What holidays are celebrated on October 22: interesting facts

On October 22, Orthodox believers honor the memory of St. Averky, Bishop of Ephesus, a miracle worker, and The Holy Seven Youths ("Seven Sleepers") of Ephesus. Constantine, Ivan, Alexandra, Anna, Elizabeth, and Theodora celebrate their name days.

The world also celebrates Leave a Review Day, National Nut Day, Smart is Cool Day, International Stuttering Awareness Day, and International Caps Lock Day. OBOZ.UA will tell you about holidays and notable events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 22

October 22, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of St. Averky. Averky lived in the second century and was a bishop in the city of Hierapolis (Asia Minor). He prayed every day for the conversion of pagans to the Christian faith. Once, during one of these prayers, an angel told Averky to go and smash all the idols. For this the pagans of the city hated him. At a public meeting, they tried to capture Averky, but suddenly the crowd heard the cries of three possessed young men. The bishop drove out all the demons from them through prayer, and after that people turned to the Christian God. According to legend, the saint died at the age of 193.

October 22 is the International Stuttering Awareness Day. King George VI of Great Britain suffered from stuttering and was one of the first to officially recognize the importance of speech therapy. The International Stuttering Awareness Day was initiated by speech pathology researchers from Canada.

International Caps Lock Day was established in 2000 on the initiative of Derek Arnold from Iowa, USA. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to those who use the Caps Lock typing style. This mode is usually considered excessive, rude, and sometimes even unacceptable for expressing your thoughts online.

Also, countries around the world celebrate the following holidays:

• Sparkling Wine Day in Austria;
• International Day for the Protection of Men;
• National Nut Day in the United States.

Notable historical events on October 22

• 1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump in the history of mankind.
• 1883 - the Metropolitan Opera House was opened in New York.
• 1937 - Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Vasyl Lypkivsky was arrested.
• 1938 - Chester Carlson made the first photocopy of a paper document.
• 1949 - the USSR conducted the first test of its nuclear weapons.
• 1960 - the future world boxing champion Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) won his first fight in the professional arena.
• 1962 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy issued a statement announcing an air and naval blockade of Cuba, where Soviet missiles were discovered.
• 1968 - the flight of the American spacecraft Apollo 7 is completed.
• 1975 - the Soviet space station Venera 9 landed on the surface of Venus.
• 1980 - the Pope overturned the 1633 verdict condemning Galileo.
• 1982 - the movie Rambo: First Blood with Sylvester Stallone was released in the United States.
• 2006 - seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher retired from racing at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.
• 2009 - the official release of Windows 7.

Who was born on October 22

• 1811 - Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor.
• 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress.
• 1844 - Louis Riel, Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba.
• 1878 - Vadym Bohomolets, Ukrainian military leader, general-corporal of the Ukrainian State.
• 1938 - Christopher Lloyd, American actor. Known for his roles as Mr Taber in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.
• 1943 - Catherine Deneuve, French actress.
• 1970 - Javier Milei, Argentine politician and economist, current president of Argentina.

Died on this day:

• 1835 - Ustym Karmaliuk, leader of the rebel movement in Podillia in 1813-1835.
• 1883 - Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish writer.
• 1906 - Paul Cézanne, French impressionist painter.
• 1995 - Kingsley Amis, English writer, poet and critic.
• 2001 - Georgy Vitsin, Soviet theater and film actor.

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