Holidays August 23, 2023: name day, prohibition, truth

The Day of the State Flag of Ukraine, the International Day of Remembrance for the Slave Trade and its Abolition and the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism – about them and other events on August 23 – in Athletistic material.

In the Gregorian calendar, the 235th day of 2023. There are 130 days left in the year.

What holidays in Ukraine and the world

• International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

• European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

• Day of the State Flag of Ukraine

• Remembrance Day for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism in Lithuania

• Day of Kharkov

• Lutsk Day

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Kharkiv

What events took place in Ukraine and in the world

• 1382 – The destruction of Moscow by Tokhtamysh

• 1866 – Under the Treaty of Prague, Venice is transferred to the Kingdom of Italy.

• 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.

• 1918 – The Ukrainian Council of State Ministers approved a resolution on the establishment of the State Drama Theater in Kyiv.

• 1919 – during the attack on Kyiv, the UNR army occupied Novograd-Volynsky.

• 1939 – The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its secret protocol were signed in Moscow, according to which Europe was divided into the spheres of influence of the Third Reich and the USSR.

• 1942 – the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

• 1943 – the liberation of Kharkov from the German invaders.

• 1975 – the opening of the Kharkov metro.

• 1989 – on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Soviet-German agreement, the Baltic Way action took place, when the inhabitants of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia formed a human chain with a length of about 600 km – about two million people (the largest human chain in the world).

• 1990 – in Berdyansk, at the local Torpedo stadium for the first time in the USSR, an international musical and environmental action CAM began. For the first time in a major international forum, a blue-and-yellow flag was raised over the stadium. Today will be the Day of the State Flag of Ukraine.

• 1994 – an extraordinary session of the Sevastopol City Council adopted an illegal decision to recognize the Russian legal status of the city of Sevastopol.

• 1998 – the title of Hero of Ukraine was established.

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Award “Hero of Ukraine”

Who was born on August 23

• 1727 – Friedrich Hartmann Graf (†1795), composer.

• 1754 – Louis XVI (Louis XVI de France) King of France (opened on January 21, 1793).

• 1769 – Georges Leopold Cuvier (Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron de Cuvier) (†1832), French zoologist.

• 1773 – Jakob Friedrich Fries (†1843), German idealist philosopher, physicist and mathematician.

• 1811 – Auguste Bravais (†1863), French crystallographer, author of the theory of spatial lattices of crystals.

• 1851 – Alois Jirásek (†1930), Czech writer, created a series of historical novels covering almost the entire history of the Czech Republic from ancient times to 1848.

• 1867 – Osip Makovei, Ukrainian poet, prose writer and public and political figure.

• 1870 – Vladimir Sikevich, military and political figure; cornet general of the army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic

• 1932 – David Cherkassky, Ukrainian director-animator, animator, screenwriter.

• 1935 – Anatole Perepadia, Ukrainian translator

• 1941 – Ed Roberts, American engineer and entrepreneur who developed the first commercially successful Altair 8800 personal computer in 1975

• 1950 – Grigory Huseynov, Ukrainian writer, editor, publisher

• 1974 – Sergei Zhadan, Ukrainian writer, poet, translator, social activist.

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Sergey Zhadan

Town and church holidays

On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Lawrence. He was born in the city of Osca (modern Spain) and was a student of Archdeacon Sixtus. As soon as Sixtus became bishop of Rome, Lawrence was ordained a deacon, entrusted with the care of the sick and the administration of church property. Emperor Valerian announced the persecution of Christians, they began to kill many priests, and ordinary Christians were deprived of their property. Mentor Lawrence became the first victim. He was beheaded by order of the emperor.

Sixtus declared to his disciple that he must now follow his path, and ordered Lawrence to sell all the treasures of the church. In fact, the deacon was thrown into prison. But even there he healed the sick and performed other miracles. A few days later, the Roman prefect ordered Lawrence to hand over all the church’s treasures to him. The deacon asked him for three days, and then he came with the poor and needy and said that they were the real treasure of the church. Lawrence was severely tortured. Because of them, the saint died.

Traditions and rituals

Now it is strictly forbidden to swim in the reservoirs. Also, you can’t clean the house and cook.

On this day, to preserve health and youth, girls before sunrise wash themselves with spring water.

Signs

• A warm and rainy day promises a good catch of fish.

• A lot of acorns fell – the year will be fruitful.

• If the birds don’t sing, it will rain soon.

• Linden leaves begin to turn yellow from below – to a rich harvest of winter crops.

Who has a birthday today?

August 23 name days are celebrated by: Lavrenty, Roman, Vyacheslav, Lavr, Athanasius, Savva, Felix.

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Name day August 23

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