What holiday is celebrated on November 24 in Ukraine

On November 24, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine and the Holy Great Martyr Mercury. Kateryna, Viktor, Yevhen, Maksym, Opanas, Stepan, Tymofiy and Stefaniya celebrate their name days.

The world celebrates the International Day of Evolution, International Shift Workers' Sunday, Your Unique Talent Day, International Au Pair Day, D.B. Cooper Day, and Aura Knowledge Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 24

November 24, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine, who lived in Alexandria in the III century and was known for her beauty, wisdom and education. According to legend, the girl had a vision of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ, after which she began to preach the faith, attracting many people to Christianity. Catherine lived during the reign of Emperor Maximin. After the girl refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, she was tortured and tortured. Catherine died a martyr's death, but her resilience and faith made her a symbol of spiritual strength and devotion.

The Holy Great Martyr Mercury was a Scythian by birth, but served as a soldier in the Roman army. The emperors Decius and Valerian issued a law ordering all Roman citizens to worship pagan gods. Mercury refused to bow down and was sentenced to death.

November 24 is the International Day of Evolution, because it was on this day in 1859 that Charles Darwin published his work "The Origin of Species". The book caused a real stir in the nineteenth century. Darwin did not coin the phrase "survival of the fittest" to summarize his theory. It was probably coined by the philosopher Herbert Spencer. It is worth noting that evolution is only a theory, not a fact or a scientific law. Evolution simply does not lend itself to rigorous scientific scrutiny, because it claims events that have not been observed in the laboratory and can never be reproduced.

Also, countries around the world celebrate on November 24:

• World Red Wine Day;
• Friends' Day in the United States;
• Teacher's Day in Turkey;
• Engineer's Day in Portugal;
• Walrus Day in the Arctic countries;
• National Sardine Day in the United States.

Notable historical events on November 24

• 1638 - The Cossack Council in the Maslov Stav tract approved the "Ordinance of the Zaporizhzhia Registered Army" - the charter of the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.
• 1642 - Dutchman Abel Tasman discovers an island off the coast of Australia named after him.
• 1859 - Charles Darwin publishes his work "Origin of Species".
• 1863 - The Battle of Chattanooga begins (November 25) during the American Civil War.
• 1910 - the Aviation Officer School was opened in Sevastopol.
• 1918 - the Entente squadron captured Sevastopol.
• 1969 - the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed and ratified by the United States and the USSR.
• 1994 - the OSCE mission started its activities in Ukraine.
• 2015 - Free Syrian Army soldiers shot down a Russian helicopter in Syria near Latakia on Tuesday, forcing it to make an emergency landing.
• 2015 - the beginning of the escalation of the conflict between Russia and NATO as a result of the downing (on the morning of November 25) of a Russian SU-24 fighter jet by Turkish forces that crossed the border between Syria and Turkey.

Who was born on November 24

• 1632 - Benedict Spinoza, Dutch philosopher, one of the most famous pantheists.
• 1655 - Charles XI, King of the Swedish Empire.
• 1826 - Lorenzini Carlo, Italian journalist and writer, author of the fairy tale Pinocchio.
• 1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, American writer.
• 1864 - Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, post-impressionist.
• 1888 - Dale Carnegie, American psychologist, educator, writer.
• 1914 - Chadwick Lynn Russell, English abstract sculptor.
• 1957 - Ivan Sharii, Ukrainian football player, the oldest player and scorer in the history of Ukrainian football championships.
• 1996 - Danylo Podybaylo, Ukrainian poet and musician, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Hero of Ukraine.

Died on this day:

• 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer.
• 1934 - Mykhajlo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and Chairman of the Ukrainian Central Rada.
• 1947 - Valentyn Sadovskyi, Ukrainian public figure and journalist.
• 1991 - Freddie Mercury, British musician, leader, keyboardist and vocalist of the English rock band Queen.
• 2002 - John Rawls, American philosopher.
• 2004 - Arthur Hailey, Canadian novelist of British descent.
• 2022 - Valeriy Hlebov, an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who died during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

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