Today is Saturday, July 13: the 195th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 171 days.
The sun will rise at 4:04 Moscow time, and at 21:08 it will go below the horizon. At 12:36 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 17 hours 3 minutes, and darkness will last 6 hours 57 minutes.
Church holidays
3rd week after Pentecost. No fasting.
On July 13, Orthodox believers celebrate an important church holiday – the Council of the Twelve Apostles: Peter, Andrew, his brother James the son of Zebedee, John, his brother Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Judas James (or Thaddeus), Simon the Zealot and Matthias.
Name days: Andrey, Arseny, Bartholomew, Vasily, Dinara, Jacob, John, Jonah, Matthew, Michael, Nikon, Peter, Sophrony, Stefan, Timofey, Tikhon, Philip, Thomas.
Secular holidays
Today, the interregional festival of blacksmith art "Kört Aika" is taking place in Komi. Also, on July 13, Russia celebrates the Day of the Grebnevo Estate.
Today the world celebrates Puzzle Day, and Montenegro celebrates Statehood Day.
Kazakhstan celebrates National Security Day.
Events of July 13
In 1931, the Soviet authorities decided to demolish the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and build a high-rise Palace of Soviets in its place. The project was never realized.
In 1944, the Red Army liberated Vilnius from the German occupiers.
In 1962, the Kirov Plant produced the first K-700 Kirovets tractor.
In 1990, the Central Bank of Russia was founded.
Who was born on July 13
In 1923, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Mikhail Pugovkin was born.
In 1928, the writer Valentin Pikul was born.
In 1932, People's Artist of Russia, actor Pyotr Fomenko was born.
In 1942, American actor Harrison Ford was born.
Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian architect and inventor of the Rubik's cube, was born in 1944.
Folk omens
If the cuckoo has not fallen silent by this day, then the summer will be sunny and warm for a long time.
Yellow clouds appeared in the sky – it will rain.
If white clouds are carried by the wind, it will be warm.
Heavy dew in the morning foretells a sunny day, and its absence foretells rain.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of St. Peter's Day.
