Holidays
- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- Internet Birthday
- Pulmonologist Day
- World Hypertension Day
- International Children's Helpline Day
- Memorial Day of the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God
- Walnut Day
- Flea Marketer's Day
Significant dates
1642 The city of Montreal is founded.
1727 Peter II, the young grandson of Peter I, ascended the Russian throne.
1801 The grand opening of the monument to the great commander A.V. took place in St. Petersburg. Suvorov.
1861 For the first time, a color photograph made using the method of physicist James Maxwell was publicly demonstrated.
1928 The IX Summer Olympic Games (6+) opened in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
1988 The “Great Kremlin Treasure” was found on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin.
Persons of the day
On May 17, 1820, Russian historian and academician Sergei Solovyov was born.
On May 17, 1946, Russian politician and statesman, human rights activist Galina Starovoitova was born.
Russian politician, dissident, journalist Valeria Novodvorskaya was born on May 17, 1950.
Folk calendar
Pelageya Intercessor, Baklushnik Day
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the martyr Pelagia of Tarsus. According to life, she was born in the 3rd century in Asia Minor, into a family of noble pagans. The girl was very beautiful and well educated, so Emperor Diocletian decided to marry her to his heir. However, Pelagia accepted baptism and refused to marry the emperor's adopted son. Diocletian called the girl to him, and seeing her beauty, he wanted to make her his wife. Pelagia refused the emperor, for which she paid with her life.
In Rus', Saint Pelagia (Pelageya) has always been considered the intercessor of innocent girls, as well as all those unjustly offended. In addition, she patronized birds.
In the evening on Pelageya, experienced gardeners performed a ritual that was supposed to protect the plantings from evil spirits and various pests. To do this, they took a cracked pot out into the garden, put the nettles that had been pulled out by the roots into it, and placed the pot upside down in the very middle of the middle bed. It was believed that any enemy force, touching stinging nettles, would become frightened and run away from the garden.
And the day of Saint Pelagia itself was also called the day of the baklushniks. It was at this time that trees were cut down to make spoons and blanks were made – baklushi.
Name day on this day
Ivan, Isaac, Cyril, Clement, Leonty, Maria, Nikita, Nikifor, Nikolai, Pelageya.
Source: Calend.ru.
