February 7 is the Day of Russian Business Education, which is celebrated relatively recently. It is believed that this idea originated with the organizers of the Russian School of Management, which is well known in the country. It is impossible to say for sure why this particular day was chosen, but there is a version that a day associated with business should invariably be at the beginning of the year, when it is customary to make plans for the next year. The New Year holidays have already died down and it’s time to get down to business with no less enthusiasm to make the next year better than the previous one. In many ways, these ideas lead people to realize that in order to improve the quality of life, it is necessary to implement well-calibrated, thoughtful measures aimed at achieving well-being. This Day was created to inspire aspiring entrepreneurs who have ambitions, but often lack determination and self-confidence. Some people are confused by the gloomy economic forecasts that fall on their heads as if from a cornucopia. Almost every day we hear about crises or anticipation of crises, falling indices, and turbulence in quotes. All this can sow doubts that business has any prospects in modern realities. That is why the Day of Russian Business Education was created, which allowed aspiring entrepreneurs to successfully put their ideas into practice. It's no surprise that entrepreneurship and education are intertwined. In most cases they go hand in hand. Success is achieved by a person who has certain personal qualities and has good knowledge, skills and abilities. In the last decade, such education has become especially popular. Numerous schools, business programs or even master classes are opening, where people with and without experience are taught how to run a business, introduced to relevant terms, definitions, and given the basics of financial literacy and economic professionalism. The real boom began back in the 90s of the last century, and today the quality of business education has improved significantly. New formats have appeared, for example, MBA, courses, business modules. Also, various grants and startups have become commonplace, allowing creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to attract financial resources to bring their own ideas and projects to life. You can hear many stories about how some startups seemed incredible, but which simply cannot be put into practice. But life proved the opposite. Thanks to the popularization of the holiday, business education has become in great demand. Moreover, not only among young people, but also among older people. And even more. You can often hear stories about how, after retirement, a person gets a second wind, and he begins to engage in some field of activity that brings him additional income, or he goes to study, mastering new knowledge, gaining skills. Traditionally, on February 7, the Day of Russian Business Education, it is customary to hold meetings, forums, and round tables, where both prospects and pressing problems that arise for budding entrepreneurs are discussed. Quite sensitive and not always pleasant questions are also raised related to the fact that promising young people prefer to build businesses in other countries rather than in their homeland. On this day it is customary to popularize education in general and business education in particular. Many educational institutions organize an open day, hold meetings, and events dedicated specifically to this date. It cannot be said that at the moment the holiday is widespread throughout the country, but its popularity is growing year by year.

Thanks to holy missionaries, Ireland became a Christian state during the fifth century. One of these preachers was St. Mel, whose feast day is widely celebrated by the Irish on the day of his death, February 7th. According to legend, Mel was the nephew of St. Patrick himself. Relatives arrived together to distant Ireland, inhabited by pagan tribes with wild morals and cruel customs. Mel, like his companions, was ready to accept great martyrdom for the sake of faith, but Ireland became fertile ground for the spread of Christianity. Within a few years, the saint became the bishop of the church in Arda, built under the leadership of Patrick himself. Mel, like other missionaries in Ireland, set a personal example of Christian virtue to his flock. He spent whole days at work and was very unpretentious. The saint distributed everything that went beyond his modest needs to those in need. But, despite his modesty and high morality, Mel was once suspected of indecent behavior. Extreme necessity forced Mel to live under the same roof with his own aunt Lupail, a woman who was not yet at all old and attractive. Slanderers suspected relatives of a closer connection. Obscene rumors spread and reached Patrick. The Holy Father did not want any further discussion of the behavior of his relatives, and therefore decided to visit them personally. When Patrick arrived at his nephew's house, Mel was plowing the field. The Lord sent a sign of his innocence and showed a miracle. Mel pulled out a live fish from a plowed furrow, as if he were standing on the bank of a river. Lupail's purity was also proven; the woman grabbed and carried hot coals without experiencing pain or getting burned. Saint Patrick did not have the slightest doubt about the sinlessness of his relatives, and yet he expressed a wish for their separation. This is probably why St. Mel's Day on February 7 is also called the holiday of single people. This is a reason to rejoice for anyone who is not in a relationship but does not feel left out.

Baron Munchausen is famous for his adventures, which included flying a cannonball and visiting the moon. In order to get to the Earth's satellite, the hero of the stories of R.E. Raspe planted Turkish beans. When they grew to the skies, Munchausen climbed them to the moon. Other literary heroes also covered this distance of 400 thousand kilometers. In “Dunno on the Moon,” two representatives of the short people, Dunno and Donut, end up in a hijacked spaceship inside the Earth’s satellite. Based on the fantastic stories of the Soviet writer N. Nosov, a cartoon was made in 1964. In July 1969, a team of American astronauts who arrived on the Apollo 11 spacecraft quite realistically landed on the surface of the Moon. Although, even after decades, disputes about this and 8 other NASA expeditions do not subside. Proponents of conspiracy theories are convinced that the video of the landing of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts was filmed in a pavilion on Earth by director Stanley Kubrick. When talking about the night luminary, we always mean its occult component. It’s not for nothing that the devil from “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” by N.V. Gogol decided to steal the month from the sky in order to prevent the blacksmith Vaikule from getting to his beloved at night. The silver planet is associated with otherworldly forces, mysticism and the supernatural. It is no coincidence that wolves howl at the moon, and witches perform their witchcraft rituals on the full moon. The mysterious satellite, which always faces the Earth with one side, intrigues and beckons with its inaccessibility. That is why in many languages ​​the phraseological unit “Get the Moon from the Sky” appeared, which means the fulfillment of a cherished desire. The silver planet is associated with something unreal and unattainable. “You care about her like you care about the Moon!” - friends say to a friend who is unrequitedly in love. A fun holiday is designed to reverse this negative trend and make the night luminary accessible. February 7th is the Day of Flights to the Moon (imaginable and unimaginable). The night star beckons in a figurative and literal sense. It becomes a magnet for people suffering from moon sickness. Pathological wakefulness and sleepwalking are usually observed during the full moon, when the light of the disk is especially bright. The Silver Planet is beautiful and unexplored, so it attracts the eyes of earthlings. Purchasing a plot of land on the Moon allows you to get a little closer to your dream of visiting the Earth’s natural satellite. Anyone can buy a standard plot of 40.4 acres or more on its surface. The sale of plots is carried out by the Lunar Embassy, ​​opened in 1980 in the USA. In honor of the holiday on February 7, you can buy a certificate for the purchase of 1 acre of the night luminary or dedicate poetry to it. And also - to write a science fiction story, the main character of which fulfilled his old dream and flew to the moon.

Every year on February 7, an unusual holiday is celebrated - the birthday of the fire extinguisher. This day is celebrated in Russia, as well as many European countries. By “celebration” we mean checking the condition of fire-fighting equipment, as well as replacing devices that are about to expire. The holiday encourages people to remember such an important item as a fire extinguisher and become familiar with the features of its use in emergency situations. The first prototypes of fire extinguishers existed back in the 17th century, but the device for extinguishing fires was first introduced to the world only in the mid-18th century. It was on February 7, 1863 that the American engineer Alan Cray patented his development - a fire extinguisher in the form of a metal cylinder from which a fire extinguishing agent is supplied under air pressure. Despite the importance of such a holiday, many people are not even aware of its existence. Accordingly, no special events are held on this day. But this does not mean that celebrating a fire extinguisher’s birthday is prohibited. For example, you can organize a themed party for children where adults talk about the importance of a fire extinguisher. For entertainment, you can organize interesting competitions that will help teach children how to use such a device correctly. Since the holiday is popular only among firefighters, it is worth trying to interest the average person. There are several interesting facts about fire extinguishers:• fire extinguisher fillers were not always safe - at the beginning of the 20th century, cylinders appeared, the contents of which acquired toxic properties upon contact with fire;• cylindrical cylinders are painted red for one simple reason - the human brain associates this color with danger;• the smallest fire extinguisher in the world "Pingy", weighing only 1 kg, explodes and sprays its contents with a sharp change in pressure;• previously, testing of new cylinders was carried out in squares where whole crowds of people gathered to watch what was happening;• in connection with Due to the increasing number of mobile phone fires, the first gadget with a built-in fire extinguisher was developed, which goes off in 0.5 seconds. If you are not yet celebrating fire extinguisher day, then it’s time to start. This is a great way to not only have fun, but also learn little-known facts about such important devices.

Heraldic colors and figures have a special meaning. Thus, the red sun, against which a leopard is drawn, means a sign, prosperity and happiness. Gold color symbolizes the richness of the earth, sophistication and beauty, green - spring and rebirth, red - energy and vitality. The coat of arms of Tatarstan contains three golden circles as an expression of the idea of ​​unity, supreme perfection and infinity.

As in some religious movements, Baha'ism has a special charter and order of chronology. Followers of the Baha'i faith have a calendar according to which there are 19 months in one year, and each of them has 19 days. Each month of the Baha'i calendar has its own special name. If in the Julian calendar the names of the months exalted the Roman emperors, then in the Baha'i calendar the names of the months symbolize the virtues of God (perfection, knowledge, greatness, will) and man (speech, questions, names, words). The beginning of each year is the spring equinox. From this day begins the beginning of the first month lasting 19 days. To equalize the number of days in the solar year and the Bahá'í calendar, between the penultimate and last month, 4 or 5 days (depending on the number of days in the calendar year) are called Ayam-i-Ha. These are days of relaxation, fun and celebration. The beginning of each month is called the Nineteen Day Feast among Bahá'ís. In 2003, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Russia officially approved the name of the holiday as the Nineteenth Day Feast. In the original it sounds different, but the essence is the same. February 6 or 7 marks the beginning of the 18th month of Mulk (Dominion). The beginning of each month is a holiday, which takes place according to a long-established charter. Previously, every 19 days, at the beginning of each month, adherents of the Baha'i religion gathered together to devote this time to studying and interpreting the teachings, solving important community issues both locally and internationally. This still happens today. For Bahá'ís, the Nineteenth Day Feast remains a bond of community. The final part of this holiday takes place in an informal setting, at a table with treats. Here everyone has the opportunity to relax while listening to performances by artists or talking about topics that interest them. The Nineteenth Day is sacred and all work is prohibited on this day.

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The Muslim world lives according to the lunar calendar, and accordingly, holidays fall on floating dates every year. The month of Rajab is the seventh month and one of the four forbidden months in Islam. This is the first of three sacred months that were exalted by the Almighty due to important historical events that occurred during this time. In Rajab you cannot quarrel, fight, incite conflicts and sin. It is also called the month of sowing. The following Sha'ban is the month of nurturing the sprouts, and Ramadan is the month of harvesting. Rajab can be called the first step to spiritual purification. Believers fast during this period. The punishment for sins committed this month increases seventy times, as does the reward for righteous deeds. Rajab celebrates one of the most important Muslim holidays - the Night of Miraj. Two important events happened to the Prophet Muhammad that night. Isra, which translates from Arabic as “traveling by night,” was the first of these. When darkness descended on the world, the Prophet Muhammad, after evening prayer, rested peacefully in the gloomy coolness near the northern wall of the Kaaba, a shrine located in the courtyard of the Holy Mosque in Mecca. On the black celestial canvas, as if from a bag with a large hole, a pinch of silvery points of stars spilled out, whose dim flicker colored the thick darkness. The silence of the night that reigned at this sleepy hour was broken only by rare gusts of dry wind. The heat of the day, like a frightened beast on soft paws, backed away and retreated to the desert - the time allotted to it had come to an end, and it was necessary again, like thousands of times before, to cede the battlefield to the cold. A bright light cut through the thick darkness with a shining sword and the angel Jibril descended from heaven to the prophet. He led behind him an unprecedented red-spotted animal with soft ears and huge black eyes. The unusual celestial beast was named Burak - “lightning fast”. Behind his back were two arrows of tightly folded wings. That night, Muhammad had to overcome a huge distance of one and a half thousand kilometers and reach the mosque in Quddus (Jerusalem). Muhammad climbed onto Burak and the animal spread its wide wings. The beast made one test swing, then another, forcefully pushed off from the earth's firmament with strong paws and easily soared into the skies. In the blink of an eye, Burak, rushing like an arrow over the sleeping desert, which was silent, carried the prophet to Palestine. According to legend, on the way, Muhammad stopped the animal at the behest of his heart. He descended from his back and said prayers in Medina and in the homeland of Isa (Jesus). At Qaddus, Jibril offered him a cup of wine and milk. Muhammad chose the second. This was only the beginning of the prophet's journey. Many events occurred in the life of Muhammad that became turning points in his destiny. Miraj is the most majestic of them, because it was at this moment that the prophet came as close to God as possible. The word "Mi'raj", which comes from "guruj", which means "to go upward", is literally translated from Arabic as "ascension". Every prophet had his own Miraj, but Muhammad's Miraj eclipsed them. Let's go back to that very night when Muhammad drank milk from the offered cup. After this, accompanied by Jibril, he passed through the seven heavens and ended up in Sidrat al-Muntaha, where he met with eight prophets, whose prayer he led. After this, the angels painlessly cut open Muhammad's chest, removed the living heart from it and completely cleansed it. After the prayer, Muhammad descended from heaven, again mounted Burak and the beast carried him back to Mecca. According to legend, when the prophet returned, his bed had not yet cooled down, and the jug, which overturned at the moment of his departure, did not even have time to splash water. Perhaps his journey really only took a fraction of a second, or perhaps the universe itself was resting while the Miraj of Muhammad took place, in whose honor Allah granted the prophet and all Muslims the fivefold prayer. Muslims spend this night in vigil and prayer. The day before, they visit their relatives, congratulate them on the holiday, and give generous alms to the poor. Alcohol is prohibited on this holiday. Prophet Muhammad chose a cup of milk rather than wine. In Miraj, Muslims repent of their sins and try to forgive everyone against whom they harbor evil in order to cleanse their hearts.

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St. Gregory's Day is celebrated according to the folk calendar on February 7 (January 25 according to the old style). According to the church calendar, this is the date of honoring the memory of St. Gregory the Theologian. Hence the name of the holiday. As a child, his mother took Gregory to church, handing him over to the Lord to serve. The boy diligently studied the Holy Scriptures, knew a lot and began to write theological works. For this he was called the Theologian. Gregory knew how to competently explain information, clearly conveying the truth. The saint left hundreds of messages and poems that are included in modern church hymns. People believed that on St. Gregory's Day, winter crosses halfway and turns to the arrival of warmth. But the second part was always colder than the first, so the peasants prepared for cold weather and snowstorms. Temporary warming was not perceived as spring; frosts often struck after it. On this day, they did more good deeds to those around them in order to enter the coming spring with virtue. But boasting about them was not allowed, since the Lord saw everything and judged with justice. People who had done good deeds should have been mentioned with kind words. The healers on Gregory's day spoke sugar. At dawn they put it in the vent of the stove, lit a fire and whispered a conspiracy to increase the number of buyers. The sugar talisman was carried in the pocket of traders or hidden in shops and stores. People tried not to spit on the floor on St. Gregory's Day, because this promised failure on the road. Accidentally spilled milk led to joyful events. If you saw that a cow fell asleep with her horns towards the exit, it means she was jinxed. To remove the evil eye, they sat down on the right side of the cattle and rubbed their heads with their right hand, reading the spell against the evil eye. Grigoriev's day predicted the weather for the year ahead. Before lunch the weather showed the first half of next winter, and after lunch - the second half. Snow foreshadowed late winter next year, and a blizzard foreshadowed early autumn. The singing of tits predicted the coming cold.

On February 7, it is customary to celebrate Euler Number Day (“e” Day), however, such a holiday appeared recently. You can come across such a name for this number as “Neperovo number”. This is due to the fact that the Scottish mathematician John Napier, who was the inventor of logarithms, is also credited with creating the number e. However, such a statement has no basis. Since it was Euler who first introduced this notation, and it was also he who identified the twenty-three signs of this number using its representation in the form of a number series of infinite type. Just like pi, e is an inexplicably recurring number in the world of mathematics. It has an endless string of decimal places, starting at 2.718281828, and so on. This holiday is celebrated on 2/7 for the obvious reason that the date contains the same numbers as e, rounded to the nearest tenth. The Euler number is a certain coefficient that describes the relationship between phenomena such as pressure force and inertial force. This concept is used mainly in physics and mathematics, and plays a fairly important role in integral and differential calculus. The number e in science acquired its deserved place relatively recently, however, it has already acquired quite an important meaning. This relevance is primarily due to the active development of the financial sector, to which this value is directly related. The person who developed the number e as the base of the natural logarithm is Euler. As you know, absolutely any number can act as a logarithm, however, it is Euler’s number that has certain unique properties, thanks to which the logarithm based on it is natural. The letter e was first used by Euler in 1727, and his first work using this value was published in 1736. The choice of this particular letter to denote this value is not clear at the current time. Some associate it with the fact that the word exponential, that is, exponential, begins with this letter. There is another assumption, according to which the letter e turned out to be the first free letter after those that were already used to denote other quantities. This holiday is most popular among scientists in the field of mathematics, physics and other exact sciences who use methods of calculations with this quantity. On this day, these people usually get together and share knowledge and new discoveries. Various events are held to mark this day, where the most interesting topics from the history of the development of the Euler number are covered.

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On February 7, according to the new style, the Orthodox Church celebrates a celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God, called “Quench My Sorrows.” The first icon of this type has been known since the 17th century, when this image was brought to Tsar Mikhail Romanov in Moscow by Cossacks from the Belarusian city of Shklov. The title “Quench my sorrows” are words addressed to the Mother of God, protector and intercessor of the Orthodox from all adversity. The icon depicted the Mother of God with the baby Jesus on her lap, whose hands unrolled a scroll with words of instruction. The Virgin Mary held her son with one hand and leaned her head on the other hand, as if listening to the prayers of the suffering. The first miracle was revealed by the image of “Quench My Sorrows” in the Church of St. Nicholas, located on Pupyshi in Sadovniki. The temple burned down several times and was rebuilt after fires. Church utensils had to be moved from place to place. During one of the movements, in the confusion, the image of “Quench My Sorrows” ended up on the bell tower along with the trash, and was lost from sight. Tradition has preserved the wonderful story of the rediscovery of a forgotten icon. One worthy and well-born woman, who lived far from Moscow, was bedridden due to illness. The sick woman no longer hoped for healing, but only trusted in the mercy of God and prayed. One day, the Mother of God herself appeared to the unfortunate woman in a dream and uttered the order to go to the Church of St. Nicholas and pray in front of the image, “Quench my sorrows.” The woman remembered the words of the Mother of God and the appearance of the icon that appeared to her in a dream and soon set off on her journey. In the church, the patient’s words were treated with great attention and all available images depicting the Mother of God were shown. But among the icons shown, there was not the one that was shown to the woman in a wonderful dream. Then the priest remembered that there were old, unclaimed icons lying on the temple bell tower. Among them they found “Quench My Sorrows,” upon looking at which the sick woman beamed and crossed herself. After praying in front of the image, the woman’s health began to return. The day of miraculous healing was celebrated and taken as the basis for the celebration in honor of the icon. The fame of the healing spread far beyond the temple; many people came to venerate the image of the Mother of God and their prayers were always heard. In the 30s of the 20th century, the Soviet government, carrying out measures to combat religion, moved the church where the image of “Quench My Sorrows” was kept to the Church of St. Nicholas in Kuznetskaya Sloboda. Every year in the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church on February 7 a celebration takes place according to the bishop's order. Before the service, parishioners must bow to the miraculous icon and mentally address their prayers to it.

The memory of Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, is honored by the Orthodox Church on February 7 in the new style. This famous saint was born around 325 into a noble Christian family. His father, a pagan by birth, accepted the faith of Christ and became the bishop of the local diocese. And the mother was raised by believing parents and sacredly revered the precepts of Christianity. Gregory also had a virtuous brother and sister; all members of his family over time began to be revered as saints. The theologian received a decent primary education, which he continued in the city of philosophers and scientists, Athens. Here Gregory became friends with Basil the Great, who later became the greatest father of the Christian faith. At the age of 30, Gregory was baptized by his father, after which he retired to a monastery founded by Basil the Great. Monastic life, as well as the years of study in Athens, were the most gratifying in the life of the saint, but fate was destined for him to become an important figure in the church struggle for the purity of the faith. For a long time Gregory resisted attempts to make him a bishop, and even voluntarily left the diocese entrusted to him in the city of Sasim, but after the death of his father he was forced to take over the management of the affairs of his parent’s church. After the death of Basil the Great, Gregory accepts the offer to leave for Constantinople. The Christian Church in the capital was under the control of heretics; 40 years before this, the Arian heresy was considered the only true one. Gregory noted with regret that dark, uneducated people were discussing the Almighty. Concerned about this situation, the saint begins to hold services in one of the rooms of his relatives’ house. This event greatly outraged the Arian monks; they rushed into Gregory with angry shouts and heavy stones and took the holy father to the city authorities. The saint turned out to be more convincing than the heretics and was not taken into custody. Gregory's words also reached the heart of Emperor Theodosius, who entrusts the Theologian with the administration of the Church of Constantinople. When Gregory ascended to the temple, the sun shone in the gloomy sky, which became a good sign for both the saint and the people. Gregory took up the task of cleansing the Orthodox faith from heretical impurities, for which he convened the Second Ecumenical Church Council. After the anathematization of heresies, Gregory could remain the Bishop of Constantinople, but he was reminded of the old history with the Sassim bishopric, which means they pointed out past unrighteousness. The saint did not fight for power, which he sincerely did not want; he returned to his hometown and took over the administration of the diocese, which was once under the bishopric of his father. After his health deteriorated, Gregory moved to the family estate and there, in solitude, he engaged in literary theological works until his death. Interesting signs and customs were associated in folk traditions with the Day of Gregory the Theologian. Good deeds were greatly welcomed and promised to be returned many times over. But boasting was not very welcome, and it was better to think about every word spoken several times. Everything said on St. Gregory’s day could come true. By the weather of the day, one could find out what the next winter would be like. Before lunch they judged about December, and after about February.

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