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Yom Hashoah - Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

The special day, which appeared in 1992, is aimed at drawing attention to the rights of people with disabilities. The lack of participation in solving the problems of this category of citizens led to the unification of a group of activists from 17 European countries.

The birth of a child is the most beautiful moment that can happen in the life of every person, especially a woman. One of the key roles in the implementation of the procedure for the immediate birth of a baby is played by the midwife. The idea of ​​establishing this holiday was first put forward by the World Organization of Midwives. This event took place in 1987 at a convention in the Netherlands. However, the holiday received official status only 5 years later.

On May 5, 1882, the world's first diving school was opened. It was located in the port city of Kronstadt, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. Emperor Alexander III took personal part in the creation of the educational institution, issuing a decree on its construction.

It was on this May day that the first Soviet cryptography and encryption service was created. The main mission of the intelligence service remains unchanged - information protection and measures to block unauthorized access to the state security system.

Every day a person communicates with different groups of people, being in a work team, public transport and in a family environment at home. Communication is important not only for the exchange of information. Psychologists and gerontologists claim that the opportunity to communicate with relatives and like-minded people extends life for older people by an average of 10-15 years.

WHO insists that in the 21st century. It is necessary to pay daily attention to body hygiene as a way to control the spread of infectious diseases. "Cleanliness is the key to health!" - says a proverb familiar to everyone from childhood. The international holiday encourages everyone to take care of themselves and others.

Lelya, or Lyalya, is the daughter of the Slavic goddess Lada. Forever young Lelya was a gentle patroness of children and nulliparous women. It is enough to remember the Russian words with the same root for this name (lyalya, cherish) to understand how the Slavs treated this goddess. On May 5 a holiday is celebrated in her honor. It is called Lelnik (Lyalnik), sometimes - Krasnaya Gorka.

The Pravda newspaper as a literary and journalistic magazine appeared in 1903. The publication became a mouthpiece for the ideas of Bolshevism, and later the Communist Party of the USSR, in 1912. The first issue of the “collective propagandist,” as Lenin called the newspaper, was published on May 5. In 1922, to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of Pravda, a state holiday was established in the USSR - Soviet Press Day.

Holidays in Belarus - Printing Day

Holidays of Kyrgyzstan - Constitution Day

World Laughter Day

Mother's Day in Lithuania

Funny Holidays - International Princess Day

Russian Holidays - Kuban Journalism Day

Japanese Holidays - Children's Day (Kodomo no hi)

South Korean Holidays - Children's Day (Orini Nal)

International holidays - Europe Day (Europe Day in the Council of Europe)

Holidays of the Netherlands - Dutch Liberation Day

Mexican Holidays - Cinco de Mayo (Victory Day at Pueblo)

The name of the holiday is given in honor of the holy apostle Luke from the 70, whose memory is revered in Orthodox churches on this day. Popularly, on Luke Day, residents planted onions and prayed to St. Luke for a good harvest.

Blessing of Bicycles Day in the USA

Orthodox holidays on May 5:

Easter

Memorial Day of St. Bartholomew the Apostle

Memorial Day of St. Theodore Sikeot