What holiday is celebrated on October 8 in Ukraine

On October 8, Orthodox believers honor the memory of St. Pelagia of Antioch. The name days are celebrated by Eugene, Maxim, Prokhor, Roman, Serhiy, Taisiya, and Pelagia.

On October 8, the world celebrates Octopus Day, Animal Protection Day, International Day of Birth Registration, and Own Business Day. In Ukraine, it is a professional holiday for legal professionals. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 8

October 8, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of Pelagia of Antioch. Pelagia lived in the third century and was famous for her extraordinary beauty. However, before she converted to Christianity, she led a rather dissolute life. One day, a preacher and bishop named Nonnus came to the Council of Antioch. He saw Pelagia in the street crowd and prayed all night for the salvation of the young girl's soul. The next morning, Pelageya came to the church herself, saying that she had been brought by some unknown force. The girl was very impressed by the service. She asked Bishop Nonna to baptize her. Pelageya gave away all her possessions to the poor and took monastic vows.

Lawyers' Day in Ukraine was established by a presidential decree in 1997. It is believed that it was on October 8 that Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv issued the first code of laws, Ruska Pravda, which contained the norms of criminal, inheritance, commercial and procedural law. On October 8, a wide range of lawyers whose activities are somehow related to jurisprudence celebrate their professional holiday. Judges, notaries, attorneys, prosecutors, etc. can be congratulated.

Many countries around the world also celebrate October 8:

• "Face Your Fears Day";
• Day of the Heroic Guerrilla Movement in Latin America;
• Tbilisi City Day;
• Independence Day in Croatia;
• National Dumpling Day in the United States.

Notable historical events of October 8

• 1596 - The Union of Brest is signed, and the Greek Catholic Church is established.

• 1886 - Kharkiv City Public Library received its first visitors.
• 1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was published for the first time, becoming the main indicator of the situation on American stock exchanges.
• 1914 - For the first time during the First World War, bombers were used.
• 1938 - The first government of the autonomous Transcarpathia, which became known as Carpathian Ukraine on December 30, 1938, was established in Uzhhorod.
• 1945 - Massachusetts engineer Percy Spencer patented the microwave oven.
• 1980 - Bob Marley's last concert, during which he fainted. Seven months later, the artist died of cancer.
• 1991 - The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a law on Ukrainian citizenship.
• 2022 - the Crimean Bridge is blown up.

Who was born on October 8

• 1871 - Ivan Piddubnyi, Ukrainian wrestler. Six-time world wrestling champion.

• 1916 - Oleksa Bulavytskyi, Ukrainian impressionist landscape painter.
• 1920 - Frank Herbert, American science fiction writer.
• 1944 - Les Herasymchuk, Ukrainian writer, philologist, translator, and cultural critic.

Died on this day:

• 1754 - Henry Fielding, English writer, prominent representative of English realism of the eighteenth century.
• 1895 - Adam Opel, founder of Adam Opel GmbH.
• 1938 - Hnat Khotkevych, Ukrainian writer, bandura player.
• 2009 - Viacheslav Khursenko, Ukrainian singer, composer, and singer-songwriter.
• 2023 - Nina Matvienko, Ukrainian singer.

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