There are many funny holidays on the calendar, invented for different occasions. Some of them are dedicated to feelings and their manifestations: International Day of Endearment, Valentine's Day, National Kissing Day in England, Thanksgiving Day in the USA. But one of the holidays glorifies a feeling that the mind has difficulty coping with, namely, unbridled passion. Not every person can control this fireworks of emotions and spiritual impulses. June 11 is the Day of Indomitable Passion. The first thing that comes to mind about this unusual holiday is exciting love stories from women's novels. “This passion, indomitable and burning, raged in his blood and was torn out,” wrote Heinze N.E. in the book "Hero of the End of the Century" (1896). The narrative of the best examples of romance novels - “Dangerous Liaisons” (1782) by P.Sh. - is based on plots about attraction that excites the mind and blood of people. de Laclos and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) by D. Lawrence. However, ardor and uncontrollable passion are not always directed towards another person. It takes possession of the soul of a collector who dreams of getting some ancient artifact, modern work of art or other exhibit into his treasury. A passionate collector can be so obsessed with finding the coveted specimen that he is even ready to break the law. Therefore, the holiday, which is celebrated on June 11, applies not only to people who are passionately in love, but also to collectors. You can feel an unbridled passion for a city, such as Paris, Rome or Venice, or even for a landmark. Sometimes this indomitable feeling takes comic and even grotesque forms. So, in 2007, an avid objectophile (a person who is attracted to inanimate objects) Erica La Bree married the Eiffel Tower. And a certain Jodie Rose married Le Pont du Diable, the Devil's Bridge, located in the south of France. Wedding ceremony with a stone arched structure of the 14th century. took place in 2013 Climbers and surfers have an indomitable passion for conquering mountain peaks and ocean waves. Indescribable emotions are given to fans of alpine skiing by descending from steep slopes, and by jumping from an airplane and a breathtaking flight to the ground for paratroopers. Due to the stress experienced, extreme sports cause the release of adrenaline into the blood, followed by endorphin, the hormone of joy. This explains the unbridled attraction of skateboarders, rock climbers and caving tourists to overcome natural or artificially created obstacles. There are no special traditions for celebrating the Day of Indomitable Passion. In honor of the holiday, it is customary to express one’s feelings to the object of worship and pay tribute to a hobby that excites the blood and gives unsurpassed emotions and sensations. “Without passions and contradictions there is no life, no poetry,” wrote V.G. Belinsky. Everyone who agrees with this wise saying of the famous publicist and literary critic celebrates June 11 as the Day of Indomitable Passion.

Light industry provides 40% of all the necessary consumer needs of the citizens of our country. Despite this, workers in this field are not revered like doctors or teachers, but they put in no less work and bring no less benefit. Humble workers of light industry celebrate their professional holiday every year on the 2nd Sunday of June. Light Industry Workers' Day is celebrated in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. For the first time this holiday entered history as an official celebration, under Soviet rule, in 1980, on October 1, by decree of L.I. Brezhnev. (First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU of the USSR from 1964-1982) “On memorable and holiday dates.” After the collapse of the USSR, the entire industry fell into decay, hard times came for the whole country, then people had no time for holidays, and the day of light industry was forgotten for a while. This celebration began to be celebrated again in 2000, after the decree of Russian President V.V. Putin. dated June 17. According to the official document, Light Industry Worker's Day is celebrated every second Sunday of the first summer month, i.e. in June. According to the international classification, light industry includes 25 divisions: textile production, footwear, leather, clothing, knitwear, silk, chemicals, etc. This holiday is celebrated by both veterans and current workers in these areas of production. The celebration is celebrated on a special scale in the Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, and Novgorod regions. These areas are considered the center of Russia's textile and light industry. Almost every fifth family in Russia works at light industry enterprises, and of course they take part in festive events, travel out of town, prepare a festive table, and invite guests to share the fun with them. Because This holiday falls in the summer, so as part of the festivities, enterprise management organizes mass field trips, picnics, and competitions. Fairs, exhibitions, and fashion shows are held in the central palaces of the city. 1. Every year, the world produces 82 million tons of textile fiber, the production of which requires 6 billion tons of coal and 8 billion liters of water. 2. The most popular types of fabric: linen, cotton, polyester, viscose, lycra. 3. From 1996 to 2011, there was a sharp decline in light industry, during which time almost 3 million people lost their jobs. 4. According to statistics, the average life expectancy of women's clothing is 3 years, men's clothing is 6 years. 5. The first clothing that man invented was a loincloth, the second was a skirt. 6. In the Middle Ages, a person’s social class was determined by the color of their clothing, so the rich wore red, the poor wore gray and brown, bankers and merchants wore green. More than 2 million people work in the light industry of Russia. They produce consumer goods: clothes, shoes, underwear, everything necessary for everyday life. All these domestically produced goods cost much less than imported ones, but the quality is not inferior to their foreign counterparts. On this day, do not forget to congratulate your family and friends on their professional holiday; they will be very pleased to know that their work is valued and respected. Our attentions will be the best gifts for them, and compliments and praise will give them an incentive to work with more enthusiasm.

With the arrival of summer, people are happy to take off their warm clothes, and some are naked in the literal sense of the word. Nudists visit beaches where they sunbathe and swim naked, communicating with like-minded people. Naturists have a negative attitude towards wearing clothes and advocate a complete rejection of them in everyday life, and not just while sunbathing. Proponents of this system refer to the experience of the Olympians of Ancient Greece, who played sports in the nude, demonstrating the beauty of the human body. To support their views, naturists cite the example of adherents of the Digambara religion. For "sky-clad" Hindus, nudity is a symbol of liberation from death. Naturists adhere to the concept of unity with nature, turning to the experience of primitive people and Adam and Eve. In honor of the philosophical concept and its supporters, UNESCO established a holiday. Every second Sunday in June, International Naturist Day is celebrated around the world. The developer of the ideology and founder of the movement, which originated at the beginning of the twentieth century. in Germany, is the historian, geographer and anarchist Jacques Elisée Reclus. Over time, "free body culture" spread throughout the world, finding adherents in Scandinavia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand. Another of its ideologists is the German scientist Heinrich Pudor. The pioneer of “free bodybuilding” advocated the rejection of clothing as the main condition for the formation of a “perfect man of the Nordic race.” Pudor owns the books “The Cult of Nudity” and “Naked People. The Rejoicing of the Future,” in which he discusses the harmonious development of soul and body. His philosophy was adopted by Nazi officers who became followers of “nudoculturism.” Long before this, in 1903, adherents of naturism founded the Free Council Park near Hamburg. In this place, members of the Tifal society, who preached a natural way of life and unity with nature, rested naked. Later, in 1910 and 1911, similar public organizations appeared in Berlin and Stuttgart. The philosophy, which at first found adherents among students, over time began to attract people of all ages. Nudity became a form of protest against Puritan morality. However, in a broad sense, naturism is not only about walking naked, but also about giving up bad habits, fighting for a healthy lifestyle, and caring for a clean environment. In Scandinavia, the first recreation center for nudists appeared in 1936 thanks to the initiative of the Dane Soren Sorensen. In France, tanning and naked swimming were promoted by doctors Andre and Gaston Duville. They became the founders of the Institute of Naturism, which used hydrotherapy and sunbathing for treatment. In Russia, an adherent of this philosophy was the Silver Age poet Maximilian Voloshin, thanks to whom the first nudist beaches appeared in Crimea. Members of the International Federation of Naturism, which was founded in August 1953, are organizations from many countries around the world, including Russia. The cultural and health movement, which promotes the unity of man with nature, began to be worn in the 21st century. mass character. Supporters of emancipation of body and spirit, refusal to wear clothes and the shackles of Puritan morality annually celebrate International Naturist Day in June.

Humanity owes the invention of the bathyscaphe and acquaintance with the inhabitants of the World Ocean to one of the most famous scientists of the twentieth century. Jacques-Yves Cousteau is an explorer, photographer, author of books about the inhabitants of the deep sea, director and screenwriter of more than 120 films. The future oceanographer was born on June 11, 1910 in the Bordeaux region into a wealthy lawyer family. Jacques-Yves learned to swim very early, and at the age of 10 he took his first dive while on vacation with his family in Vermont. In 1930, the young man became a student at the Naval Academy and went with his group on a trip around the world on the cruiser Joan of Arc. The ocean and its secrets attracted the future explorer. His military career in the Navy did not work out - Cousteau had an accident and severely injured his back. Therefore, in the 1950s, Jacques-Yves began exploring the waters of the World Ocean. Thanks to Cousteau's Underwater Odyssey and other films, millions of people on the planet learned what the deep-sea world and its inhabitants look like. In honor of the brave traveler and oceanographer, an international holiday was established - Jacques-Yves Cousteau Day, which is celebrated on June 11. Cousteau Day is dedicated to noble goals - the fight for a clean environment, the preservation of marine flora and fauna. Cousteau is known as the discoverer of the “blue continent”, the developer of a number of scientific concepts, and the author of the idea of ​​“underwater houses” - research stations that should protect the World Ocean from the harmful effects of humans. The famous explorer of the deep sea came to the Soviet Union twice. During a visit to Moscow in 1977, he took part in the filming of “In the Animal World.” 67-year-old thin Cousteau impressed the host of the program with his life philosophy and indifferent attitude towards food. “Adequate nutrition carries you, but excess food carries you,” said the famous oceanographer. Meeting him convinced N.N. Drozdov, who became a vegetarian after a visit to India in 1970, in the correctness of his choice - giving up meat and excess food. It was probably this moderate approach to food, an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a love of life that helped Cousteau, who was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an Oscar winner and a member of the Académie française, live to be 87 years old. The work of ocean research is continued by the scientist’s grandson, Fabien Cousteau, who first scuba dived at the age of 4. He officially joined his famous grandfather’s crew at the age of 12 and has been studying the underwater world ever since. Although the future oceanographer was born in Bordeaux, France, his father was from Belarus, or more precisely from the village of Lyntupy, Vitebsk province. According to one version, his name at birth was Danil Kust. For the sake of the euphony of the name, after marrying a French woman, Jacques-Yves' father became Daniel Cousteau. Despite his frail body and inconspicuous appearance, the explorer of the deep sea was distinguished by his explosive character. Cousteau sometimes set impossible goals for his team and, for the sake of the effectiveness of filming, could show cruelty to sea life, for example, kill fish with dynamite for the sake of an interesting shot. The explorer of the waters of the World Ocean has always been guided by the principle “We must take everything from life.” For 53 years, the scientist was married to Simone Cousteau, who bore him two sons. After her death in 1990, he did not grieve for long and married Francine Triplett a year and a half later. The woman was 36 years younger than him. As it turned out, the oceanographer, who was known as an exemplary family man, had been in an intimate relationship with Triplett for three decades and had two illegitimate children. “If a person has the opportunity to lead an unusual life, he has no right to refuse it,” said Jacques-Yves Cousteau. A street in the city where he was born and a ledge on Pluto are named after the scientist, which seems no coincidence. In Vedic astrology, this planet is responsible for instincts and the subconscious, symbolizing deep research, the origins and root cause of events.

One of the neurological diseases caused by malfunctions in the human immune system manifests itself in behavioral and physiological disorders. This occurs due to problems arising in the functioning of the spinal cord and brain. A disease that affects both young and old people is called multiple sclerosis. Doctors urge people to prevent the disease and conduct regular examinations for early diagnosis of pathology. To this end, June 11 is the All-Russian Day of Multiple Sclerosis. The disease causes not only problems with memory and cognitive activity, but also other functional impairments. People with multiple sclerosis experience muscle weakness and chronic fatigue, problems with vision, motor coordination, gastrointestinal function, and cognitive impairment. In terms of severity, the disease ranks first among pathologies leading to disability. Multiple sclerosis is caused by prolonged stress and psycho-emotional trauma, allergies, viral and bacteriological infections. The development of this autoimmune disease is caused by a lack of vitamin D, alcohol abuse and drug use. All these provoking factors, as well as genetic predisposition, become a trigger for demyelination of the sheath of nerve tissue in the spinal cord and brain. Sclerosis destroys healthy cells and replaces them with connective ones. The term “scattered” is used in relation to the distribution of foci of the disease - they are present in large numbers throughout the entire central nervous system. Science, unfortunately, does not know how to completely cure sclerosis. Therefore, people with a predisposition to the disease should engage in its prevention: normalize body weight, avoid stress, lead an active lifestyle, get enough sleep and eat right. The first events dedicated to Multiple Sclerosis Day were held in 2010. Since then, every year on June 11, researchers and medical workers have organized forums, educational seminars and conferences dedicated to this autoimmune disease. In honor of the special day, charity evenings are held to raise funds to help patients with multiple sclerosis. Television broadcasts programs dedicated to the prevention and early diagnosis of pathology. Recently, doctors have been using immunomodulatory therapy - drugs that can dramatically reduce the number of exacerbations of multiple sclerosis. However, the occurrence of this and a number of other diseases is easier to prevent than to cure. In Russia, 200 thousand people suffer from multiple sclerosis, and about 2 million in the world. The pathology causes inconvenience not only to neurologist patients, but also to their loved ones. Early diagnosis increases the effectiveness of treatment, and prevention can delay the onset of the disease. All-Russian Multiple Sclerosis Day draws our attention to this.

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Feodosia Kolosyatnitsa is celebrated according to the folk calendar on June 11 (May 29, old style). The date received part of its name from the name of Saint Theodosius of Constantinople, a Christian martyr revered by the Orthodox Church on this day. The life of Theodosia began in the 8th century in Constantinople. After the death of her parents, the girl was taken to be raised in a convent built in honor of Saint Anastasia. There, Theodosia took monastic vows as a nun. The girl distributed the inheritance she received to the poor, and gave part of it to the painting of holy icons. During the period of the iconoclastic heresy, Theodosia fiercely defended the icons, for which the virgin was tortured and executed. The people called Feodosia Kolosyatnitsa, since by this date ears of corn appeared on the sown fields. The rye began to ear first. Any process in its development and maturation was measured in two-week phases. They said that rye grows for two weeks, then two weeks it blooms and heads, the next two the ear gains, the last two it dries. Theodosya Kolosyatnitsa Day was compared to a difficult Monday, so they tried not to work on this date. It was forbidden to bleach fabrics. In the morning, the women went out into the field and watched the rye gain an ear. They prayed for her harvest and bowed low to the earth. On this day, young people gathered in pairs near the rye field. The couples stood in a row, each of them holding hands tightly, forming a bridge. A dressed-up girl walked across the bridge, the couple whose hands she passed ran to the end of the row and again crossed their arms for the bridge. So the girl was escorted to the rye field, then she went down, plucked several ears of corn and carried them to the temple. They believed that the earth was pregnant during Kolosyatnitsa, so it was forbidden to jump, jump or kick the ground, so as not to disturb it. Otherwise, the land could respond with a small harvest. During the day, peasants fed their livestock with bread cakes and bagels so that they would produce good offspring. The second name of the date was Theodosya Grechishnitsa. In the southern regions, ears of buckwheat were collected behind rye. And in the northern regions it was sowed late. In addition to its useful harvest, buckwheat was valued for its inflorescences, as they were an excellent honey plant. If it rained on Feodosia Kolosyatnitsa, the residents expected a generous rye harvest. If the ears of rye were well formed, then they prepared for an abundance of boletus mushrooms, but the poor formation of ears foreshadowed few mushrooms in the forest. If the ear began to bloom from the ground, then the price of rye bread was assumed to be low; flowering only at the tops promised a high price for bread.

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On June 11, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Day of Remembrance of the Venerable Martyr Theodosius, who lived in the 8th century in Constantinople. The saint became famous as the intercessor of the purity of faith and defender of images in the era of cruel iconoclasm. Theodosia was the only daughter of wealthy parents who remained childless for a long time. After numerous prayers, the Lord gave the pious but childless couple a long-awaited child. In gratitude, the girl’s father and mother promised to dedicate their daughter to the service of God. At the age of 7, Theodosia began to live at the monastery of St. Anastasia, and after another 3 years, having become an orphan, she took over her parental inheritance. Having reached adulthood, the girl donates the estate and wealth of the monastery bequeathed to her, and asks to cast icons with the faces of the Savior, the Mother of God and St. Anastasia from gold and silver. Precious images become decorations of the monastery church. Theodosia was distinguished not only by her unselfishness, but also by her meekness of character and zeal in prayer. The devil knew that her faith was strong and her soul was pure, but he wanted to bring confusion into the nun’s mind. Appearing to Theodosius, he boasted that he had found a man with whose help many would turn away from the worship of holy icons. The nun did not want to believe the words of the vile man, but soon she had to witness bitter events. Leo Konon, who ascended the throne of Byzantium, ordered the fight against icon veneration in all Orthodox churches. All images were destroyed, equated to pagan idols. For hundreds of years, the gates of Constantinople were crowned with a copper icon depicting Christ. Theodosia and other nuns came to protect the image of God. By not allowing the atrocity to happen, the women brought upon themselves the royal disfavor. The greatest anger of the ruler fell on Theodosia, as the instigator of the rebellion against the royal decree. For several days, the nun was taken around the city, beaten, and thus tortured to death. Sympathetic Christians picked up the saint's body and buried it in a special place. The miraculous tomb of Theodosia has become a place of pilgrimage for many asking for healing and God's mercy. In folk tradition, the day of Feodosia was associated with the flowering of ears of corn. On Kolosyatnitsa the first mushrooms appeared, and it was time to sow buckwheat. Cattle were given special treats, and homemade ritual baking was supposed to contribute to the appearance of healthy offspring. On June 11, it was possible to accurately predict the price of rye. To do this, they carefully examined the ear. Flowering in its lower part indicated cheap grain, and in the upper part - expensive. Flowering in the middle of the ear indicated an average and stable price.

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