What holiday is celebrated on November 5 in Ukraine: interesting facts

On November 5 , Orthodox believers honor the memory of the martyrs Galaction and Epistymos. Name days are celebrated by those named Ihor, Sviatoslav, and Hryhory.

The world celebrates International Carers' Day, World Tsunami Awareness Day, International Volunteer Managers Day and World Clown Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 5

November 5, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of the martyrs Galaction and Epistimus. Galaction lived in the city of Emesa (Lebanon) in the third century. His pagan parents were unable to have a child for a long time, but when they began to pray to the Christian God, a miracle happened - they conceived a son. At the age of 24, Galaction became engaged to Epistyma, who professed idolatry, but under the influence of her fiancé, she also converted to Christianity. The couple decided to dedicate their lives to service, enter a monastery near Sinai, and live a pious life.

On December 22, 2015, the UN General Assembly decided to declare November 5 as the World Tsunami Awareness Day. Tsunamis result in numerous human casualties, cause huge damage and are a common problem for many countries.

November 5 is the International Day of the Caregiver. The need to celebrate this date was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on November 5, 2014.

Also, countries around the world celebrate November 5:

• World Roma Language Day;
• Bank Transfer Day in the United States;
• Civil Aviation Day in Argentina;
• National Chinese Takeaway Day in the United States
• National Day of Red Hair Lovers in Ireland or Redhead Day.

Notable historical events on November 5

• 1605 - The Gunpowder Plot in Britain.
• 1854 - During the Crimean War, a battle between Russian and British-French troops took place near Inkerman, which ended in the defeat of Russian troops.

• 1913 - Great Britain annexed Cyprus and, together with the French Republic, declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1914 - during the First World War, Russian troops began the second siege of the Przemyśl Fortress.
• 1916 - the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary proclaimed the creation of the Kingdom of Poland.
• 1953 - the Yevhen Paton Bridge, the world's first all-welded structure, was officially opened in Kyiv.
• 1963 - Kyiv subway stations "Polytechnic Institute" and "Bolshevik Plant" (now "Shuliavska") are opened.
• 1964 - opening of trolleybus traffic in Chernihiv.
• 1965 - Kyiv subway stations Hydropark, Livoberezhna, and Darnytsia, as well as the Darnytsia electric depot, are opened.
• 1968 - Vasyl Makukh committed self-immolation on Khreshchatyk in protest against the colonial situation of the Ukrainian SSR and the occupation of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.

Who was born on November 5

• 1494 - Hans Sachs, German poet, meistersinger and playwright.
• 1824 - Yakiv Shchogoliv, Ukrainian poet, representative of Ukrainian romanticism.
• 1913 - Vivien Leigh, British actress.
• 1919 - Viktor Minyaylo, Ukrainian writer, Shevchenko Prize winner.
• 1938 - Joe Dassin, French singer.
• 1952 - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian football player and coach.
• 1968 - Sam Rockwell, American actor.

Died on this day:

• 1879 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish scientist who created the theory of the electromagnetic field.
• 1879 - Mykola Sementovskyi, Ukrainian writer, historian, archaeologist and local historian.
• 1988 - Ivan Danyliuk, Ukrainian mathematician, first director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
• 2005 - John Fowles, English novelist, writer, essayist.

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