What holiday is celebrated on September 25: all about this day

On September 25, Orthodox believers honor the memory of St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria. Name days are celebrated by Alexandra, Opanas, Eugene, Sergius, Maxima, and Euphrosyne.

The world celebrates World Pharmacist Day, World Lung Day, Comic Book Day and Dream Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on September 25

September 25, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of St. Ephrosyne of Alexandria. Euphrosyne lived in Alexandria and became famous for pretending to be a young man in order to settle in a monastery and lead a solitary life of prayer. The monks did not recognize the disguised girl. Efrosynia lived in a secluded cell for 38 years, and only before her death did she tell her father her secret, asking to be buried next to her mother. After his daughter's death, the father took up monasticism himself and lived in the same monastery, and gave all his property to the needy.

World Pharmacist Day was established by the Council of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in 2009. In Ukraine, the Pharmacist Day is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of September.

The first World Lung Day was celebrated in 2016, and the idea was proposed by Michiaki Mishima, President of the FIRS Kyoto Assembly. Polluted environment, tobacco consumption, and poor living conditions affect lung health, so it is important to undergo regular examinations and try to lead a healthy lifestyle.

If you have a cherished dream that depends on you, but you keep putting it off, September 25 is the time to take action. Every year, World Dream Day inspires, empowers, and encourages you to achieve your goals.

This day is also celebrated as:

• Comic Book Day in the United States;
• National Food Service Workers Day in the United States;

• Maple Leaf Day in Canada;
• Dental Health Day in Germany.

Notable historical events on September 25

• 256 - Marcus Claudius Tacitus became Roman emperor by decision of the Senate.
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus' second voyage to America.
• 1789 - General Jose de Ribas conquered the Ottoman fortress of Hadji Bay (future Odesa).
• 1789 - The US Congress supported 10 amendments to the Constitution (Bill of Rights).
• 1914 - Semenyuk's Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen was baptized in battle near Sianik.
• 1989 - Lithuania declared the accession of the republic to the USSR in 1940 illegal.
• 1992 - The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal was opened, connecting the Black and North Seas.
• 2020 - AN-26Sh plane crash near Chuhuiv, killing 26 people.

Who was born on September 25

• 1644 - Ole Roemer, Danish astronomer who was the first to measure the speed of light.

• 1866 - Thomas Gantt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel Prize winner.
• 1897 - William Faulkner, American writer.
• 1932 - Anatoliy Solovianenko, Ukrainian opera singer.
• 1964 - Carlos Ruiz Safon, Spanish writer.
• 1969 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, British actress.

Died on this day:

• 1970 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer.
• 2003 - Franco Enrico Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize in Economics.
• 2012 - Andy Williams, American pop singer and actor.

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