Today, July 11th, is World Chocolate Day. Believers honor the transfer of the relics of Cyrus and Ivan. There are 173 days left before the New Year.
July 11, 2023 – Tuesday. 503rd day of the war in Ukraine.
What is today, July 11, a church holiday
July 11th in the church calendar transfer of the relics of Cyrus and John. Cyrus lived in Alexandria in the 3rd century, when Diocletian, known for his cruel persecution of Christians, was emperor. He was a doctor, but did not take money for his work. Subsequently, feeling a calling, he went to a monastery in Arabia. Subsequently, God endowed Cyrus with the gift of healing the weak through prayer.
Some time passed and the former soldier John joined him, who was also baptized. Somehow the husbands heard that in Kanop they imprisoned the Christian Anastasia with her three daughters. Cyrus and Ivan went there to support the woman, but they were also imprisoned and tortured for a long time. Then Anastasia and the girls were beheaded, and the martyrs were killed with a sword.
After death, the Christians laid the bodies of Cyrus and John in the church of St. Mark, but 100 years later, Patriarch Kirill of Alexandria decided to transfer part of the relics to the Egyptian city of Menutu, where a church was subsequently built in honor of the saints.
What not to do on this day
Don’t go to bed too early. There is a ban on pouring out drinking water. You can’t get married, because you will be under the crown again in the near future.
Folk signs and traditions on July 11
Among our ancestors there were many interesting signs on this day:
they looked at what day it was: the cuckoo had already stopped forging – by early winter; if early November has begun, already in September all the trees can stand naked; the weather is calm, but the forest is noisy – to the rain; water arrives in wells and rivers – expect bad weather.
Already on July 11, the peasants began to pay attention to the weather, according to it they predicted when autumn would come. In some regions, the first young potatoes have already been dug. It has long been believed that the nettle has healing properties on this day, so it was collected and dried. It is interesting that nettles were used not only for treatment, they prepared delicious dishes from it. And young girls made an infusion of nettle to strengthen their hair.
Weather on July 11
Today, July 11, the weather will be clear in Kyiv, although during the day the sky may be overcast, without precipitation. It is a clear morning in Lviv, but it will become cloudy in the afternoon and it will be so until the evening, without precipitation. In Kharkiv in the middle of the day the sky will be covered with clouds and will be overcast, light rain in the afternoon and evening. In Odessa it is clear, without precipitation.
The air temperature in Kyiv is +24 during the day and +16 at night. In Lviv +26 during the day and +15 at night. In Kharkov +24 during the day and +18 at night. In Odessa +29 during the day and +20 at night.
Memorable dates July 11
Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for July 11:
1533 – Pope Clement VII declares that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon is still valid and excommunicates the king; 1576 – English expedition of Martin Frobisher discovers Greenland; 1700 – The Berlin Academy of Sciences is founded; 1888 – in Kyiv, on Sophia Square, as part of the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity, a monument to Bohdan Khmelnitsky is opened; 1943 – the culmination of the Volyn tragedy; 1944 – establish the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council – the political wire of the UPA; 2008 – Apple Inc. opens the iPhone App Store; 2014 – as a result of rocket attacks from Russian territory in the Zelenopolye region, 36 Ukrainian soldiers are killed.
Name days: how to name a child born on July 11
What are the birthdays today? Ivan, Sergey, Herman, Pavel.
The talisman of a person born on July 11 is opal. There is a legend about this stone, according to which, when Zeus defeated the Titans, he burst into tears of happiness and his tears fell to the ground, and then turned into gems of incredible beauty. It has long been believed that opals help their owner build a successful career, find a soul mate.
Born on this day:
1920 – American actor of Ukrainian origin Yul Brynner; 1939 – Ukrainian poet of the sixties Boris Necherda; 1969 – Ukrainian writer, philosopher, author of the geocultural concept “Mezogeya” Oleg Gutsulyak.
What day is it today in Ukraine and the world
July 11 in Ukraine and the world celebrate world chocolate day. According to legend, the Aztecs were the first to learn how to make chocolate, who called it “the food of the gods.” 1519 Castilian conquistador and discoverer Hernan Cotres arrived in modern Mexico, where he first tasted the chocolate drink that the people of the tribe gave him as a sign of hospitality. Cortes and his countrymen dubbed the chocolate black gold and began shipping it to Spain. An exotic delicacy was highly valued in the court of the Spanish king. In 1615, through the efforts of Louis XIII’s wife Anne of Austria, chocolate also appeared in France.
For a long time, chocolate in Europe was available only to people from aristocratic circles. At that time, women believed that this product is an aphrodisiac, because it kindles the fire of passion. It was also consumed only in liquid form, and the chocolates familiar to us appeared only at the end of the 19th century with the advent of a hydraulic press.
The holiday itself was created in France in 1995, as the French are known throughout the world for their sweet tooth. But this day is known in other countries of the world.
Also July 11 world population day. The event was initiated by the UN in 1989. The date of the celebration was not chosen by chance, because it was on this day in 1987 that the world’s population exceeded the mark of 5 billion people. The main purpose of the event is to draw attention to the problems that are associated with the population of the planet, to involve people in joint prosperity.
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