Information has long ceased to be just one of the sources of knowledge of the world around us. This is a product that is bought and sold every day and hour. There is even a separate holiday dedicated to specialists involved in data protection, called Information Protection Day. It is celebrated annually on November 30th.

Pets are in great need of constant care and love from their owners; they are ready to pay for this all their lives with their loyalty and devotion. But people often forget about this. And yesterday's friends often end up simply thrown out onto the street. November 30 is a day calling on people to think about their own behavior, to be more prudent and decent towards their pets.

International Skirt Day

This holiday is dedicated to living elephants and has been celebrated for more than thirty years. The initiators of its creation are environmentalists. With this gesture they decided to draw attention to the problem of reducing their numbers. After all, these are the largest land mammals in the whole world.

A hundred years ago, during the life of Sigmund Freud, the topic of sex was surrounded by an atmosphere of sacred disgust. It was not customary in society to discuss intimate relationships between men and women. The sexual revolution began in the 1960s in the United States and continued in Europe. The removal of taboos has changed the behavior and thinking of people around the world.

Comfortable home clothing in the form of a long dress for sleeping appeared in France in the 18th century. Both women and men spent the night wearing a négligé with a cap on their heads. The head was protected with an unsightly headdress, not so much because of the cold, but because of the harmful miasma that swirled in the air and could lead to illness.

Youth is a time of wandering and hope, a time of realizing your wildest dreams. The search for the elixir of youth, which has been going on since time immemorial, is an attempt not only to stop aging and degradation of the body. The desire to turn back time is a dream of preserving in the eyes and hearts the fire that blazes in young men and women entering adulthood.

On November 30, Orthodox Christians celebrate the day of remembrance of Gregory the Wonderworker. Among the people, the holiday is better known under the names Gregory of the Winter Pointer, Predezimye and Siver, which he received as the day that ends autumn and opens the gates to winter. It was believed that by the weather on this holiday one could judge what the coming winter would be like. Severe cold foreshadowed bitter frosts. Cloudy weather indicated a lack of sun in the next three months.

On November 30, Yakutia celebrates Khomus Day, which is dedicated to the ancient musical instrument, which is more than five thousand years old. The choice of such a date is not accidental; it was on this day in 1990 that the museum and center of the khomus of the peoples of the world was opened in Yakutsk.

On April 26, 1986, a major man-made disaster occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, located on the territory of Ukraine. The accident is still called the largest in the entire history of mankind; the damage was minimized only thanks to the work of the liquidators. On November 30, 1986, the sarcophagus was completed, which was supposed to cover the destroyed power unit. This date became the holiday Liquidator Day or Sarcophagus Day.

It is believed that chemical weapons were first used en masse during the First World War. About 100,000 people were injured, including soldiers of the Russian Empire. Remembrance Day is intended to attract the attention of all humanity to this problem. Toxic substances kill not only people, but also animals, destroying flora and fauna within a radius of tens of kilometers.

St. Andrew's Day among Western Christians (Catholics)

The death penalty has been abolished in many countries around the world as the most morally inhumane way of depriving a criminal of his life. However, human rights organizations still continue to fight for the abolition of this type of punishment in China, the USA, Japan, India, Saudi Arabia and other countries. To this end, the World Coalition against the Death Penalty was founded in Rome in 2002.

Orthodox holidays on November 30:

Memorial Day of St. Nikon of Radonezh

Memorial Day of St. Gregory the Wonderworker

Memorial Day of St. Lazarus of Constantinople

Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God “Unction”