November 28: what a holiday today, signs and what not to do

What is the national and Orthodox holiday for Ukrainians on November 28, 2021? Who is celebrating their name days? In addition, we talk about international, national and state holidays, important events that have happened in history, as well as about the main signs of this day.

What day is it, November 28

• Day of the employee of the financial monitoring system in Ukraine
  – a new professional holiday was founded a year ago with the aim of celebrating the significant contribution of workers in this field to the prevention of dishonest income laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
• Red Planet Day
  – Unofficially on November 28, Mars Day is celebrated in honor of the launch of the Mariner spacecraft, which took place in November 1964.
• Hanukkah – Jewish holiday of candles, dedicated to the miracle in the Temple after the victory of the army of Yehuda Maccabeus over King Antiochus in the 2nd century BC. The feast of consecration in 2021 begins on the evening of November 28 and lasts 8 days, until December 6.

Birthday people November 28

Angel Day is celebrated today by: Gregory, Gury, Dmitry, Nikita, Nikolai, Peter, Samson, Philip.

What a church holiday today

In 2021, Western Christians celebrate the first Sunday of Advent on November 28 – this is the waiting time for the Nativity of Christ.

On November 28, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyrs and confessors Guriy, Samon and Aviv, the Monk Paisiy Velichkovsky, the martyrs Elpidius, Markel and Eustachius, the martyr Demetrius. The Kupyatitskaya Icon of the Mother of God is being celebrated. The beginning of the Nativity Fast.

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Folk holiday

The people on November 28 celebrated Guryev’s Day. People believed that Saint Gury helped in the treatment of dental diseases, and therefore they turned to him with such requests. On this day, it was useful to take a steam bath. It was believed that the evil spirits, fearing winter, run away until the very beginning of Christmas time and leave the people alone. And on Guria, it was supposed to pay attention to horses: they were tasty treated and fed with hay and oats. And the people themselves began to fast, it was important to observe the prohibitions of the day, not to swear, not to curse and not sin.

Signs for November 28

• red sun at sunrise – to imminent blizzards;
• the snow that fell on Guria will remain until the flood;
• if horses laugh on Guryev’s day – be good;
• fast food is prohibited during the Nativity Fast;
• also you can not swear, scandal and be in a bad mood;
• hunting and fishing were banned on this day.

Interesting and important events in Ukraine and the world on November 28

• 1943 – the beginning of the Tehran Conference of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition – the USSR, the USA and Great Britain.
• 1964 – The American automatic station “Mariner-4” is launched to Mars.
• 1974 – John Lennon’s last performance on stage at Madison Square Garden.
• 2006 – The Ukrainian government recognized the Holodomor as an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people.

Who was born on November 28

• 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer, violinist, conductor.
• 1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter.
• 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, composer, pianist, conductor, founder of the first Russian conservatory.
• 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet of the Silver Age.
• 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer and critic.
• 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor and film director.
• 1960 – John Galliano, an outrageous English fashion designer.

Earlier, we talked about how to appease the Tiger so that the New Year 2022 is successful and happy.