March 23, 2023 - Thursday.

The 393rd day of the war in Ukraine.

What a church holiday tomorrow, March 23

March 23 in the church calendar is

the day of memory of St. Vasilina of Corinth

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In the 3rd century, when Emperor Decius was persecuting Christians, the general Jason arrived in Corinth.

They entrusted him with the mission of destroying the Christian faith.

He was told that the hermit Konrad lives nearby in the desert, to whom many people come to listen to God's instructions.

Among them is the nine-year-old girl Vasylyna.

Jason ordered all of them to be arrested and subjected to torture.

During the torture, it was recognized that Kondrat was their leader.

It was he who supported everyone else and did not let them lose heart.

When Jason saw that he would not be able to force these people to obey, he ordered them to be slaughtered by wild beasts.

But the animals did not even come close to the unfortunates.

For this, Christians were punished by beheading.

Many Christians were then martyred, led by Kondrad.

What can not be done on this day

  • You should not make any big purchases on March 23, because they will not lead to anything good.

  • Medical operations are also not recommended on this day.

  • Do not slander, do not curse and do not quarrel.

Folk signs and traditions for March 23

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

  • looked at what day it is today: if there are blue clouds in the sky, the weather will be rainy and warm;

  • March 23 thunderstorm - wait for a harvest year;

  • a gloomy day - to a good harvest of flax;

  • the cold wind means that winter will last a long time.

Thunderstorm on March 23 - wait for a harvest year / Photo: Pexels

Among the people, St. Vasilyna was called the "mistress of spring waters."

It was believed that she knew how to avoid floods in the spring.

Therefore, the peasants often prayed to the saint when it was necessary to avoid a large spring water.

This day is also considered ideal for meditation and introspection.

Weather for March 23

Tomorrow, March 23, it will be cloudy in Kyiv, without precipitation.

In Lviv, the weather is cloudy until the very evening, but precipitation is not expected.

There will be no clouds in Kharkiv at night, but they will appear in the morning and last until the very evening, without precipitation.

In Odesa, clouds will appear in the sky during the day, which will disperse only in the evening, precipitation is not expected.

The air temperature in Kyiv is +15 during the day and +4 at night.

In Lviv it is +17 during the day and +6 at night.

In Kharkiv +13 during the day and +6 at night.

In Odesa, it is +11 during the day and +6 at night.

Commemorative dates of March 23

Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for March 23:

  • 625 - the battle near Mount Uhud takes place;

  • 1153 - in Constanta on the shores of Lake Constance, an agreement is concluded between Frederick I Barbarossa and Pope Eugene III;

  • 1324 - Pope John XXII excommunicates the German Emperor Louis of Bavaria;

  • 1400 - the five-year-old Vietnamese emperor Chiang Thieu De is forced to abdicate in favor of his maternal grandfather, government official Ho Kui Li;

  • 1513 - the Republic of Venice joins the Holy League and, in alliance with the League, fights against the French troops of Louis XII;

  • 1534 - after a long diplomatic tussle, Pope Clement VII finally announces that the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon remains valid and the church will not grant the king a divorce;

  • 1568 - Catherine de' Medici and Charles IX of Valois conclude a peace treaty in Longimo, the second French religious war ends;

  • 1743 - Georg Handel's oratorio "Messiah" is performed in London's Covent Garden Royal Theatre;

  • 1841 - in the attic of the Royal Polytechnic Institute at 309 Regent Street in London, successful coal and patent merchant Richard Beard opens the first public photographic studio in Europe;

  • 1849 - at dawn, the 85,000-strong army of the Sardinian King Charles Albert under the command of General Khrzhanovsky was completely defeated by the Austrian army of Field Marshal Radetsky during the decisive battle near Novara;

  • 1857 - Elisha Graves Otis conducts a public test of the world's first safe passenger elevator in Eder Hogwood's five-story department store on Broadway in New York;

  • 1868 - the University of California is founded;

  • 1869 — the academic council of the University of Leipzig grants Friedrich Nietzsche a doctorate based on a set of scientific articles published by him;

  • 1891 - a net for a football goal is used for the first time in Great Britain;

  • 1903 - the Wright brothers submit a patent application for a "flying machine", which was granted on May 22, 1906;

  • 1913 - a powerful Category 4 tornado destroys a large part of the city of Omaha, Nebraska, USA;

  • 1918 — the Ukrainian Central Rada declares the Ukrainian language the official language;

  • 1919 - in Milan, journalist Benito Mussolini holds the founding meeting of the new political party "Italian Union of Struggle";

  • 1928 — the Kamianets-Podilskyi fortress is declared a historical and cultural reserve;

  • 1933 - at a meeting of the Reichstag in the hall of Berlin's Krola Opera House, the law "On Eliminating the Plight of the People and the State" was adopted by 441 votes "for" and 84 "against";

  • 1935 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Constitution of the Philippines;

  • 1939 — Hungary attacks Slovakia, which had an impact on the borders of modern Ukraine;

  • 1944 — the Kyiv Botanical Garden is founded;

  • 1950 — the World Meteorological Organization is founded;

  • 1956 - under the new constitution, Pakistan ceases to be a British dominion, declared an Islamic republic with a federal system, Urdu and Bengali became the official languages;

  • 1965 - At 09:24 (EST) a Titan rocket successfully launches from launch pad LC19 at Cape Canaveral carrying the Gemini 3 manned spacecraft with two astronauts on board;

  • 1966 — an official meeting of the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place in Rome for the first time in 400 years;

  • 1994 — an agreement on cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union is signed in Brussels;

  • 1997 - seven organs are transplanted to a 10-month-old Italian girl during a surgical operation in Miami;

  • 1998 - the film "Titanic" receives 11 "Oscars";

  • 2011 - a new head of the UGCC is elected - he becomes the Supreme Archbishop of Kyiv-Halytskyi Shevchuk Svyatoslav;

  • 2013 — as a result of a cyclone from the Balkans, a record snowfall in Kyiv practically paralyzes traffic on the streets;

  • 2020 — Ukrainian Wikipedia reaches one million articles.

Name day: what to name a child born on March 23

What are the name days tomorrow:

Leonid, Viktor, Denis, Anastasia, Vasylyna, Galina.

Charoite

is the talisman of a person born on March 23

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This mineral has long been called the "philosopher's stone" for its deep purple color.

It was believed that charoite is able to repel all negativity and helps to develop intuition.

Born on this day:

  • 1919 - nun-servant, Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv of the UGCC;

  • 1965 — Ukrainian actor, screenwriter, director Taras Denysenko;

  • 1970 — Ukrainian musician, composer, sound engineer Bohdan Lyba.

What a day tomorrow is in Ukraine and the world

On March 23, Ukraine and the world celebrate World Meteorologist Day / Photo: pixabay.com

On March 23, Ukraine and the world celebrate

World Meteorologist Day

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The holiday was founded in honor of the creation of the World Meteorological Organization in 1950.

It is a specialized agency of the UN.

The birth of modern meteorology took place in the Age of Enlightenment, along with numerous discoveries in the natural sciences.

In 1643, Galileo's student Toriccelli created the first barometer.

In 1724, Gabriel Fahrenheit presented his temperature scale, and in 1742, the Anders Celsius scale appeared.

The development of meteorology continued in the 20th century.

Thanks to the advent of radio, it was already possible to broadcast the weather forecast for the population, and with the development of telemetry, information began to be transmitted almost instantly.

Modern meteorologists with the help of digital technologies can not only forecast the weather, but also predict its changes in entire weather systems.

In the USA, March 23 is celebrated as

Puppy Day.

A positive and good national holiday, which was formed in 2006 on the initiative of Colleen Page (specialist in raising domestic animals).

The main purpose of this day is to take care of orphaned puppies, encourage them to choose a faithful friend.

Also, on this day, attention is drawn to the cruel means of breeding kittens.

And March 23

is the Day of a beautiful look

(or the Day of a specialist in working with eyebrows and eyelashes).

This professional holiday is a good reason to congratulate a specialist whom you trust to improve your face.

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