What holiday is celebrated on March 2 in Ukraine: everything about this day

March 2 - Syrupy Sunday, also known as Forgiveness Sunday. It is the last day of Butetr Week, preceding Lent in the church calendar. Orthodox believers honor the memory of the holy martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene, St. Job (Boretsky), Metropolitan of Kyiv. Today is the name day of Fedot, Yosyp, Mykola and Arseniy.

The world celebrates International Cat Rescue Day and World Children's Television and Radio Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on March 2

March 2 - Cheese Sunday or Forgiveness Sunday, the last day to eat dairy products, eggs and meat before the start of Lent. The main tradition of this day is to ask forgiveness from each other for all offenses and sins in order to enter Lent with a clean soul. On Cheese Sunday, believers attend church, where a special service with the rite of forgiveness is held.

Also on Forgiveness Sunday, the memory of the holy martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene, and St. Job (Boretsky), Metropolitan of Kyiv, is honored.

• St. Theodotus lived in the III-IV centuries. He was the bishop of the city of Kyrenia on the island of Cyprus. During the brutal persecution of Christians by Emperor Licinius, Theodotus openly preached the Christian faith, for which he was subjected to severe torture and eventually beheaded.
• St. Job (born Ivan Boretsky) lived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was an outstanding church leader, polemic writer, and teacher. Job Boretsky was elected Metropolitan of Kyiv in 1620. He actively fought for the rights of Orthodox believers, strengthened the church organization and developed education.

International Cat Rescue Day, celebrated on March 2, aims to raise awareness of the problems of stray animals and encourage their rescue. This day is a call to action to help cats who find themselves on the streets and give them a chance for a happy life. Stray cats often live in dangerous conditions where they can become victims of road accidents, abuse or disease.

The International Children's Day ofBroadcasting is celebrated every year on the first Sunday of March. The UNICEF initiative aims to emphasize the importance of quality and safe content for children on television and radio, as well as to promote the development of children's media space.

Notable historical events on March 2

• 1796 - French general Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed commander-in-chief of the so-called Italian Army.
• 1807 - Thomas Jefferson signed a law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States, its ports and territories.
• 1836 - the independence of Texas from Mexico was proclaimed at a convention of Texas Americans in Washington, D.C.
• 1918 - the first law on Ukrainian citizenship is adopted in the Ukrainian People's Republic.
• 1918 - UPR troops liberated Kyiv from the Bolsheviks.
• 1923 - the first issue of Time magazine is published in the United States - the 32-page edition was the first American news weekly.
• 1933 - premiere of Marian Cooper's cult feature film "King Kong"
• 1943 - Koryukivka tragedy: mass murder of 6700 residents of the Ukrainian village of Koryukivka by SS and Hungarian military gendarmerie during World War II.

• 1949 - the first non-stop flight around the globe by airplane ends. It lasted 94 hours and was carried out on a Lucky Lady II (B-50 Superfortress).
• 1956 - France and Morocco agreed to end the protectorate and the independence of the African country, which became an independent sultanate led by Mohammed V.
• 1965 - The United States began regular bombing campaigns in North Vietnam.
• 1972 - the Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, being the first to reach the third space speed and begin exploring Jupiter.
• 1983 - the first CDs and CD players were produced.
• 1993 - the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine was founded.

Who was born on March 2

• 1760 - Camille Demoulin, French journalist, active participant in the French Revolution.
• 1793 - Sam Houston, American politician, first president of the Republic of Texas.

• 1824 - Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer, conductor, pianist, founder of Czech opera.
• 1859 - Sholem Aleichem, Jewish writer.
• 1882 - Arkhip Teslenko, Ukrainian writer.
• 1900 - Thomas Wolfe, American writer.
• 1904 - Dr. Seuss, American children's writer and cartoonist ("How the Grinch Stole Christmas").
• 1931 - Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian politician and public figure, first and last president of the USSR (1990-1991), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1990).
• 1942 - John Irving, American writer.
• 1962 - Jon Bon Jovi, American rock singer, composer.
• 1968 - Daniel Craig, English film actor, performer of the role of James Bond in the films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

Died on this day:

• 1835 - Franz II, the last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1792-1806), Emperor of Austria (since 1804) Franz I of Habsburg.
• 1887 - August Wilhelm Eichler, German botanist who developed the first classification of plants that was widely used.

• 1930 - David Herbert Lawrence, one of the key English writers of the early twentieth century.
• 1935 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.
• 1977 - Ivanna Blazhkevych, Ukrainian children's writer, public figure, educator.
• 1980 - Jarosław Ivashkiewicz, Polish writer, poet and playwright.
• 1982 - Philip K. Dick, American writer, philosopher, essayist.
• 1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, French composer, actor, director, writer.

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