Lunar New Year - Chinese New Year

In the bustle of everyday life, people rushing about business hardly look at those around them, glancing over them with an indifferent gaze. Few people think that each person in a faceless crowd has a unique inner world that is reflected on their face. Its expression and features allow us to draw conclusions about the mental qualities and state of health of the individual.

It is read that the celebration of Russian Diplomatic Worker's Day falls on February 10, since on this day, in 1549, a department called the Ambassadorial Prikaz was formed in the vastness of the Russian Empire, and was engaged in foreign policy activities. Later, in 1802, Emperor Alexander I created the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On February 10, 1837 in St. Petersburg, in his apartment on the Moika,12 the voice of Russia’s cultural heritage fell silent. The greatest master of literature died from a wound received in a duel with Dantes. February 10 is a mournful, tragic date. Memorial Day of the great Russian poet and writer Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. His name is forever imprinted in golden letters in the history of world literature.

According to one of the UN initiatives, 2016 was declared the World Year of Pulses, and already in 2018, the government of the Republic of Burkina Faso at the next congress made a proposal to declare February 10 as World Pulses Day. This way, humanity will have the opportunity to remember that today it is worth using all opportunities to avoid world hunger.

One of the ancient Slavic holidays has survived to this day - the Day of Treating the Brownie, or Velesichi. It is customary to celebrate this holiday on February 10th. On February 10th, it is customary to appease the brownie.

Korean New Year Seollal

Buddhist Holidays - 15 Wonders of Buddha (Monlam Chhenmo)

Sagaalgan (Buddhist New Year)

The iron and the devices that served as the basis for its design have been in use for a very long time. But the official “date of birth” of the invention is February 10, since it was on this day in 1636 that it was mentioned in documents. The first irons also bore little resemblance to modern ones. They only had a similar shape, but the operating principle was strikingly different.

The name Ephraim is associated with the church date of honoring Ephraim the Syrian, who taught Christians the Word of God in the 4th century. The patron saint named the day in honor of the brownie's name day. He was considered the secret owner of the home, keeping order. On Ephraim's day they tried not to offend cats, because they not only caught rodents, but could also make friends with the brownie. Weather signs for this day: if a strong wind blew, summer was expected with frequent showers. The blueness over the forest foreshadowed the coming warming.

Feast of Saint Scholastica among Catholics

Global Movie Day

Orthodox holidays on February 10:

Day of St. Ephraim the Syrian

Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God of Totemskaya-Sumorinskaya