The All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity appeared in our country quite recently. Russians celebrated it for the first time in 2008. It should be noted that this year was just declared the year of the family.

The holiday “All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity” was established on the initiative of deputies of the State Duma, and this new holiday was supported not only by all traditional religious organizations of our country, but also by ordinary people.

It must be said that for the first time the idea of ​​​​creating such a holiday was born among residents of the city of Murom, located in the Vladimir region. It was here that the holy spouses Peter and Fevronia lived, who are considered the patrons of Christian marriage. July 8th is the date of their memory, which is why it was chosen for this holiday.

The meaning of the holiday

Such universal human values ​​as family, love, tenderness and fidelity are very important in our lives. It may seem that in the modern world they have lost their former meaning. Family gives a person love, support, stability and joy. It is needed to raise children. Unfortunately, in recent years, the value of family has dropped significantly in the eyes of the younger generation.

For this reason, we should strive even more for the ideals that the All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity reminds us of. We should all follow the example of these saints, whose family life became the ideal of marriage, love and fidelity.

It should be noted that in honor of this family holiday, a special medal was even created. It was established by the Federal Organizing Committee and is awarded on this day to spouses who have been happily married for at least 25 years.

And chamomile was chosen as the symbol of the All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. This flower is a symbol of tenderness and fidelity.

This is a very kind and beautiful holiday, which quickly gained popularity in our country. Of course, life in our country has changed beyond recognition since those times. But there are also eternal, non-perishable values, which include love and family. And today people dream of such a strong family as Peter and Fevronia had. The holiday can be a good alternative to the Catholic Valentine's Day, which is celebrated on February 14.

Should be spent with your family or loved one. On this holiday it is not customary to give greeting cards, chocolate and various souvenirs. The best gift for a loved one on this day can be a bouquet of field or garden daisies.

Events and traditions

On July 8, festive events are held in different cities of our country: concerts, fairs and exhibitions. Services are held in churches. And, of course, a huge number of weddings take place. It should be noted that for many centuries in Rus' there was a tradition of arranging an engagement on July 8th. In modern Russia, this young holiday has already acquired some traditions. This day is now considered one of the most successful days for marriage and wedding ceremonies.

The holiday “All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity” received wide support from the press and public organizations. It is celebrated throughout Russia, but the city of Murom becomes the main center of celebrations every year.

Peter and Fevronia

Names of St. Historians and researchers associate Peter and Fevronia with Prince David Yuryevich and his wife Euphrosyne. Their story began in the ancient Russian city of Murom.

Reverend Peter (David Yuryevich in the world) was the younger brother of Prince Paul, who ruled in Murom. A misfortune happened in Pavel’s family - a snake began to fly to his wife due to the devil’s delusion. In despair, she told her husband about everything. He ordered his wife to find out the secret of his death from the villain. It turned out that only Peter could defeat this snake with the help of Agrikov’s sword.

Prince Peter found out about this and immediately decided to punish the villain. Relying on God's help, during prayer he found out where Agrikov's sword was kept. He then tracked down the serpent and killed it. But before dying, the snake splashed him with its poisonous blood. After this, the prince was struck by a dangerous disease - his whole body was covered with ulcers, against which treatment did not help. They think it was leprosy.

The prince no longer hoped to recover, but one day in a dream he saw a young girl, Efrosinya, who lived near Ryazan, in the village of Laskovaya. He realized that only she alone could heal him. In her village, this girl was known as a herbalist and, thanks to her kindness, she treated everyone who came to her. The prince turned to her for help. The girl promised to cure him if he took her as his wife. The prince made a promise to marry her, but did not keep it when he was already healthy. He considered the commoner an unworthy bride. However, the disease began to torment him with renewed vigor. The prince again asked Euphrosyne for help and this time kept his promise - he took her as his wife.

After some time, the prince's elder brother died, and David Yuryevich took his place. He reigned in this city from 1205, for 23 years. But local boyars began to demand that the prince renounce his principality or his simple wife. The boyars began to slander the prince’s young wife, but he did not believe them. The prince chose to renounce the principality and began a simple life with his beloved wife. The city was left without a legal ruler, and severe unrest began in it. The boyars were forced to ask the prince to return with his wife. Euphrosyne soon managed to win the love and respect of the city nobility and ordinary people.

The pious spouses, already in their old age, decided to take monastic vows in different monasteries. After this they received the names Peter and Fevronia. They prayed to die one day. They even specially prepared a coffin, which had a thin partition in the middle.

Their prayers were heard, they both died each in their cell in 1228 on the same day - June 25 according to the old style or July 8 according to the new style.

But people did not want to bury the monks in one coffin, considering it wicked. The will of the deceased was violated, but the next day their bodies were together again. Twice the bodies were carried to different temples, but twice they ended up nearby. Then they were buried in the same coffin in the Murom Holy Trinity Monastery. The Orthodox Church canonized them as saints. Today many come here to venerate the relics of these saints.

We congratulate everyone on the holiday, Happy All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity!

* Reverend Martyr Fevronia the Virgin (c. 304). ** Blessed Prince Peter (monastically David) and Princess Fevronia (monastically Euphrosyne), Murom miracle workers (1228).
Martyrs Euphrosyne and Theodora. Saints Constantine and Theodore. Venerable Martyrs Leonidas, Livia and Eutropia (IV). Venerable Simeon (V); Dionysius (after 1380) and Dometius (XIV), his associate, Athos. Venerable Martyr Procopius of Smyrna (1810). Holy Martyrs Nicholas (Bryantsev) and Vasily Presbyters (1918); St. Nikon (Belyaev) of Optina, confessor (1931); Hieromartyr Basil the Presbyter (1940).

Saints Peter and Fevronia

Peter and Fevronia are the patrons of family and marriage. Their marriage is a model of Christian marriage.
The blessed Prince Peter ascended the Murom throne in 1203. A few years earlier, Prince Peter fell ill with a serious illness from which no one could cure him. In a dream vision, it was revealed to the prince that he could be healed by Fevronia, a peasant woman from the village of Laskovoy in the Ryazan land. Virgin Fevronia was a wise, beautiful, pious and kind girl. Having liked each other, they agreed to marry. When the prince was healed through Fevronia’s prayer, he, frightened by the boyars, did not keep his word. The illness resumed, and Fevronia again cured him and married him. When Peter inherited the reign after his brother, the boyars did not want to have a princess from the “simple people”, telling him: “Either let go of your wife, who insults noble ladies with her origin, or leave her as Murom.” The prince took Fevronia, got into a boat with her and sailed along the Oka. They began to live as simple people, rejoicing in being together, and God helped them. In Murom, unrest began and murders began. Then the boyars came to their senses and decided to call Prince Peter back. The prince and princess have returned. Fevronia managed to earn the love of the townspeople. They died on the same day - July 8, 1228. At first their bodies were placed in different monasteries, but the next day they ended up together. The holy family was buried in the cathedral church of the city of Murom in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, erected over their relics on the initiative of Ivan the Terrible in 1553, and now they openly rest in the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Murom.
Saints Peter and Fevronia were exemplary spouses, so spouses come to them with prayers for their happiness.

Memory of the Venerable Optina Elder Nikon, Confessor

Reverend Confessor Nikon (in the world Nikolai Mitrofanovich Belyaev) was born on September 26, 1888 in Moscow into a large and friendly pious merchant family. Even in their youth, Nikolai and his younger brother Ivan decided to go to a monastery and chose the Kozelskaya Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage by lot. On February 27, 1907, the brothers arrived in Optina and on December 9 they were accepted into the monastery brethren. The Monk Barsanuphius once especially noted Nicholas, and in October 1908 Nicholas was appointed his clerk, in 1915 he was tonsured into the mantle with the name Nikon, and in 1917 he was awarded the rank of hieromonk. After the revolution, Hieromonk Nikon was beset by sorrows - persecution, searches and arrests from the godless authorities. After the final closure of the Optina Hermitage in the summer of 1923, the rector, St. Isaac (Bobrikov), handed over the keys to the Kazan Church to St. Nikon, blessing him to serve and receive pilgrims for confession. So the Monk Nikon, for his holy obedience to the abbot, became the last Optina elder. At the same time, the Monk Nektarios, who was in exile, began to direct his children to the Monk Nikon. Expelled from the monastery in June 1924, he settled in Kozelsk, served in the church and received people. In June 1927, he was arrested and spent three years in prison at the Kemsky transit point, and then, suffering from a severe form of tuberculosis, he was sentenced to exile to the Northern Territory, to the city of Pinega. Sick, he wandered for a long time without shelter, then was forced to engage in hard physical labor. Father Peter (Drachev), also an exiled Optina resident, brought the dying Reverend Nikon to his place. On the day of his blessed death, June 25, 1931, Elder Nikon took communion and listened to the canon on the outcome of the soul. By the providence of God, twelve people, some clergy, gathered for the burial of the blessedly deceased elder. The elder was buried according to the monastic rites and buried in the cemetery of the village of Valdokurye.

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Holidays and events of July.

Today is July 8th. Holidays and Events:

July 8 - All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity
July 8 - Memorial Day of Saints Peter and Fevronia
Events of July 8 that happened in the world, in different years

On July 8, according to the Orthodox calendar, the day of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom is celebrated, whose love and marital fidelity became legendary. They were revered in Rus' as patrons of married life.
Since 2008, July 8 has been declared the All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
Peter and Fevronia are the patrons of family and marriage. Their marriage is a model of Christian marriage.
The blessed Prince Peter was the second son of Murom Prince Yuri Vladimirovich. He ascended the Murom throne in 1203. A few years before this book. Peter fell ill with leprosy, from which no one could cure him. In a sleepy vision, it was revealed to the prince that he could be healed by the daughter of the “tree climber”, a beekeeper who extracted wild honey, Fevronia, a peasant woman from the village of Laskovoy in the Ryazan land. The Virgin Fevronia was wise, wild animals obeyed her, she knew the properties of herbs and knew how to treat ailments, she was a beautiful, pious and kind girl. The prince promised to marry her after healing. St. Fevronia healed the prince, but he did not keep his word. The illness resumed, Fevronia cured him again and married him.
When he inherited the reign after his brother, the boyars did not want to have a princess of simple rank, telling him: “Either let go of your wife, who insults noble ladies with her origin, or leave her as Murom.” The prince took Fevronia, got into a boat with her and sailed along the Oka. They began to live as simple people, rejoicing in being together, and God helped them.
In Murom, unrest began, many began to seek the vacated throne, and murders began. Then the boyars came to their senses, gathered a council and decided to call Prince Peter back. The prince and princess returned, and Fevronia managed to earn the love of the townspeople.
In their advanced years, having taken monastic vows in different monasteries with the names David and Euphrosyne, they prayed to God that they would die on the same day, and bequeathed their bodies to be placed in one coffin, having previously prepared a tomb of one stone, with a thin partition. They died on the same day and hour - June 25 (July 8 according to the new style) 1228.
Considering burial in the same coffin incompatible with the monastic rank, their bodies were placed in different monasteries, but the next day they found themselves together. St. were buried. the spouses in the cathedral church of the city of Murom in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, erected over their relics according to a vow by Ivan the Terrible in 1553, now openly rest in the Church of the Holy Trinity of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Murom.

There is a holiday in the Orthodox calendar on July 8 that should be celebrated as a state holiday - this is the day of remembrance of Saints Peter and Fevronia. They are the patron saints of family and marriage. And nothing strengthens the state more than a strong, friendly family. The marriage of Peter and Fevronia showed what marriage should be like and many Orthodox, and not only Orthodox people, revere them and follow their path. If we plunge into the history of the formation of this holiday, we will find out that Peter was the second son of Murom Prince Yuri Vladimirovich and was a prince himself. He ascended the Murom throne in 1203. But Prince Peter was ill with incurable leprosy, from which no one could cure him.
In one of his dreams, he was told that the beekeeper’s daughter, Fevronia, a peasant woman from the village of Laskovoy in the Ryazan region, could cure him. Having found her, Prince Peter was truly cured and married Fevronia. But the boyars did not want to have a commoner princess, and then Peter and Fevronia sat down and sailed from Murom and began to live as simple people and God helped them. Having come to their senses from the ensuing turmoil, the boyars called Peter to reign. The prince and princess have returned. At the end of their lives, Peter and Fevronia went to monasteries - female and male, and prayed to die on the same day. And so it happened. They died on the same day and hour - July 8 (June 25, old style) 1228. More than one century has passed, but the memory of them has survived to this day.

1573 - The Edict of Boulogne puts an end to the 4-year war between French Catholics and Huguenots.
1618 - Marie de Medici's chambermaid was executed for "bewitching" the French queen.
1654 - The first Jew, Jacob Barsimson, arrived in America.
1659 - Battle of Konotop.
1663 - The English king declared the Rhode Island Charter, which remained the island's constitution until 1842.
1686 - Austrian troops liberated Buda from Turkish rule, which had lasted since 1541.
1709 - Battle of Poltava.
1777 - Vermont became the 1st state to abolish slavery.
1796 - The US State Department issued the first US citizen passport.
1819 - St. Isaac's Cathedral was founded in St. Petersburg according to the design of the architect Auguste Montferrand.
1820 - the Frankfurt Diet adopted the Vienna Final Act, which supplemented the constitution of the German Confederation and confirmed the sovereignty of the German states.
1853 - American commander Matthew Perry landed in Tokyo Bay and, on behalf of the United States, demanded that Japan establish trade relations with America by the end of the year.
1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.
1901 - France introduced a speed limit for cars in cities - 10 km/h.
1907 - the first performance of the most famous American variety show of the first half of the 20th century, “Ziegfeld Follies,” organized by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, took place in New York.
1915 - decree on the mobilization of 400 thousand residents of Turkestan and the steppe regions for forced labor. The mass uprising of the Kazakh tribes was brutally suppressed.
1918 - The State Senate of Ukraine was created in Kyiv.
1920 - The British colony of East Africa is renamed Kenya.
1922 - for the first time in the world, at the former Khodynka airfield, experiments were carried out on the use of aviation to combat agricultural pests (pilot N.P. Ilzin).
1944 - By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the honorary title “Mother Heroine” was introduced and the Order of Maternal Glory and the Medal of Motherhood were established.
- Production of the first car at the ZIS plant (Plant named after I.V. Stalin) evacuated to the city of Miass.
1945 - the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory of the USSR Academy of Sciences was restored after the Great Patriotic War (KAO was founded on the basis of a private amateur observatory created in 1900).
1958 - the first post-war German helicopter made its first flight - the three-seater Borgwart "Hummingbird I", built by Heinrich Focke.
1969 - Vietnam War: The withdrawal of American troops from South Vietnam begins, ending three and a half years later.
1972 - US President Nixon announced that the USSR would purchase American grain worth $750 million within 3 years.
1974 - The CPSU Central Committee approved the project for the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM).
1981 - the premiere of the musical “Juno” and “Avos” took place at Lenkom.
1997 - a new regulation on passports was adopted in Russia (all citizens over 14 years of age are required to have one).
2008 - The Czech Republic became the 18th member of the European Space Agency.
2011 - launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. The last flight of the Atlantis shuttle, which completed the operation of the space shuttle system.

Celebrating holidays was always fun. Therefore, this time you will find interesting articles about the celebrations.

Russian holidays July 8, 2019

All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity

Russia celebrates this celebration every year on this date. It was celebrated for the first time in 2008, and then it was declared the Year of the Family. In the country, this celebration was created on the initiative of deputies of the State Duma. It is also worth saying that the initiative of the event was supported by all religious traditional organizations of the country, because such a holiday has no denominational boundaries.

Every religion celebrates its example of family love and loyalty. The idea for the event came to mind several years ago to residents of the city of Murom. The relics of the holy spouses Fevronia and Peter, who were the patrons of Christian cancer, are also located there. The lives of these two spouses embody traits that the country's traditional religions have always associated with piety, love and fidelity, as well as performing works of mercy. The family can also be called an important social unit, which is protected by law.

This celebration already has a commemorative medal “For Love and Fidelity.” It is awarded on July 8 and is a very gentle symbol - a daisy. After all, exactly such a flower in Rus' in ancient times was a symbol of love. Family Day is becoming more and more popular in Russia every year. Local authorities in many cities hold various festive events - concerts, honoring large families and spouses who have been married for more than 25 years, promotions, and so on. But young people say that the marriage, which was concluded on July 8, will be happy and long. This warm celebration is welcome in any home. After all, together it is always easier to walk.

And on such a day they celebrate July 8, 2019

Memorial Day of Saints Peter and Fevronia

These two people are the patrons of marriage and family. for many centuries their marriage was a model of Christian marriage. Peter was a faithful prince and the son of Murom Prince Yuri Vladimirovich. In 1203, the prince ascended the Murom throne. A couple of years earlier, Peter fell ill with leprosy, and no one could cure him of it. In a dream vision, it was revealed to the prince that he could only be cured by the daughter of the “tree frog,” a beekeeper who extracts honey. The girl's name is Fevronia, she is a peasant from the village of Laskova in Ryazan land.

As for the maiden Fevronia, she was very wise. She knew the properties of herbs, animals obeyed her, and she could cure ailments. Besides all this, Fevronia was distinguished by her beauty and kindness. So, the prince promised to marry her after his healing. The holy girl cured the prince, but he did not keep his word. And the disease appeared again. Fevronia cured her again and married the prince.

When Peter sat on the throne after his brother, the boyars did not want to have a princess of simple rank. They said to Peter: Either let go of your wife, who insults noble ladies with her origin, or leave her as Murom. After such words, Peter took Fevronia, got into the boat and sailed with her along the Oka. So they lived with ordinary people and rejoiced. But in Murom, troubles began. Many people began to covet the throne and committed murders. Then the boyars came to their senses, gathered a council and decided to bring Peter back.

The princess and prince returned, and the citizens fell in love with Fevronia. Already in old age, the couple decided to take monastic vows with the names David and Euphrosyne. They prayed to God to die one day. The spouses bequeathed their bodies to be placed in one coffin and a tomb to be prepared in advance from one stone with thin walls. And so it was - the couple died on the same day in 1228, July 8th.

What do we celebrate according to the folk calendar on July 8, 2019

Peter and Fevronia Day

In church on such a day these two saints are venerated. They were the guardians of married couples and love. The couple lived very long and happily; before their death, they took monastic vows, and then died on the same day. In Rus', it was customary on such a day to pray to the saints for the well-being of the family and ask for blessings for the wedding. To some extent, this holiday can be considered an alternative to the Catholic Valentine's Day. Only in Rus' the event was dedicated not to all lovers, but only to those who were married.

The couple had several signs associated with such a day. For example, if a merchant works all day for an event in a shop side by side with his wife, then there will be prosperity in the family. Other signs related to haymaking or weather. People have noticed: if mice and pigs start eating hay, the mowing will be bad. The abundance of porridge in the meadows also spoke about the same thing.

Which people celebrate their name day on July 8, 2019

Vasily, David, Denis, Konstantin, Peter, Semyon, Fedor.

What happened in history on July 8

• 52 – Julius Caesar established control over the territory of Lutetia.
• 1497 - the expedition of the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama left Lisbon.
• 1561 - construction of the Intercession Cathedral, also known as St. Basil's Cathedral, was completed on Red Square in Moscow.
• 1709 - the Russian army of Peter I defeated the Swedish army of King Charles XII in the Battle of Poltava.
• 1944 - the titles and orders of Mother Heroine, Mother's Glory and Motherhood Medal were introduced.

Who was born on July 8

1. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 - French writer.
2. Ferdinand Zeppelin 1838 – German airship designer.
3. John Rockefeller 1839 – American billionaire.
4. Nikolai Benardos 1842 – Russian inventor.
5. Arthur Evans 1851 – British archaeologist.
6. Nikolai Polikarpov 1892 – Soviet aircraft designer.
7. Fritz Perls 1893 – German psychiatrist.
8. Georgy Langemak 1898 – Soviet scientist.
9. Nelson Rockefeller 1908 – American politician.
10. Nikolai Kryukov 1915 - Soviet actor.
11. Yuri Mazurok 1931 – Soviet opera singer.
12. Andrey Myagkov 1938 – Russian actor.
13. Konstantin Raikin 1950 – Russian actor.

The question of what holiday is celebrated in Russia today does not lose its relevance. This happens due to the wide variety of holidays available in our country.

True, there are days when there are no exclusively Russian holidays. We can say that today is not one of those. The fact is that on July 8 there is such a holiday. In particular, we can talk about the following holiday: All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. In addition, if you look at the folk calendar, it becomes clear that this is Peter and Fevronia Day.

What holiday is it today, July 8: All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity

The initiative to approve the holiday - the day of marriage, love, fidelity in honor of the Orthodox Christian couple came from Svetlana Medvedeva, the wife of the President of the Russian Federation. Fevronia and her husband Peter are an example of family relationships: understanding, support, piety.

Many stories have been written in their honor. According to legends, the peasant daughter Fevronia cured Prince Peter of his illnesses, after which they got married. Having inherited the reign, the boyars demanded that Peter leave the peasant woman. Not wanting to be separated, the family left Murom. The struggle for the throne began, and as a result, the boyars had to bow to Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia. Upon their return, everything improved, pacified, and thus they earned honor and respect. Three hundred years later, this couple was canonized as saints, patrons of the family.

In Russia, this day is officially celebrated on July 8th. Festive events take place in every city, every family. Family is one of the main values ​​of humanity.

The symbol of the holiday was a flower - chamomile. This award is given to families who have lived together for more than one year, experienced different events, but despite everything managed to maintain love and fidelity.

What national holiday is today, 07/08/2018: Peter and Fevronia Day

The day is dedicated to Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, especially revered patrons of family happiness, hearth, love and fidelity of spouses.

According to legend, one day Peter, who had not yet become a ruler, fell ill with leprosy, and nothing and no one could help him. But somehow in a dream it was revealed to Peter: a certain Fevronia, a peasant girl who lives in the Ryazan land, could heal him. They found her, but the price for healing the prince was to get married. Peter - there is nothing to do - agreed, but as soon as he recovered, he took back his word.

The disease has returned with renewed vigor, Therussiantimes reports. Once again Peter had to ask Fevronia to cure him, and now he had to fulfill his promise - to get married. But their family life developed in such a way that the prince did not regret that he was actually forced.

When Peter began to reign after the death of his brother, the boyars rebelled, not wanting to be ruled by some peasant woman, and they gave Peter a choice - either a wife, or get out of the city. Having chosen the latter, the couple set sail from Murom along the Oka. The common people, however, did not want other rulers, and the princely couple returned.

Ruled with wisdom and living in harmony, they reached old age and, having taken monastic vows, both prayed to die on the same day. This wish of theirs came true, but their last request - to be buried in the same coffin - was considered indecent for their position and was not fulfilled.

But the very next day, the bodies of the spouses were mysteriously transferred from different abodes and reunited. Saints Peter and Fevronia were canonized in 1541. It is customary for them to pray for blessings for the wedding, for the well-being of the family, mutual understanding and true love.

If the Catholic Valentine's Day is dedicated to all those who love, then the day of Peter and Fevronia is only to those who sealed their love with the sacred bonds of marriage, and, perhaps, that is why in our country it is much closer to the Western day of all lovers.

A very curious merchant omen was associated with this day in Rus'. It was believed that in order to increase wealth in his shop and home, a merchant should trade all day together, next to his wife.

This day also had the usual weather and economic signs. So, in advance they were upset about the poor mowing if both mice and pigs began to eat the hay, or if porridge bloomed in abundance in the meadows. Seedlings that required a lot of watering foreshadowed good weather during haymaking, while those that did not require this foreshadowed wet haymaking.

The saying “After Ivan there is no need for a zhupan” means that from the day of Ivan Kupala, celebrated the day before, after the day of Peter and Fevronia, another 40 sultry days were usually expected.

Saint Fevronia had a nickname - the Rusalnitsa. The belief said that at this time mermaids like to conduct their round dances along the banks of reservoirs, and you need to be especially careful near them and also swim with slight caution, because the water maidens do not cost anything to drive a person crazy, tickle him to death or drag him to the bottom.

What professional holiday is July 8, 2018: Fisherman's Day

On the second Sunday of July, some countries celebrate a professional holiday - Fisherman's Day.

Fisheries, which include catching not only sea and river fish, but also other aquatic animals, have become one of the leading industries for many countries, and also constitute a major export item. On an industrial scale, fish are caught for the purpose of using it in food, as well as to obtain fish oil.

Since time immemorial, man has turned his gaze to the sea, river, lake in the hope of finding a rich and long-lasting storehouse of food in the expanses of water. Thus, a special group of people gradually emerged - fishermen, who, first as an amateur, and over time professionally, began to supply us with delicious fish.