What holidays are celebrated on December 4: all about this day

On December 4, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the Great Martyr Barbara and Martyr Julianna, as well as St. John Damascene. It is also the name day for Varvara (Barbara), Uliana, Yulia, Ivana, and Anna.

The world celebrates World Wildlife Conservation Day, Cabernet Franc Day, International Cheetah Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day, and Santa's List Day. In Ukraine, it is the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery and Computer Science Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of December 4

What holidays are celebrated on December 4

November 26, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of memory of the Great Martyr Barbara. Barbara was born into a noble family in Asia Minor. In her youth, she chose to serve the Christian God, but her pagan father was against it, so he became her executioner.

Born into a Christian family, Juliania obediently served her faith even when fate led her to captivity and slavery. The young martyr refused to worship idols and stood firm for her faith. Her example of devotion and courage remains an extremely important symbol for Christians around the world.

John (John) of Damascus (c. 675, Damascus - between 749 and 753, Monastery of Sabbas the Sanctified, Abbasid Caliphate) was a famous theologian and philosopher. He is a revered saint in most Orthodox communities around the world.

December 4 is now the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery in Ukraine. The holiday was established to honor the courage and heroism of the units in the struggle for freedom, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Previously, the holiday was celebrated on November 3, but by Presidential Decree No. 748/2024, it was moved to December 4.

Other countries celebrate:

• Navy Day in India;
• International Banking Day;
• National Cookie Day in the United States.

Notable historical events on December 4

• 1638 - After the defeat of the Cossack uprising led by Y. Ostrianytsia and D. Huni, the Cossack Council adopted the "Ordination of the Zaporizhzhia Registered Army" in the Maslov Stav tract.

• 1674 - French Jesuits founded the city of Chicago.
• 1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson sailed to Europe to participate in the Versailles Peace Conference. This is the first time that the highest US official has traveled outside the country.
• 1938 - The first congress of the Carpathian Sich, a paramilitary organization created in Zakarpattia by members of the OUN, takes place in Khust.
• 1939 - The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR passed a decree on the division of regions between the Ukrainian SSR and the BSSR, according to which Ukraine lost the Brest region.
• 1987 - Unit 3 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant resumes operation.
• 1987 - The Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a decree "On Restricting the Registration of Citizens in Certain Settlements of the Crimean Region and Krasnodar Territory."

• 1992 - The Fourth All-Ukrainian Congress of the People's Movement of Ukraine transformed the NRU into a political party and elected Viacheslav Chornovil as its chairman.
• 1995 - Netscape and Sun, in cooperation with a dozen other software vendors, announced the creation of the JavaScript programming language.
• 1996 - Mars Pathfinder automatic space station is launched from Cape Canaveral.
• 1997 - In Ottawa, 125 countries signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

Who was born on December 4

• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, English publicist, historian, philosopher.
• 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, prominent Austrian poet.
• 1898 - Stepan Kozhumiaka, Ukrainian bridge engineer, road builder, philologist.
• 1908 - Alfred Hershey, American biologist, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses).

• 1913 - Robert Adler, American inventor, one of the developers of the television remote control.
• 1928 - James Lovell, American astronaut, the first man to fly around the Moon.
• 1982 - Nick Vujicic, motivational coach, amputee.

Died on this day:

• 1131 - Omar Khayyam, Persian-Tajik poet, mathematician, philosopher.
• 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
• 1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist and physiologist, one of the founders of the doctrine of electricity.
• 1932 - Gustav Meyrink, Austrian expressionist writer, playwright, and translator.
• 1935 - Charles Robert Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine.
• 2016 - Valentyn Chemerys, Ukrainian humorist, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine.

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