What holiday is celebrated on November 3 in Ukraine and the world

On November 3, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the holy martyrs Akepsimus, Joseph, and Aytal. Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Anatoly, Arcadia, Georgy, Demiana, Kostiantyn, and Yakiv celebrate their name days.

The world celebrates World Sandwich Day, Japanese Culture Day, World Jellyfish Day, and Cliché Day, while Ukraine celebrates the Day of Engineer Troops, Day of Social Worker, and Day of Rocket and Artillery Troops. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 3

November 3, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of Akepsimus, Joseph and Aiphal, early Christian martyrs. Joseph was a presbyter in the city of Beth Ketubah in Adiabene, and for his commitment to Christianity, the seventy-year-old was stoned to death in 377 under the Persian king Sapor II. He was martyred along with Bishop Akepsimus and Deacon Aifal.

The professional military holiday of Ukrainian rocket scientists and artillerymen is dedicated to the events of World War II. On November 3, 1943, with a high density of artillery in the area of the enemy's defense breakthrough, the operation to liberate Kyiv was launched. The Day of Missile Forces and Artillery was established at the official level by a presidential decree of October 31, 1997.

On November 3, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Engineer Troops. The holiday was approved by a presidential decree of October 27, 1999, in recognition of the outstanding services of sappers, veterans, and military engineers.

On the first Sunday of November, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Social Worker. Every day, social workers ensure the implementation of state policy on social protection, employment, remuneration and safety, and labor relations.

Other countries around the world also celebrate November 3:

• International Day of Biosphere Reserves;
• International Jeweler's and Watchmaker's Day;
• National Homemaker's Day in the United States;
• Independence Day of the Republic of Panama;
• Independence Day of the Commonwealth of Dominica;
• National Animal Shelter and Rescue Week in the United States.

Notable historical events on November 3

• 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovered Dominica.
• 1871 - The missing expedition of David Livingstone is found in Central Africa.
• 1903 - Panama seceded from Colombia with the support of the United States.
• 1903 - Dutch physiologist Willem Eintgoven developed the electrocardiograph.
• 1918 - Hungary announced its separation from Austria.
• 1918 - The Bukovinian Assembly decided to annex Northern Bukovyna to the ZUNR.
• 1918 - Kiel Uprising, the November Revolution in the German Empire began.
• 1927 - the Holland Tunnel, the world's first underwater transportation tunnel, opens in New York City under the Hudson River.
• 1937 - 265 prisoners of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Prison are shot in the Sandarmokh tract by the decision of a separate trio of the NKVD of the USSR. On the list of those executed on November 3: Les Kurbas, Mykola Zerov, Mykola Kulish, Matviy Yavorsky, Volodymyr Chekhovsky, Valerian Pidmohylny, Pavlo Filipovych, Valerian Polishchuk, Hryhoriy Epik, Myroslav Irchan, Marko Voronoi, Oleksa Slisarenko, Mykhailo Yalovyi, and many other representatives of the national intelligentsia.

• 1943 - the Battle of Kyiv began.
• 1992 - Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States.
• 1995 - scientists at the University of Texas isolated the breast cancer gene for the first time.
• 2020 - US presidential election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Who was born on November 3

• 1801 - Karl Bedecker, German publisher, author of the first travel guides.
• 1900 - Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founder of Adidas.
• 1952 - Les Poderviansky, Ukrainian artist, author of satirical plays.
• 1957 - Dolph Lundgren (Hans Lundgren), Swedish actor.
• 1962 - Andriy Zholdak, famous Ukrainian theater director. Winner of the UNESCO Prize (2004), Chevalier of the Order of Merit III degree (2009).
• 1962 - Irene Rozdobudko, Ukrainian writer.

Died on this day:

• 1793 - Olympia de Gouges, French writer and journalist, political activist, feminist, author of the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens.

• 1937 - Mykola Zerov, Marko Voronoi, and Borys Pylypenko, Ukrainian writers executed in a Soviet concentration camp.
• 1937 - Mykola Kulish, Ukrainian writer, director, playwright.
• 1937 - Les Kurbas, Ukrainian director, actor, theater theorist, playwright, publicist, and translator.
• 1937 - Marko Voronoi, Ukrainian poet.
• 1937 - Valerian Polishchuk, Ukrainian writer, poet and prose writer, literary critic, publicist of the Executed Renaissance.
• 1954 - Henri Matisse, French painter, graphic artist, master of decorative arts.
• 2005 - Anne Burda, German publisher. Founder of the magazine "Burda Moden" (now "Burda Fashion").

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