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August 14 - Honey Savior, or Savior on the Water

The history of the Honey Savior begins in pre-Christian times. These days we celebrated the harvest festival. Constantinople in the ninth century had its own traditions. In the hottest month of the year, it was customary to carry the Holy Tree of the Cross onto the roads and streets. Believers hoped for the help of Jesus Christ in averting diseases and natural disasters - drought and fires.

Feast of the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker August 11

Orthodox believers on August 11, 2022 celebrate the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. This event is timed to the day when the saint was born. Nicholas the Wonderworker is one of the most revered saints. This day has its own traditions, customs and signs, which many people try to adhere to.

August 9 - Day of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon - the patron saint of all doctors and healer of the sick

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, the church honors the memory of the Great Martyr Panteleimon.

During his lifetime, Panteleimon was a doctor, for which he received the nickname "Healer". They pray to him to be healed of mental and physical wounds. Lived in Nicodemia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. He treated his patients for free, so other doctors lost their income and reported to Emperor Maximian on Panteleimon, saying that he heals imprisoned Christians with prayer.

EXHIBITION OF BOOKS: "WITH BOOKS ON THE ROADS OF CHILDHOOD"

On August 7, 2022, the European Foundation of Slavic Literature and Culture and the Foundation of Ukrainian Literature and Culture opened an exhibition of books on the topic: “With books along the paths of childhood”.
The exposition of the exhibition presents a large set of children's literature on this topic from the library fund of the European Fund of Slavic Literature and Culture and the Fund of Ukrainian Literature and Culture. The exhibition presents a set of books for children of different ages and interests.

August 4 - Memorial Day of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

The Great Equal-to-the-Apostles Holy Myrrh-bearing Mary Magdalene, who was especially famous in the Christian Church for her fiery, unshakably self-sacrificing love for the Lord Jesus Christ, was from the then rich city of Magdala, which was located in the Galilee region of Palestine, on the shores of Lake Gennesaret, or otherwise the Sea of Galilee, between the cities of Capernaum and Tiberias. The Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, one of the myrrh-bearing women, was deigned to be the first person to see the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Ilyin's day August 2

Ilijah is one of the greatest prophets and the first virgin of the Old Testament. He was born in Thesbia of Gilead in the tribe of Levi, 900 years before the birth of Christ. When Elijah was born, his father Sovak had a vision that handsome men were talking with the baby, swaddling it with fire and feeding it with a fiery flame.