December 1, 2022 - Thursday.

The 281st day of the war in Ukraine.

What a church holiday today, December 1

According to the religious calendar, December 1 is

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They suffered for their faith in the 4th century.

Little is known about their lives.

According to legend, Plato was the brother of the martyr Antiochus.

He was born in a pious family, where he received a very good education at that time.

Together with his brother, he began to preach the Christian faith at a young age.

Plato often met with pagans, told them about Christ and tried to convert them to his faith.

At that time, the emperor Agrippina ruled, who was known for his intolerance towards righteous Christians.

He heard about Plato and ordered his arrest.

There Plato was tortured to deny his words.

However, he refused, for which he was killed.

Saint Roman also accepted martyrdom for the Christian faith.

This happened during the reign of another emperor - Maximilian.

Roman was a deacon in the city of Caesarea.

One day he met a bishop who was hurrying to a pagan festival.

The novel began to convince him to take the true path.

He refused and ordered to punish Roman.

Another Christian - Varul - passed by them.

The latter did not want to stay away and stood up for Roman.

They were both arrested and then killed.

December 1 - the day of remembrance of the holy martyrs Plato and Roman / Photo: pixabay.com

What can not be done on this day

• On December 1, you can't refuse beggars alms, you can give everything: from unnecessary clothes to food.

• Do not put off a long journey for the future, because this day is the best time to go on it.

• It is strictly forbidden to quarrel on December 1, because otherwise quarrels will drag on for a whole year.

• Do not be angry and do not hold a grudge against anyone.

Folk signs and traditions of December 1

Among our ancestors there were many interesting omens for this day:

• looked at what day it is today: if it's warm outside, then the winter will be mild and pleasant;

• if the wind is strong, you need to wait for blizzards in winter;

• if the weather changes too often on December 1, winter will also be very changeable;

• rust appeared on the latch - expect bad weather in the near future;

• what is the weather like on December 1 in the morning, afternoon and evening, it will be like that in December, January and February;

• a circle around the moon - there will be frost;

• a crow walks along the road - to the thaw;

• On December 1, mosquitoes appear in the house, which means that warming is coming soon.

On December 1, rust appeared on the latch - expect bad weather in the near future / Photo: Pexels

Our ancestors prayed to Saints Roman and Plato on December 1 to improve their well-being.

They also asked to survive the winter well, to sow vegetables in the spring and get a harvest the following fall.

The peasants had such an interesting saying: "

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That is, they looked at what day it was today and used it to guess the weather for the whole winter.

If you go to church on December 1 in the morning before work, any business will bring profit.

Commemorative dates of December 1

Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for December 1:

• 1783 - in Paris, physicist Jacques Alexandre César Charles makes the first flight on a balloon filled with hydrogen;

• 1813 - the independence of the Netherlands was declared;

• 1835 - the first book of the future famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen is published;

• 1863 - football players were forbidden to run on the field with the ball in their hands;

• 1887 - the character of Sherlock Holmes appears on the pages of Arthur Conan Doyle;

• 1891 - an American invents basketball;

• 1903 - the first western appears ("The Great Train Robbery");

• 1913 - a subway was opened in Buenos Aires;

• 1918 - the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created;

• 1918 - Transylvania joins Romania;

• 1921 - the first flight of an airship filled with helium takes place;

• 1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, under the leadership of the Baptist preacher Martin Luther King, the first protests against racism began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man;

• 1988 - World AIDS Day was introduced;

• 1990 - French and British builders, who were laying a tunnel across the Channel, met near the English Channel;

• 1991 - more than 90% of Ukrainians voted for the independence of Ukraine at the All-Ukrainian referendum;

• 1994 - Andriy Shevchenko scores his first goal for Dynamo;

• 2009 - the Lviv city rail bus was opened in Lviv;

• 2012 - publication of the Ukrainian Charter of a Free Man.

Name day: what to name a child born on December 1

What are the names today:

Roman, Zacchaeus, Platon, Anastasius, Varul, Alpheus.

The talisman of people born on December 1 is

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Since ancient times, it was considered a stone of happiness and attributed magical properties.

There was also such an opinion: the one who wears jewelry with turquoise will never have a lack of money.

Born on this day:

• 1083 - one of the first female historians, the Byzantine princess Anna Comnina;

• 1595 - according to the hypothesis, Hetman of Ukraine Bohdan Khmelnytskyi was born;

• 1761 - the French woman who created the world-famous Madame Tussauds Museum, Marie Tussaud;

• 1859 - Ukrainian historian, public figure, Orthodox priest Yukhym Sichynskyi;

• 1876 ​​- Ukrainian opera singer Brun Klara Isakivna;

• 1894 - UGA centurion, Ukrainian political and military figure Yulian Golovinsky;

• 1918 - Ukrainian composer Platon Maiboroda;

• 1935 - American actor Woody Allen.

What a day today is in Ukraine and the world

On December 1, Ukraine celebrates

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This is a national professional holiday (although without a day off), so do not forget to congratulate everyone who works in this field of activity.

The event was introduced by the president in 2000, and the date of the celebration was chosen in honor of the adoption of the Law "On the Prosecutor's Office" (1991).

An interesting fact

- something similar to the modern prosecutor's office existed in the 6th-4th centuries BC.

In the Northern Black Sea region, there were so-called nomophilaks who monitored the implementation of laws and human behavior.

December 1 is

.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a late stage of infection caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

The virus works by making the immune system very weak and unable to fight tumors or certain infections.

If HIV is treated correctly and quickly, people will not develop AIDS.

Currently, about 38 million people are HIV-infected on the planet.

Therefore, the main goal of this day is to spread information about the disease.

December 1 - Antarctica Day / Photo: Pexels

is also celebrated on December 1

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The date is not chosen by chance.

It was on the first day of winter that twelve countries of the world signed the Antarctic Treaty in Washington, which prevents its militarization and ensures the continent's sovereignty.

The holiday was started in honor of this event in 2010.

December 1 is celebrated

.

This is not an official holiday, but it is quite popular, so do not forget to congratulate those who work in this field.

Neurology as an independent discipline emerged as early as 1860.

And before that, she was a part of pediatrics and psychology.