January 8, 2022: what a holiday today, signs, traditions, Angel Day
Today, January 8, the world celebrates the Day of the Earth's Rotation, and the Orthodox honor the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos. Birthdays - Alexander, Vasily, Gregory.
International holiday
January 8 - Earth Rotation Day. It is dedicated to the first public demonstration of Léon Foucault's pendulum, which clearly demonstrated how our planet rotates.
Religious holiday
An important holiday is celebrated on this day - the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos. Today, Orthodox Christians address songs of praise to the Mother of God who gave birth to Jesus Christ. Therefore, her celebration takes place immediately after Christmas.
This day is called a cathedral because, unlike individual holidays in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos (for example, Her Conception, Christmas, Annunciation, etc.), on January 8, a general (cathedral) celebration of other persons close to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Lord Jesus Christ takes place.
Signs for January 8:
If tits sing in the morning, wait for frost in the evening;
if crows croak - to heavy snow and blizzards;
clear weather - to a rich harvest of millet.
Interesting events on January 8:
1297 - Monaco gained independence from Genoa;
1918 - US President Woodrow Wilson presented to Congress "14 points" - a draft treaty that established US hegemony in international politics and provided favorable conditions for American monopolies in the world market;
1959 - Charles de Gaulle becomes President of the French Republic;
1996 - An-32 disaster in Kinshasa, 237 people were killed;
2004 - the sea liner "Queen Mary 2" was launched, at that time - the largest passenger ship in the world.
Who was born today:
1587 - Johannes Fabricius - Saxon astronomer;
1720 - James Hargreaves - English inventor of the spinning machine;
1821 - James Longstreet - General of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War;
1888 - Gnat Yura - Ukrainian Soviet theater director, theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR;
1986 - David Silva - Spanish footballer, world champion (2010) in the national team.
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