International Dentist Day is traditionally celebrated on February 9th. This field of medicine is one of the oldest in the world, and today dentistry has become the most high-tech industry, with new materials and treatment methods appearing almost every day.

Civil aviation performs a lot of important functions, which include not only transporting people and various goods to their destination. This also includes the search and rescue of people in danger, transportation of humanitarian aid, medical care in hard-to-reach regions and other socially significant work. February 9 - it is on this day that all people related to civil aviation are honored in Russia - Civil Aviation Day is celebrated.

This holiday is a hymn to small joys, life here and now. Recently, fashionable definitions of “being in the resource” and “being in the moment” have been used to describe the lucky ones who are in balance and inner harmony. They denote the ability to live in the present, the conscious state of a person who does not worry about the past, which cannot be changed, and does not worry about the future.

Initially, anyone could dance striptease, but as its popularity grew, a number of rules had to be introduced. Usually young girls under the age of 25-26 engage in explicit dancing. Today it is hardly possible to surprise anyone with a striptease. Contrary to misconceptions, the girls who perform these dances usually have nothing in common with moths.

Volleyball is a symbiosis of handball, baseball, basketball, and also tennis, which gave the game a net - the main attribute of the competition. February 9 is listed on the calendar as the birthday of volleyball, which is celebrated in almost all countries. The date was decisive - for the first time in history, a match was played using a dividing net.

Not many national dishes are awarded international recognition and their own holiday. Pizza is one of them. This Italian invention has firmly entered the menu of residents of all continents and is considered not only tasty, but also healthy.

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil (Rio Carnival)

Dugjuuba (purification ritual) among Buddhists

Apollonia of Alexandria is a Christian martyr who was tortured by pagans who demanded that she renounce her religious beliefs. Due to the threat of burning, she committed suicide by jumping into the fire on February 9, 248. This date marks the Feast of Saint Apollonia among Catholics.

The name of the day is taken from the church date of honoring the memory of St. John Chrysostom, one of the Great Saints. The people prayed to Saint John for the enlightenment of the mind, the assimilation of spiritual knowledge and for deliverance from sad thoughts. The flame was especially revered on this day, which is where the name Chrysostom fire came from. Weather signs for this day: if clouds were moving across the sky in the opposite direction from the wind, snowfall was expected.

Lebanese Holidays - Saint Maroun`s Day

Orthodox holidays on February 9:

Transfer of the relics of St. John Chrysostom