Holidays on this day
- Day of Remembrance of Russians who performed their official duties outside the Fatherland
- Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists
- International Children's Day with Cancer
- International Operating Room Nurse Day
- Day of tying knots for good luck
- Singles Awareness Day
- Round Candy Day
- Ringing Day
- Young Voter Day
Significant events in history
1717 The textbook “An Honest Mirror of Youth” (6+) was published in Russia.
1820 Physicist Hans Oersted discovered the magnetic effect of electricity.
1895 Birthday of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
1919 Birthday of the Bolshoi Drama Theater (today – Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater).
1947 In the USSR, marriages between Soviet citizens and foreigners are prohibited.
1989 The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan has been completed.
1994 The Standard of the President of the Russian Federation, a symbol of presidential power in Russia, was officially introduced.
2013 There was a meteor shower over Chelyabinsk.
Persons
On February 15, 1564, Italian physicist, mechanic, astronomer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei was born.
On February 15, 1710, King Louis XV of France (1715-1774) was born.
On February 15, 1786, the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Maria Romanova was born.
On February 15, 1798, Russian nobleman, military man, Decembrist Mikhail Naryshkin was born.
On February 15, 1862, Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist Savva Morozov was born.
On February 15, 1866, the Italian sculptor of Russian origin Paolo Trubetskoy was born.
On February 15, 1909, Soviet poet and prose writer Nikolai Rylenkov was born.
Soviet and Russian public figure, human rights activist, publicist Elena Bonner was born on February 15, 1923.
On February 15, 1942, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress Nonna Terentyeva was born.
Folk calendar
Presentation of the Lord (Gromnitsy).
The holiday got its name in honor of the fact that on this day the meeting of the baby Jesus Christ with Saints Simeon and Anna took place (the word “meeting” itself means “meeting”). The Jews had a law according to which parents had to bring each first-born child to the temple on the 40th day of life. In fulfillment of this law, the Virgin Mary came with her son to the temple. Elder Simeon also appeared there, at the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who was predicted that he would not die until he saw the Savior. He was accompanied by Anna the prophetess, a righteous old woman who had long awaited the coming of Christ.
This day was popularly considered the day of the first meeting of spring (the second meeting occurs on Soroki, the third on the Annunciation). The Sretensky frosts were considered the last, after which the peasants did not dare to go on a long journey on a sleigh. This day was one of the biggest spring holidays.
In northwestern Rus' the holiday was known as Gromnits. On this day, it was customary to bring candles to church for lighting. Then, during a thunderstorm (and, accordingly, thunder), they were lit to ward off trouble. Thunderbolts (as the candles themselves were called) were also given into the hands of the dying so that evil spirits could not approach him.
On Candlemas, special care was taken for poultry. For example, they started feeding the chickens oats, saying: “Feed the chickens oats, and in the summer you will have eggs.” And vice versa: “If a bird drinks water (that is, does not eat), the owners of trouble will come.”
There are many sayings associated with this holiday. For example, they said: “Candlemas—winter and summer met”; “Sun for summer, winter for frost”; “The day has more light, the night has less cold”; “Winter welcomes spring, wants to freeze, but only sweats from its own desire.”
The weather was no less likely. It was believed that if it snowed, it would be late spring. The sky with many white stars already indicated this. The weather on Candlemas was used to judge the herb harvest: they threw a stick across the road and observed that if the snow covered it, there would be little grass. But if on this day it is quiet and sunny, then flax will be born. The drops foreshadowed the harvest of wheat, and the wind foreshadowed the fertility of fruit trees.
Name day on this day
Vasily.
Source: Calend.ru.
