calendar
Annunciation, Women's holiday
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a holiday established in memory of the day when the Archangel Gabriel brought the good news to the Virgin Mary about the upcoming birth of the Son of God. The holiday falls on Lent or Bright Week. Therefore, the duration of the celebration varies – from one to three days. If the Annunciation coincides with Easter, then the Orthodox celebrate a double holiday called Kyriopascha. True, this rarely happens: the last Kyriopascha was in 1991, and the next one will only be in 2075.
The Russian people loved this holiday very much – it was considered one of the most important of the year. Firstly, the fast was always relaxed on the Annunciation, even if it fell on Good Friday. Especially for this day they prepared kulebyaka – a special pie with fish or cabbage. Secondly, on this day they celebrated the third meeting of spring (the first occurs on Candlemas, the second on Soroki).
In Rus', it was considered a great sin to take on any task, even the smallest one, on this day. Moreover, it was believed that even unreasonable creatures celebrated the great holiday. People said: “On this day, girls don’t weave hair, birds don’t build nests.” In some areas they even believed that if a bird slept through the Annunciation Matins and made a nest on that day, then as punishment it would not be able to fly for several days. However, the holiday itself was considered a bird holiday. On this day, it was customary to buy birds from catchers and release them into the wild. They said that the bird would intercede with God for the one who freed it.
According to popular belief, on the day of the Annunciation, God himself blesses the earth and everything that grows on it. In this regard, a tradition arose to consecrate seeds intended for sowing on the eve of the holiday or on the holiday itself. They had to be sown on time. “He who sows early does not lose seeds,” people said.
There was a special sign for cabbage. The peasant took the first head of cabbage, picked from the garden in the fall (it was specially stored for this purpose), took it to the basement and left it overnight. The next day he was examined; The lucky ones found in such a head of cabbage seeds that were not afraid of any frost – just like the cabbage that was born from them.
Also, on the occasion of the Annunciation, they burned their straw beds at night, jumped through the fire and fumigated their dresses. All this was done to eradicate diseases and protect oneself from witchcraft.
Name day on this day
Savva, Tikhon.
Source: Calend.ru
