Holidays
- International Day of Missing Children
- Philologist Day in Russia
- World Thyroid Day
- Towel Day
- Tap dance day
- Road Safety Awareness Day
- Lucky Ticket Day
- Creation Day
- Hairstyle Freedom Festival
Significant dates
1682 The beginning of the Streletsky riot in Moscow.
1869 The building of the Vienna Opera is opened.
1905 The beginning of a general strike of workers in Ivanovo-Voznesensk.
1925 Birthday of the football club “Zenit”.
1963 African Liberation Day.
Persons
On May 25, 1931, Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko was born.
On May 25, 1941, Soviet theater and film actor Oleg Dal was born.
On May 25, 1942, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, director, People's Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Kalyagin was born.
Folk calendar
Epiphan's Day, Ryabinovka
On this day, the memory of Epiphanius of Cyprus is celebrated – one of the early fathers of the church, who became famous for his violent denunciation of heresies.
This day was called Ryabinovka in honor of one of the most beloved trees in Rus'. Girls in red sundresses came to the rowan tree and asked her to protect houses from fires. They prayed for the same thing to Saint Epiphanius. By the way, it was believed that if the morning of this day was “in a red caftan” (that is, there was a bright dawn), then there would be many fires in the summer.
Rowan protected people not only from fire, but also from other misfortunes – it was not for nothing that it was always planted in front gardens. She also protected from the evil eye. A rowan branch, as it was believed in Rus', helped a person lost in the forest find his way to his home.
Many beliefs were associated with another plant that was paid attention to on this day – the water lily. They said that if water lily leaves appeared on the ponds on Epiphanus, it means there will be no more frosts. In Rus', the water lily was called “overcoming grass” because, according to peasants, it could overcome evil spirits and illnesses, and also had love spell properties. But white water lilies should not be brought into the house: this threatened the death of livestock.
Name day on this day
German, Denis, Evdokia, Ivan, Peter, Semyon, Fedor, Philip.
Source: Calend.ru.
