Not only Knowledge Day: what holiday is celebrated on September 1

September 1 is traditionally associated with the Day of Knowledge. On this day, Orthodox believers honor the memory of St. Simeon the Pillar and his mother and the beginning of the Orthodox church year.

September 1 is the day of commemoration of the beginning of World War II. St. Andrew, St. Nicholas, St. Theophan, St. Timothy, and St. Thecla celebrate the Day of the Angel. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on September 1

Candlemas is a folk Christian holiday that symbolizes the beginning of the autumn cycle. The holiday is associated with the day of St. Simeon the Pillar. After the adoption of Christianity in Kievan Rus, the new year was celebrated on September 1, which coincided with the beginning of the indictment.

In Ukraine, September 1 is the Day of Knowledge. Schools hold ceremonial line-ups to mark the start of the school year.

In addition, September 1 is World Letter Writing Day. The holiday was founded in 2014 by Richard Simpkin.

September 1 also marks:

• Entrepreneur's Day in Ukraine;
• Veterans Day in Poland;
• National Day of the Slovak Republic, Constitution Day in Slovakia;
• Disaster Prevention Day in Japan;
• Independence Day in Uzbekistan;
• World Day of Prayer for Creation.

Significant historical events on September 1

• 1819 - The play "Natalka Poltavka" by Ivan Kotliarevsky was first staged at the Poltava Theater.
• 1898 - Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was opened.
• 1939 - Germany's attack on Poland begins World War II in Europe.
• 1996 - the national currency, the hryvnia, is introduced in Ukraine.
• 2004 - at least 1,200 children and adults were taken hostage in school No. 1 in Beslan, Russia.
• 2006 - the world's first authentic Crimean Tatar TV channel, ATR, starts broadcasting in Crimea.
• 2014 - Ukrainian forces withdraw from Luhansk airport during the war in eastern Ukraine.

Who was born on September 1

• 1741 - Jean-Benoît Scherer (Johann-Benedict), French and German historian, author of the first monograph on the history of Ukraine in Western Europe.
• 1856 - Serhiy Vinogradsky, French microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist of Ukrainian origin.
• 1877 - Francis William Aston, British physicist and chemist, winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1899 - Olha Basarab, Ukrainian public and political activist, organizer of the 1st Women's Unit of the USS Legion, scout, UVO activist, liaison to Colonel Yevhen Konovalets.
• 1925 - Ihor Yukhnovsky, Ukrainian scientist and politician.

Died on this day:

• 1715 - Louis XIV of France, King of France (1643-1715).
• 1970 - François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1952)
• 1971 - Mykhailo Pokotylo, Ukrainian actor and director.

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