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What holiday is today: August 14, 2024 - events and signs of the Honey Savior
14.08.2024 00:01
Today is Wednesday, August 14: the 227th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 139 days.
The sun will rise at 5:01 Moscow time, and at 20:10 it will go below the horizon. At 12:35 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 15 hours 8 minutes, and darkness will last 8 hours 52 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 8 after Pentecost. Beginning of the Dormition Fast.
Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Feast of the All-Merciful Savior and the Most Holy Theotokos.
Name days: Alexander, Anton, Guriy, Leonty.
Secular holidays
August 14th is International Lizard Day.
The Republic of Abkhazia today celebrates the Day of Remembrance of Defenders of the Fatherland, and in Iran – the Day of Islamic Resistance.
Pakistan celebrates Independence Day, while Portugal celebrates the birthday of Portuguese bullfighting.
Events of August 14
In 1944, Vladimir and Tyumen regions were formed.
In 1945, Emperor Hirohito issued a decree on the unconditional surrender of Japan.
In 1992, Boris Yeltsin approved a decree that began voucher privatization in Russia. On the same day, the Georgian army entered Abkhazia. The Georgian-Abkhazian war began.
In 2013, the Telegram messenger began operating.
Who was born on August 14
In 1866, the poet and writer Dmitry Merezhkovsky was born.
In 1900, the singer Tamara Tsereteli was born.
In 1958, TV presenter Mikhail Shirvindt was born.
In 1962, the singer, Honored Artist of Russia Alena Sviridova was born.
In 1982, actress Irina Medvedeva was born.
Folk omens
There will be a lot of snow in winter and severe frosts if a strong wind blows on August 14.
The roses have finished blooming by the beginning of the Dormition Fast – the weather will soon turn bad.
If it is sunny on Honey Savior, then the weather will be the same on the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 28).
