Folk calendar - Jacob's Day
Celebrated on 5 NovemberOn this day, people honor the memory of the Apostle James the Younger, brother of Jesus Christ.
The folk celebration also has other names: Jacob the Righteous and Guzhniki. It was on November 5 that people performed all kinds of rituals to get a good harvest for the next year.
Other holidays on 5 November
- Military Intelligence Day in Russia
- World Tsunami Awareness Day
- Birthday of the Ostankino TV tower
- Day of looking at old photos
- International Volunteer Managers Day
- Day of Social Worker of Ukraine
- Day of Civil Aviation Workers of the Republic of Belarus
- Armenian Intelligence Troops Day
- Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night in Great Britain (Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night)
- Puno Day in Peru
- Festival of Apam-Napata in Zoroastrianism
- Day of the transfer of the relics of the righteous Jacob of Borovichi, Novgorod, wonderworker
- Memorial Day of the Holy Apostle James, Brother of the Lord
- Memorial Day of St. Elisha Lavrishevsky