What holiday is celebrated on August 30 in Ukraine

On August 30, Orthodox believers honor the memory of Alexander, John and Paul, Patriarchs of Tsargrad. Those who have the name Alexander, Ivan, Pavel, Savva, Arseny, Jacob, Gregory, Alexei, Andrei and Irina should be congratulated on their angel's day.

According to the weather on this day from ancient times predicted what the fall will be and whether the frost will come early. OBOZ.UA tells about holidays and historical events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on August 30

Saints Alexander, John and Paul, patriarchs of Constantinople, lived in different times, but they were united by the fact that all had to face persecution and persecution. St. Alexander (325-340) was a vicar under the first patriarch of Constantinople. He defended the Christian Church and was said to be able to heal the sick. St. John the Lenten (582-595) was patriarch of Constantinople from 582. He actively fought for the spread of the Christian faith, was characterized by great piety, asceticism and charity for the poor. St. Paul served as patriarch of Constantinople from 780-784 and was a good and pious man.

TheInternational Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is a day created to draw attention to the disappearances of people who have been victimized and disappeared under unclear circumstances. The idea for this day belonged to the Latin American Association of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees. International organizations are actively working against enforced disappearances and abductions in a number of countries. Detention under secret or uncertain circumstances is a gross violation of certain human rights.

Also celebrated on August 30 are:

• International Cabernet Sauvignon Day;
• International Whale Shark Day;
• Constitution Day in Kazakhstan;
• Frankenstein Day (the protagonist of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein);
• Spitfire Day (a spring toy created in 1943 in the United States);
• National Fire Roasted Marshmallow Day in the United States.

Notable historical events on Aug. 30

• 1877 - French self-taught inventor Emile Renault patented the praxinoscope, the prototype of modern animation.
• 1901 - Hubert Cecil Booth patented the vacuum cleaner.
• 1919 - Ukrainian troops knocked out the Red Army from Zhitomir and liberated the city.
• 1919 - The Kiev group of the Army of the UNR led by General Antin Kravs liberated Kiev.
• 1920 - Ukrainian Military Organization headed by Eugene Konovalets was established in Prague.
• 1991 - the Communist Party was banned in the RSFSR.

Born on August 30

• 1797 - Mary Shelley, English writer (author of the novel "Frankenstein").
• 1871 - Ernest Rutherford, British physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908)
• 1884 - Theodore Swedberg, Swedish physical chemist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1926).
• 1958 - Anna Politkovskaya, Ukrainian-born Russian opposition journalist and human rights activist.
• 1972 - Cameron Diaz, American actress, model.

Died on this day:

• 1938 - Max Factor, Polish-American businessman, founder of the cosmetics company Max Factor.
• 1940 - Joseph John Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1906).
• 2022 - Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR (1985-1991), the first and last president of the USSR (1990-1991).

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