Every year on the last Saturday of June, Youth Day is celebrated in all corners of our country. This holiday was established in 1993 by order of the President. However, its history began several years earlier - back in the era of the USSR, namely in 1958. In those years it was celebrated on the last Sunday of the first summer month. After the collapse of the USSR, the Russian Federation became an independent country, and Boris Yeltsin decided to move this holiday date to another day - June 27. Since 2023, the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin approved a new date for the holiday - the last Saturday of June. On this day, all kinds of events are organized in the cities of the Russian Federation, in particular concert programs, various exhibitions, performances of art ensembles, sports competitions, etc. Youth is considered the best period in people's lives. The memory of events that happened in youth remains for many years. This is a time of hopes and dreams, falling in love for the first time and forming a personality. It is also a difficult period of transition from childhood to adulthood. If adults are responsible for children, then young people are in charge of their own destinies. They have to learn life from their mistakes. Youth in our state have to face many problems. First of all, these are bad habits such as smoking, alcohol and drug addiction, as well as various serious diseases such as AIDS. Despite the measures taken by the government, no improvement in this situation is expected. On the contrary, we can say that it is only getting worse from year to year. Our youth are not in excellent health. According to statistics, today only about 10% of graduates of general education institutions do not have health problems. The next, no less pressing problem is crime among young people. A huge number of illegal actions are committed by representatives of the younger generation. Extremism in youth society is also developed in our state in various manifestations. This phenomenon has become a major problem over the past few years. Also, young people in the Russian Federation face unemployment. It is difficult for a young specialist without practical experience to get a good job. For this reason, young people are increasingly seeking to obtain higher education. Youth Day in Russia is celebrated brightly and cheerfully. As part of this event, various ceremonial events are organized. The most active young citizens are awarded with diplomas and memorable souvenirs. As you know, music is the main attribute of young people - and on this day it sounds everywhere: concerts, song competitions, festivals are held in all regions. For young people, there are film screenings, various promotions in shopping malls, and a little later - discos. People in the age group of 14-30 years also celebrate the holiday. Some remember their youth, others do not want to grow old, so they want to be closer to the young, others support their children. Thus, Youth Day is a universal celebration. There are many traditions for holding it.

The tradition of forming troops and marching in a solemn march came to Russia from Europe during the time of Peter I. The ritual itself, with a procession and display of trophies as part of a ceremony of military triumph, has been known since the times of Ancient Rome. The first parade took place in 1709 in St. Petersburg in honor of the victory over Sweden. Subsequently, all the main ceremonial processions of troops were held on Red Square in Moscow. A tradition that appeared in the 17th-18th centuries. in Tsarist Russia, remained after the 1917 revolution. In the center of the capital on Red Square in 1945, the first military parade took place as a sign of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany. The decision to hold it on June 24 I.V. Stalin accepted on May 15, allotting only one month for preparation. In the parade hosted by Marshal G.K. Zhukov, under the command of K.K. Rokossovsky was attended by representatives of all fronts and branches of the Red Army. Among them were marshals and generals, as well as officers and ordinary soldiers who brought victory to the USSR. More than 35 thousand people took part in the procession - heroes who most distinguished themselves in the battles of the Great Patriotic War, who showed courage and had military awards. The special commission for preparations for the solemn event was headed by General P.A. Artemyev. They approved the preparation plan for the parade and the rehearsal time. Drill training for army personnel took place daily and lasted 6-7 hours. Generals and marshals marched on the parade ground along with ordinary front-line soldiers. Preparations for the parade were difficult due to the soldiers’ lack of habit of daily drill. Part of the procession was an equestrian ride by the parade host and commander on Terek breed horses and Arabian stallions. Stalin did not have good horse riding skills, so Zhukov and Rokossovsky rode horses. The equestrian ride of the two military leaders symbolized the heroism of the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, in which the Generalissimo himself was a participant. Over the course of a month, the horses were accustomed to the roar of equipment engines and the sounds of orchestras, which were presented by 1,400 military musicians. 1,850 units of military equipment took part in the June 24 parade. For the event, the Victory Banner was specially delivered from Germany, hoisted on the roof of the Reichstag on May 1 by M. Egorov and M. Kantaria. A distinctive part of the 1945 procession was the ceremony of damaging enemy banners and standards. The Victory Parade began with the famous striking of the Kremlin chimes at 10 am on June 24. Stalin and members of the Politburo watched from the rostrum of the Mausoleum as Zhukov and Rokossovsky toured the troops. There were no spectators of the Victory Parade on Red Square. People looked at the troops and equipment on Gorky Street or from the sidelines on the Kremlin embankment. Marshal Zhukov congratulated the Soviet soldiers who showed valor and courage on the “Great Victory over German imperialism.” After his speech, the USSR Anthem and 50 artillery salvos were played. Then combined regiments, staffed by various branches of the military, marched across Red Square, and military equipment drove by. The parade's musical repertoire was approved on May 5. The list included 36 works that accompanied the solemn procession. In addition to the Anthem of the Soviet Union, drumming and fanfares, the orchestras performed ancient military marches, the song “Glory” from the opera “Ivan Susanin” and other compositions. On the evening of June 24, a festive fireworks display was held in Moscow. The 1945 Victory Parade is a significant event in the history of Russia. He became a symbol of the courage and valor of the people, who, at the cost of the lives of millions of Soviet people, brought peace and tranquility to the earth. The feat of Soviet soldiers will never be forgotten; the memory of the heroism of their ancestors lives in the hearts of their descendants. Therefore, June 24, 1945, Victory Parade Day, is a red date on the calendar and an important milestone in the history of our country.

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Officially, Inventor and Innovator Day was established back in Soviet times. In January 1979, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established the All-Union Day of Inventor and Innovator. In Decree No. 3018-X dated 01.10.80 “On holidays and memorable days” the holiday is recorded as the Day of the Inventor and Innovator. The tradition of honoring representatives of technical creativity began in 1957 on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. And for more than half a century, every year on the last Saturday of June in Russia, people whose activities help develop scientific and technological progress and improve production processes are congratulated; the authors of the best innovation proposals and inventions are presented with state awards and VOIR prizes. VOIR - The All-Russian Society of Inventors and Innovators unites the technical elite of Russia engaged in inventive and rationalization activities, protects their rights and interests. This public organization is the successor to the All-Union Society of Inventors, created in 1932. Undoubtedly, it is more difficult for single inventors to patent their discovery and introduce it into mass production. How many ingenious technical creations have not reached the mass consumer as a result of bureaucracy, ignorance and lack of understanding that it is rationalization and inventive activity that moves domestic industry, develops the economy, eliminating dependence on imported goods and technologies. In Russia, everyone strives to invent and improve something. Some people have a mini-greenhouse made of plastic bottles, others have a flying unit. This is a mentality determined by living conditions and the desire to do something unusual with your own hands. The inventive potential is enormous. It is important not to miss it, to direct it in the right direction. It is remarkable that today the issue of training inventors and innovators is on the agenda of government officials who understand that it is necessary to raise technical geniuses, identifying and supporting gifted children, and expanding opportunities and conditions for the development of children's technical creativity. With such serious support from the state, new Kulibins, Lomonosovs, Tupolevs, Kalashnikovs will definitely replace the world-famous Russian scientist-inventors. We wish everyone involved in technical creativity great discoveries and innovative achievements.

Aristotle was the first to list and describe the five human senses in his treatise On the Soul: hearing, taste, smell, sight and touch. The list is often supplemented with a sixth point - intuition, which acts in opposition to the rational and logical understanding of the world. Scientists include in the list nociception (pain perception), balance, thermoception (skin sensation of heat), proprioception (body awareness). Without feelings, human life would be boring and monotonous, and comprehension of the laws of the physical world would be difficult. People and events that happen cause us joy, fear, interest, anger, surprise, contempt or guilt. Emotions saturate our lives with experiences, allowing us to enjoy rhythmic music, delicious food, fragrant flowers and beautiful paintings. Feelings are a source of inspiration for creative people and natural scientists who explore the world in all its diversity. A holiday was established in honor of the processes of internal regulation of human activity. June 24 is the Celebration of the Senses. The funny Feast of the Senses appeared on the calendar thanks to the Americans Tom and Ruth Roy. The couple came up with more than 80 unusual celebrations that make our everyday lives brighter and richer. It has been proven that a person receives 90% of information through vision, 9% through hearing, and the remaining 1% comes from other senses. The absence of any of them makes our life incomplete, depriving us of the joy of being. Understanding the importance of feelings for a person, Thomas and Ruth established an unusual holiday. On June 24, it is customary to give flowers, sing your favorite songs, look at the world with wide open gasps, wanting to experience its beauty, external and internal harmony. In honor of the holiday, parties are held with competitions, where people demonstrate the capabilities of their senses and compete in expressing emotions. Someone with closed gases guesses the names of perfume aromas or identifies objects by touch, while someone plays a melody on the piano or guitar from memory. Particularly popular is the demonstration of the “sixth sense” in the form of telepathy, clairvoyance and immersion in regressive hypnosis. People, wanting to learn to foresee the future, are engaged in opening the “third eye”, guessing the intended numbers and suits of inverted cards, deciphering signs and prophetic dreams. Developed intuition makes life easier, making it bright and memorable thanks to extrasensory perception. No less important for full interaction with the outside world are the five basic senses. In Aristotle’s hierarchy, at the top of the pyramid are the intellectual ones: sight and hearing, at the bottom are the animal, or instinctive ones: taste, charm and touch. The Feast of Senses encourages people to enjoy the possibilities of experiencing different feelings and experiencing emotions.

The ancient Celts and Germans revered many deities, which included nature spirits and fairy-tale creatures with human appearance. It was believed that gnomes, trolls, elves and fairies, leading a hidden lifestyle, periodically intervene in people's lives using their magical abilities. Miniature, attractive women, who were usually depicted with wings, brought good luck and protected their goddaughters from harm in the fairy tales “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty”, became true friends in “Peter Pan” and other Disney cartoons. Among the sorceresses there were also crafty ones, prone to evil jokes and kidnapping children, such as the fairies from Welsh folklore Bandit and Mamaw. Scottish sluaghs represented the embodiment of the souls of people who died unbaptized. At night, these fairies hunted a person, lifting him into the air and throwing him to the ground with all their might. Tiny Ganconer (from Irish - “tender lover”) was a real Don Juan. This male fairy spent most of her life seducing women, who, being abandoned, withered right on the gases of those around them and went crazy. Little pranksters with a good disposition loved to play tricks on people - tangling their hair in their sleep, stealing household items, leading travelers off the road. According to legends, man learned to find a language with fairies, who were most often useful and lived nearby. Fairy-tale creatures could light a fire in the hearth, wash the dishes and play with pets. It was believed that if a fairy was angry, she would dirty her clothes as a sign of protest, slam the window shutters, blow out the candles, milk the cows and take away all the milk. Fairy-tale creatures are found not only in the myths of the Scandinavians and Germans. Fairies are in the folklore of many peoples of the world. Thus, the Philippine Berberoca hunted fishermen and sank their boats in bolts and rivers. In Lake Erie, located in North America, there lived a storm witch who sent storms and attacked ships. A holiday has been established in honor of good and not so good folk heroines. June 24 is International Fairy Day. In the legends of the ancient Scots, tiny creatures lived on green hills, could fly and disappear, wearing an invisibility cap. Initially, fairies rode on birds or used plant stems. Later, these tiny creatures developed wings. The fairy was Thumbelina, the main character of Andersen's fairy tale. Having found herself in the land of the elves at the end of the story, she gained not only brothers, but also wings. In the Victorian era, people gave fairies the ability to cast magic using a magic wand. International Fairy Day pays tribute to the mythical creatures that children believe in and love. Fairies, according to legend, take baby teeth from babies, bringing gifts in return. In honor of the holiday, people of all ages participate in impromptu performances, dressing up and dressing up as heroes of fairy tales and legends: Tinker Bell, Morgana, the Godmother from Cinderella, Forget-Me-Not, Angelica from Beauty and the Beast. International Fairy Day is a good reason to re-read your favorite books about elves, gnomes and little creatures with wings that evoke tenderness and sympathy among adults and children.

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Every year on June 24, Catholics around the world have a celebration of the highest ecclesiastical rank - the Nativity of John the Baptist. The last Old Testament prophet is glorified - the messenger of the coming of the Messiah, and therefore is also called the Forerunner. The Gospel of Luke describes the very conception of John as the greatest miracle. His parents were childless Jews who lived in Judea, but Father Zakaria continued to pray even in old age. And the Lord heard his request. The angel who descended to him predicted the birth of not just an ordinary baby, but one endowed with a great prophetic mission, who would pave the way for the appearance of Christ. Zakaria doubted this, for which he was deprived of speech until the naming of the baby, who was actually born on the promised date (6-2 BC) Historically, a little later, the ruler Herod organized an event known as the massacre of the infants. John's mother fled to the mountains: only the help of the Lord helped her save the life of the great child. He grew up in the desert and became an ascetic, eating locusts and wild honey, wearing clothes made of camel hair. When he turned 30, he began his activities: he preached, called to repentance, and baptized those who had found the true faith. The manifestation of repentance and spiritual transformation took place through washing in water. He announced the imminent coming of the Messiah and, most importantly, baptized Jesus, who was his maternal relative. The process of baptism itself is very important: thereby John, anticipating his death, endowed Jesus with spiritual authority in front of society. And all the main Gospels tell that at that moment the Holy Spirit descended in the guise of a dove. John exposed the evils of society, which caused his death around 30 AD. He is considered a real historical character; his life stories in some sources are recognized as authentic texts, untouched by the conjectures of copyists. His activities were displeasing to the rulers of that time, who were mired in debauchery, especially Queen Herodias, who violated Jewish law by having a criminal love affair with her husband’s brother. John had very real power on the minds of people who respected him, revered him and considered him a saint. These, more political than religious, motives served to arrest the Baptist and his subsequent execution. A source such as the Gospel of Mark connects the moment of beheading with the legendary dance of Salome. Being the faithful daughter of Herodias, for her dance she demanded from the ruler Herod Antipas as a reward the head of the saint, who at that time was imprisoned. This is how women's revenge was accomplished. Further details of the biography diverge from different sources, becoming overgrown with all sorts of legends: the burial place is still disputed. Two fragments of the relics - the head and the incorruptible right hand - are considered revered shrines, although the number of relics centuries after the moment of death has become simply unrealistic: 12 heads, 9 hands, and many more body parts that claim to be sacred are known. According to most experts, the original part of the head is kept in Amiens, France. But all this did not stop people from believing and endowing the collected water with special powers on the day of the Nativity of the great Baptist. John the Baptist became one of the most revered saints by the 4th century, and his 6-month age difference with Jesus was used by Catholic dogmatists as an additional symbol. The birth of Jesus is timed to coincide with the winter solstice, and John - to the summer solstice. This left an imprint on the ritualism of the holiday when Christianity spread at the beginning of the 1st millennium, especially in the territory of modern Europe. The eradication of paganism made it possible to replace the celebration of the longest day and the worship of the sun cult on the Nativity of John, leaving similar paraphernalia - fires, bonfires kindled in settlements. Catholics all over the world, after the solemn mass on June 24, celebrate until the night, glorifying the great saint, who devoted his life to serving the true faith. They revere everything connected with him. Thus, on the site of his parents’ house in the suburbs of Jerusalem stands a majestic Franciscan Catholic monastery. In many countries where this religion is the main one, the Roman Catholic Church holds a solemn liturgy followed by processions with candles and torches.

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Baha'i Holidays - Feast of the Nineteenth Day of the Month of Rahmat

On June 24 (June 11 according to the old calendar style) people celebrate Barnabas Day. The date received its name from the name of St. Barnabas, the apostle of the 70, and St. Barnabas of Vetluzh, revered by the church on this day. The Apostle Barnabas was a disciple of the Apostle Paul. Together with him, he spread the Christian faith in the territory of Asia Minor, then went to Italy and organized an episcopal throne there. Returning to Cyprus, the saint spoke about the life and exploits of Christ. One day, the Jews, outraged by the sermons, attacked Barnabas and stoned him to death. Barnabas of Vetluga lived in Rus' in the 15th century. From his youth he chose the path of a clergyman, and years later he went into solitude in desert places. He stopped at Red Mountain, not far from the Vetluga River, and led an ascetic life. After the death of Barnabas, the monks erected two temples at his place of residence, and centuries later the city of Varnavin was founded. The people considered Barnabas Day a holiday. Residents gathered from all over the area, set a large table together, talked, and sang songs. After sunset, large fires were lit, round dances were performed around them and people jumped over the fire. Unmarried girls were engaged in fortune telling for their betrothed. Often the festivities lasted until dawn. They believed that on the Day of Barnabas, evil spirits would come together and divide human territories among themselves, where they would commit mischief. Some had to harass livestock, others had to go to people with illnesses, others had to frighten children, and others had to destroy crops in their gardens. After the division, the evil spirits rolled out into the grass, filling it with their poison. They said that the peak activity of the festivities of evil spirits occurs at noon, and during these hours residents tried not to go out into the street. On this date it was forbidden to touch herbs. By picking a plant and bringing it into the house, one could bring the spirit of evil spirits into the house and then trouble would not be avoided. Haymaking was postponed until the following days, otherwise the cattle could die from such hay in the winter. Doctors tolerated the collection of medicinal herbs, believing that they would cause more problems than they were worth. Sometimes Barnabas was called the strawberry man. This name was associated with the tradition of telling fortunes about the future harvest using strawberries on a given day. To do this, we went into the forest and looked at strawberries. If you saw red berries on a bush, you expected a generous harvest of spring crops. Noticing the fog over the pond on the Day of Barnabas, residents foreshadowed an abundance of mushrooms in the forest. If in the morning the floral aroma soared and intensified, then they were preparing for an approaching thunderstorm. Hiding pigeons foreshadowed worsening weather. The sun, shrouded in haze at dawn, promised rainy weather in the afternoon.

Orthodox holidays June 24:

Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God “It is Worthy to Eat”