What holidays are celebrated on October 11

On October 11, Orthodox believers honor the memory of Philip, one of the 70 apostles, the only one among the seven deacons and Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea. Oleksandra, Oleksii, Anatolii, Valentyna, Vasyl, Viacheslav, Maria, Uliana, and Fedora celebrate their name days.

On October 11, people celebrate the World Egg Day and the International Day of the Girl Child. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 11

October 11, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of St. Philip. The saint was one of the apostles and came from Caesarea. The disciples of Jesus Christ elected him a deacon. At the time of the persecution of Christians, Philip decided to leave Jerusalem and go to one of the Samara cities, where he began to preach. There is evidence that the apostle healed the sick, and that his four daughters had prophetic gifts. Philip died in the city of Hierapolis.

The International Day of the Girl Child is a holiday created by the United Nations to draw attention to discrimination against girls in different countries and to raise awareness of the inequalities faced by girls based on their gender. It was celebrated for the fist time on October 11, 2012.

Other holidays include:

• Italian Sausage Pizza Day in the United States;
• Revolution Day in the Republic of Macedonia;
• International Vet Nurse Day.

Notable historical events on October 11

• 1138 - 1138 Aleppo earthquake killed 230 thousand people
• 1881 - American David Houston patented the first photographic film
• 1887 - American inventor Thomas Edison patented an electric machine for counting votes in elections
• 1899 - the Second Boer War begins
• 1922 - the chervonets was introduced into circulation
• 1931 - the USSR decides to completely eliminate private trade
• 1939 - the first trolleybus line is put into operation on the main street in Stalino (Donetsk)
• 2018 - The Ecumenical Patriarchate supported the granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Who was born on October 11

• 1672 - Pylyp Orlyk, Hetman of the Zaporozhian Army

• 1884 - Mykola Chebotar, Ukrainian military and political figure, one of the organizers and head of Ukrainian counterintelligence
• 1885 - François Mauriac, French writer and poet, Nobel Prize winner
• 1913 - Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and graphic artist
• 1966 - Luke Perry, American film actor

Died on this day:

• 1550 - Georg Pencz, German painter, graphic artist, engraver of the Renaissance
• 1708 - Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, German philosopher, mathematician, inventor of European white porcelain
• 1963 - Jean Cocteau, French writer, actor, artist, film director.

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