February 12: is it a weekday or a holiday day?

The twelfth of February can be held as a weekday or make it special. It turns out that on February 12 there are real holidays, which everyone should know about.

Professional holiday of marriage agencies

In early February, already blowing in the spring, the Day of Lovers is approaching , I want warmth and love. For the first time, the Day of Marriage Agencies appeared on the long-suffering Ukraine now in 2010. The idea was in the air, and people began to celebrate a professional holiday by choosing matchmaking as their occupation. With the submission of Ukraine, this holiday moved to the United States, Canada, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy. And already in the network it is celebrated by all online dating sites.

This holiday brings lovers closer to each other, and was therefore so well received. However, on February 12, not only this is celebrated.

Name day or personal saint day

Name days are called the day of the angel because at baptism each person is given the name of his heavenly patron saint, who will support and intercede all his life. The name is chosen according to the church calendar or the saints, and it may not coincide with the worldly.

In Orthodoxy, it is customary to remember the heavenly patron on the day of the angel. This is usually the date closest to the person's birthday. There are many saints of the same name, and it is necessary to understand what kind of speech it is. For the layman the church calendar is complicated, and it is better to find out everything from the spiritual guide. On February 12, there are the namesakes of such saints: Peter, Fedor, Stepan, Ivan, Vasily and Gregory. They were outstanding people, there is a lot of information about them.

Pancakes in American style

So they celebrate this day in Kansas: they bake pancakes and arrange a race with hot frying pans. Running only women, and they should be home clothes and kitchen aprons. During the race, a pancake in a frying pan should be thrown so that it rolls over. This is done in the cities of Liberale (Kansas) and Albi, South Dakota. Cities are small, and there is not much entertainment. The feast of pancakes turns into fun - all the pancakes that survived during the race are joyfully eaten by the crowd of spectators. Thanks to this tradition, the day of February 12 turns in these places into a nice family and friendly holiday.

It should be noted that American pancakes are very different from ours. On this continent, pancakes are magnificent and similar to our 2-3 pancakes. The best additive is the maple syrup.

The personal feast of Abraham Lincoln

This is the birthday of the national hero of America, who stopped the shame of this country - slavery. This man is known for never surrendering. The number of difficulties and failures that have fallen to his lot is enormous. It seems that fate herself experienced it for strength. His childhood was short - at the age of 9, his mother died, and two years earlier the family lost housing. He constantly lost business, lost various elections, gave debts. To repay one of the debts he took 17 years. Even his bride died. It is unlikely that in difficult times the February 12 holiday was really bright for him.

Only at the age of 51 did Lincoln become the main man in his country - the president. The persistence of his character allowed him to abolish slavery by changing the system of moral values in a vast country. His authorship belongs to the "Declaration of Independence" and abolishes slavery an amendment to the Constitution. They are rightfully proud of the Americans.

Day of colorful carnival

It can be seen in Mexico, which marks the entry into Lent by Catholic custom. The holiday on February 12 opens a carnival week in this colorful country. It is believed that loud music, dancing before the fall and carnival costumes drive away evil spirits. The joke parades on the streets under night fireworks are clearly going to infuriate the evil spirit . About half a million people can gather for a carnival. Within the framework of the carnival, a competition is held on unpublished literary works of local authors.

There is a carnival with its own queen and "The terrible king" or the most unattractive festival man.

Who, except for Lincoln, was born on February 12?

On this day, many wonderful people were born, who left their mark on history. Some significant events are also marked this day. So, this day is considered the birthday of vodka - a century and a half ago Mendeleev defended his thesis "On the connection of alcohol with water". With the easy hand of historians it is believed that it was he who found the ideal proportion of these components and created a forty-degree drink.

Later on that day in 1914, the first flight of Ilya Muromets, the Sikorsky aircraft, took place for the first time in the world on board 16 passengers.

In the last century, just 60 years ago, a decision was approved on the construction of Baikonur, a world-famous Soviet cosmodrome.

In 1900, February 12 - the birthday of the Soviet marshal Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, the hero of Stalingrad, one of the marshals of the Victory.

On the same day, but in 1809 Charles Darwin was born, who created his theory of the evolution of living beings.

Orthodox Three Saints or Vasiliev Day

Feast on February 12, the Orthodox is a day of remembrance of Basil the Great, one of the fathers of Orthodoxy. Remember this day also of John Chrysostom, who received the popular name for the gift of eloquence. Together with them, Gregory the Theologian is commemorated, who studied the Holy Scripture better than all the first hierarchs .