What holiday is January 14 according to the church calendar? Church Orthodox holiday of January
Today is January 14 (January 1, old style) - Church, Orthodox holiday Today:
*** Circumcision of the Lord. Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of Cappadocia (379).
Martyr Basil of Ancyra (c. 362). Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, father of St. Gregory the Theologian (374). Saint Emilia, mother of Saint Basil the Great (IV). Martyr Theodotus. Venerable Theodosius, abbot of Triglia (VIII). Martyr Peter the Peloponnesian (1776). Venerable Martyr Jeremiah (1918); Hieromartyrs Plato, Bishop of Revel, and with him Mikhail (Bleive) and Nikolai (Bezhanitsky) presbyters, Yuryevsky (1919); Hieromartyrs Alexander, Archbishop of Samara, and with him John (Smirnov), John (Suldin), Alexander (Ivanov), Alexander (Organov), Trofim (Myachin), Vasily (Vitevsky), Vyacheslav (Infantov) and Jacob (Alferov) presbyters, Samarskikh (1938).
New Year . The New Year holiday passed into the Christian Church from the Old Testament. It, along with other holidays, was established by Moses at the command of God Himself. There were two New Year celebrations in the Old Testament Church. One of them began the civil New Year, the other - the church New Year. The civil one was celebrated in the fall, in the month of Tisri (September) - in the month of gathering fruits, and the church one - in the spring, in the month of Aviv or Nisan (March), - in the month of the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. On the New Year's Day, the Jews had sacred meetings, sacrifices were made in large numbers, and the Holy Scriptures were read in the temple and synagogues. The Scriptures remembered God's good deeds to His people. Also in our Orthodox Christian Church There is a civil New Year, January 1 (previously it was March 1), and a church New Year - September 1. The Lord Jesus Christ himself consecrated the new year of September, when one day on this holiday he entered the synagogue and read the words of the prophet. Isaiah about a new favorable year with His coming to earth (Luke 4:17-19). The month of March is significant for Christians with the event of the incarnation of Christ the Savior from the Blessed Virgin on the 25th day of this month. In our Fatherland, January was considered the beginning civil year from January 1, 1700, under Emperor Peter the Great. Church service We celebrate the New Year on September 1, and in January only a prayer service is held on the occasion of the New Year.
Circumcision of the Lord
Church Tradition testifies to us that on the eighth day after His Nativity, Jesus Christ, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, established for all male infants as a sign of the Covenant of God with the forefather Abraham and his descendants. During the performance of this rite, the Divine Infant was given the Name Jesus (Savior), announced by Archangel Gabriel on the day of the Annunciation Holy Virgin Maria. According to the interpretation of the Fathers of the Church, the Lord, the Creator of the law, accepted circumcision, setting an example of how people should strictly fulfill Divine decrees. The Lord accepted circumcision so that no one could subsequently doubt that He was a true Man, and not a bearer of illusory flesh, as some heretics (Docetes) taught. In the New Testament, the rite of circumcision gave way to the sacrament of Baptism, of which it was a prototype. Bishop Theophan the Recluse compared the holiday of circumcision with the “circumcision of the heart,” when passions and lustful dispositions are cut off: “Let us give up our previous harmful habits, all pleasures and everything in which we previously found pleasure, and from this moment we will begin to live solely for God for our salvation.”
Saint Basil the Great Day
Saint Basil the Great was born around 330 in the city of Caesarea Cappadocia (Asia Minor), in the pious Christian family Vasily and Emilia. The saint's father was a lawyer and teacher of rhetoric. There were ten children in the family, five of whom, including the saint’s mother, righteous Emilia, were canonized by the Church as saints.
Saint Basil received his initial education under the guidance of his parents and grandmother Macrina, a highly educated Christian. After the death of his father and grandmother, Saint Basil went for further education to Constantinople, and then to Athens, where he perfectly studied various sciences - rhetoric and philosophy, astronomy and mathematics, physics and medicine. Around 357, Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, where he taught rhetoric for some time. In Antioch, in 362 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Meletius, and in 364 he was ordained a presbyter by Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea.
While fulfilling his ministry, Saint Basil preached zealously and tirelessly cared for the needs of his flock, thanks to which he gained high respect and love. Bishop Eusebius, due to human weakness, became envious of him and began to show his dislike. To avoid troubles, Saint Basil withdrew to the Pontic desert (the southern coast of the Black Sea), where he settled not far from the monastery founded by his mother and older sister. Here Saint Basil labored in ascetic labors together with his friend Saint Gregory the Theologian. Guided by the Holy Scriptures, they wrote regulations for monastic life, which were subsequently adopted by Christian monasteries.
After the death of Emperor Constantine the Great, under his son Constantius (337-361), the Arian false teaching, condemned at the 1st Ecumenical Council in 325, began to spread again and especially intensified under Emperor Valens (364-378), a supporter of the Arians. For Saints Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian, the hour came when the Lord called them from prayerful solitude into the world to fight heresy. Saint Gregory returned to Nazianzus, and Saint Basil returned to Caesarea, having heeded the written request of Bishop Eusebius, who was reconciled with him. Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (author of the famous “Ecclesiastical History”) died in the arms of Saint Basil the Great, blessing him to be his successor.
Soon Saint Basil was elected by the Council of Bishops to the See of Caesarea (370). In difficult times for the Church, he showed himself as a fiery defender of the Orthodox faith, protecting it from heresies with his words and messages. Particularly noteworthy are his three books against the Arian false teacher Eunomius, in which St. Basil the Great taught about the Divinity of the Holy Spirit and the unity of His nature with the Father and the Son. For my short life(† 379) Saint Basil left us many theological works: nine conversations on the Sixth Day, 16 conversations on different psalms, five books in defense of the Orthodox doctrine of the Holy Trinity; 24 conversations on various theological topics; seven ascetic treatises; monastic rules; ascetic charter; two books about Baptism; a book about the Holy Spirit; several sermons and 366 letters to various persons.
Through unceasing efforts of fasting and prayer, Saint Basil acquired from the Lord the gift of clairvoyance and miracle-working. There are many known cases of miraculous healings performed by St. Basil the Great. The power of Saint Basil’s prayers was so great that he could boldly ask the Lord for forgiveness for a sinner who had renounced Christ, leading him to sincere repentance. Through the prayers of the saint, many great sinners who despaired of salvation received forgiveness and were freed from their sins. Interesting fact. While on his deathbed, the saint converted his Jewish doctor Joseph to Christ. The latter was sure that the saint would not be able to live until the morning, and said that otherwise he would believe in Christ and accept Baptism. The saint asked the Lord to delay his death. The night passed and, to Joseph’s amazement, Saint Basil not only did not die, but, getting up from his bed, came to the temple, performed the sacrament of Baptism over Joseph, and served Divine Liturgy, gave Joseph communion, taught him a lesson, and then, saying goodbye to everyone, went to the Lord with prayer without leaving the temple.
Saint Basil the Great, along with Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, has since ancient times enjoyed special veneration among the Russian believing people. A particle of the relics of St. Basil still remains in the Pochaev Lavra. The honorable head of St. Basil is reverently kept in the Lavra of St. Athanasius on Athos, and his right hand is in the altar of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem.
Other Orthodox holidays and Saints:
Apostles Archippus and Philemon. Blessed Prince Mikhail Tverskoy. Martyr Menigne. Righteous Michael. 5th of December. Orthodox church calendar
old New Year
- international holiday
The Old New Year, as a holiday, occurred as a result of a historical change in chronology and the divergence of the “old style” or Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar - the new one, according to which almost the whole world now lives. The discrepancy between these calendars was 13 days. Thus, it turned out that now you can “celebrate” your beloved New Year's celebration again - on the night from January 13 to January 14.
This holiday is especially important for believers, who can celebrate the arrival of the New Year with all their hearts only on the Old New Year - after the Nativity Fast ends.
Day of the creation of Russian pipeline troops
In Russia, the Pipeline Troops celebrate their professional holiday every year on January 14th.
November 22, 1951 I.V. Stalin signed a Decree on the production of a new prototype of the pipeline.
Based on the adopted Resolution of January 14, 1952, the USSR Minister of War Marshal Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky signed a directive, which ordered the formation of the very first separate battalion to pump fuel. The date of signing of this directive became the birthday of the Russian pipeline troops.
Day of Defenders of the Motherland in Uzbekistan
In honor of the creation of the Uzbek Armed Forces, on January 14, independent Uzbekistan celebrates the Day of Defenders of the Motherland.
The celebration of this day was established according to decision taken Supreme Council of the Republic on December 29, 1993.
Harvest Festival
- holiday in India
After the day winter solstice Every year in January, India celebrates the festival of Pongal or Harvest Festival. The date of this holiday is unchanged because it was determined based on the solar calendar. The Pongala holiday for Hindus is extremely auspicious and astronomically important - every year on January 14, the sun, moving into the constellation Capricorn, begins its journey to the north, which will last six months.
International Kite Festival
Paper kites of different colors, sizes and shapes will fly into the blue Indian winter sky today - one of the main embodiments of people's dream of flying in the sky.
International festival paper kite festival takes place on January 14 every year in western India in the city of Ahmedabad - in largest city Indian state of Gujarat. At the same time, the Makar Sankranti festival, or otherwise Uttarayan, is held in India - a festival celebrating the change of seasons and the movement of the sun to the northern hemisphere, and with it the end of winter.
Religious holiday
Circumcision of the Lord
Christians, starting from the 4th century, celebrate on this day an event that took place seven days after the birth of Jesus Christ - the circumcision of the Lord. The Apostle Luke spoke about this event in his Gospel.
Since then, every year on the eighth day after the Nativity of Christ, i.e. According to the new style, this is January 14, this event is celebrated.
The circumcision of the Lord is great holiday For Orthodox Church, and for the ancient Jews it determined belonging to God’s chosen people, because the uncircumcised was considered a Gentile who was unworthy to make a sacrifice to God and even turn to Him.
Circumcision from Old Testament was a kind of prototype of the modern christian baptism. Baby Jesus was brought to the temple for circumcision Holy Mother of God Mary and Joseph - Her betrothed and the imaginary father of Jesus. A ceremony was performed there and the child was named Jesus (Savior).
On this holiday, Orthodox Christians remember that the Most Holy Theotokos and Her betrothed Joseph were Jews who revered the Torah, which to designate themselves as God's chosen people, prescribes the ritual of circumcision.
Orthodox Christians piously recognize the right of the Jews to be chosen by God, therefore they celebrate the Circumcision of the Lord with reverence.
The first apostles and Christians, who were descended from Jews, were also circumcised.
Day of St. Basil the Great (Vasil's Day)
Before the calendar reform, Vasily's Day was celebrated every year on New Year's Day - January 1. This holiday was established in honor of Basil of Caesarea or Basil the Great.
Saint Basil the Great was the archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia in the 4th century and became famous as the creator of the idea of the iconostasis, the author of sermons and theologian.
Saint Basil in Rus' had a nickname - Vasily the Pigman. But this name did not mean anything bad, it’s just that among the people Saint Basil was considered the patron saint of pigs, because Christians prepared different dishes from pork.
On the day of St. Basil the Great, the peasants went to carol with sayings, stood under the windows and asked: “Give me a pig and a boletus for Vasily’s evening.”
People celebrated “holy evenings” from January 7 to January 14, and “terrible” evenings from January 14 to January 19.
On the day of St. Basil the Great, girls zealously wondered about their marriage.
According to folk signs, on the day of St. Basil the Great, there had to be a cash reserve in the house, but in order not to “give away” your wealth to someone, they did not lend money on this day.
Sowing a house with grains is also a ritual that was believed to promote productivity. On this holiday, the older children scattered grains on the floor of the house, and the eldest woman in the house had to collect them and store them until sowing.
The harvest was judged by folk signs. Severe frost or snow on this day foreshadowed a fertile year, while the clear starry sky promised a harvest of berries and peas, and snow blizzard foreshadowed good collection nuts
Name day on this day from Alexander, Bogdan, Vasily, Vyacheslav, Gregory, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolai, Peter, Platon, Trofim, Fedot
Main church holidays, days of remembrance of saints and Orthodox shrines today
January 14(January 1 according to the “old style” - the church Julian calendar). 32nd Sunday after Pentecost, before Epiphany(thirty-second Sunday after the feast of the Holy Trinity, Pentecost). Christmas time continue, according to the Church Charter, fasting is canceled until Epiphany Eve ( January 18 according to the new style). The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates a holiday today Circumcision of the Lord and the memory of 15 saints of God, known to us by name. Next, we will briefly talk about this holiday and the saints of today.
Circumcision of the Lord. On the eighth day after the Nativity of Christ, the Infant of God, like other male infants, according to the Old Testament law, accepted circumcision, established as a sign of the Covenant of God with the forefather Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 17, 10 - 14; Lev. 12, 3). It was during the circumcision that the Savior received the Name Jesus, proclaimed to the Most Holy Theotokos by the Archangel Gabriel on the day of the Annunciation (Luke 1:31 - 33; Luke 2:21). As Christian theologians interpret this, the Lord accepted circumcision so that no one could subsequently doubt that He was not only the true God, but also the true Man. Subsequently, among Christians, circumcision was replaced by the Sacrament of Baptism, within the framework of which the naming of a name also occurs.
Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. Ecumenical teacher of the Orthodox Church, one of the greatest saints IV centuries, deeply revered throughout the Christian world. Saint Basil the Great was born around 330 from the Nativity of Christ in Caesarea Cappadocia in a family famous for many saints. In his youth he received an excellent education in Constantinople and Athens. He studied every science to such perfection, as if he had never studied anything else. Philosopher, philologist, orator, lawyer and natural scientist who had deep knowledge of medicine. But theology became St. Basil’s real calling.
Saint Basil became one of the Fathers of the Church. Those preachers and theologians who laid the fundamental foundations of our church life. It was he who compiled the liturgical rite of the Liturgy, wrote many theological works, including on the creation of the world, as well as books against the Arian heretics. The saint used all his personal funds for the benefit of the poor: he created almshouses, hospice houses and hospitals, and built two monasteries - men's and women's. Works and illnesses, worries and sorrows, as well as feats of abstinence quickly exhausted the saint’s strength, and already in January 379 from the Nativity of Christ he reposed in the Lord, being 49 years old.
The veneration of Saint Basil spread among all Christians. He became a true student and mentor for many generations of theologians. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the Moscow region Gymnasium of St. Basil the Great, within the walls of which today the best traditions of Russian classical education are being revived, as well as St. Basil the Great Foundation, who do a lot for the Christian enlightenment of the Russian Land, bear the name of this particular great saint.
Hieromartyr Vasily of Ancyra. A clergyman, a fighter against the Arian heresy, who suffered from the heretical Arian Patriarch of Constantinople Eudoxius. He died during the reign of the pagan emperor Julian the Apostate, who reigned in the Roman Empire in 361-363 from the Nativity of Christ and tried in vain to revive paganism.
Saint Emilia of Cappadocia. Ascetic IVcenturies, mother Saint Basil the Great. The daughter of a Christian martyr, Saint Emilia gave birth to and raised, in addition to the Great Teacher of the Church of Christ, four more saints: Venerable Macrina, Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, Saint Peter, Bishop of Sebaste And righteous Theozba.
Venerable Martyr Jeremiah (Leonov), monk (1918), Hieromartyrs Platon (Kulbush), Bishop of Revel, and with him Mikhail Bleive and Nikolai Bezhanitsky, presbyters (1919), Alexander (Trapitsyn), Archbishop of Samara, and with him John Smirnov, Alexander Ivanov , Ioann Suldin, Alexander Organov, Vyacheslav Infantov, Vasily Vitevsky and Jacob Alferov, presbyters (1938). Orthodox bishops, priests and monks who suffered for fidelity to Christ and His Church on this day in different years period of Soviet atheistic persecution. They were glorified among the saints among the many thousands of new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church.
Congratulations to Orthodox Christians on the memory of all today's saints of God! Through their prayers, Lord, save and have mercy on us all! We are happy to congratulate those who received names in their honor through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism or monastic tonsure! As they used to say in Rus' in the old days: “A golden crown for the Guardian Angels, and good health for you!”
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The Lord pleases the poor, the hungry, the crying, the reviled, under the condition that all this is for the sake of the Son of Man; It means that life is blessed, surrounded by all kinds of needs and deprivations. Joy, contentment, honor, according to this word, do not represent good; Yes it is. But while a person rests in them, he is not aware of it. Only when he frees himself from their charm does he see that they are not representatives of the good, but only its ghosts.
The soul cannot do without consolations, but they are not in the sensual; cannot do without treasures, but they are not in gold and silver, not in luxurious houses and clothes, not in this external fullness; cannot do without honor, but it does not lie in the servile bows of people. There are other joys, other contentment, other honor - spiritual, akin to the soul. Whoever finds them will not want external ones; but not only will he not want to, but will despise and hate them because they block the spiritual, do not allow them to be seen, keep the soul in darkness, intoxication, in ghosts. That is why such people wholeheartedly prefer poverty, sorrow and obscurity, feeling good among them, as if in some kind of safe fence from the charm of the charms of the world. What about those to whom all this comes naturally? To be in relation to all this, according to the word of the Holy Apostle, as having nothing.
Sermon by Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov.
Celebration of the Nativity of Christ. On the 1st week after the Nativity of Christ.
Sermon by Archpriest Vasily Mikhailovsky.
On 2 Timothy 4:5-8.
Sermon by St. Philaret of Moscow.
A Word about the Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Mark 1:3) and on the Remembrance of the Events of 1812.
Sermon by Abbot Nikon (Vorobiev).
On Mark 1:1-8.
Books, articles, poems
Why was the Child circumcised?
“And when the seven days were completed and it was time to circumcise the Child, He was given the name Jesus, which was na-re-che-but an-ge-lom before His for-cha-tia,” - this is how evan-ge-list Lou says -let's talk about the most important religion for every Jew (Luke 2:21). This happened in Beth-le-e-me, where the Holy Family resided for about a half-year before the arrival of the Per-Sid magicians (magicians) and after this the flight to Egypt. It is not possible to accomplish this ritual over Jesus Christ. The Sacred Scripture justifies it because He came not to destroy the old Law, but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17; Gal. 4:4).
Day of the Circumcision of the Lord.
The Feast of the Circumcision usually passes unnoticed. And you don’t know whether it is the “twelfth” holiday or not... Easter stands above and outside the “twelfth” (the thirteenth holiday). Consequently, the following remain (by month): Baptism, Candlemas, Annunciation, Entry into Jerusalem, Ascension, Trinity with Spiritual Day, Transfiguration, Dormition, Christmas Mother of God, Exaltation of the Cross, Introduction to the Temple and Nativity...
The week before Epiphany.
[My son Timothy,] be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist (evangelist), fulfill your ministry. For I am already becoming a victim, and the time of my departure has come. I fought the good fight, finished the run, and kept the faith. And now there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which on that Day the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me; and not only to me, but also to all who loved His appearing...
Basil the Great: eldest in the family of saints. Life of St. Basil the Great through the eyes of our contemporary.
Reading the life is not always possible. But sometimes a miracle of meeting happens. Then you see that your ideas about life and man have changed again. They didn’t turn upside down - rather they expanded and became more accurate. It was as if I had found another door in a familiar house. In the life of St. Basil the Great there are enough discoveries for several people who are unlike each other. It seems that he lived through several destinies...
Tradition to celebrate old New Year comes from the divergence of the Julian calendar (or otherwise the “old style” calendar) and the Gregorian calendar - the one by which almost the whole world now lives. The divergence of calendars in the 20th and 21st centuries is 13 days.
The Old New Year is a rare historical phenomenon, an additional holiday that resulted from a change in chronology. Because of this discrepancy in calendars, we celebrate two “New Years” - according to the old and new styles. Thus, on the night of January 13-14, everyone can afford to “pre-celebrate” their most favorite holiday. Indeed, for many believers, the Old New Year has special meaning, since they can celebrate it from the heart only after the end of the Nativity Fast.
Interestingly, the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars increases by one day every century when the number of hundreds in the year after Christ is not a multiple of four. Therefore, from March 1, 2100, this difference will be 14 days. And from 2101, Christmas and Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.
Today, the popularity of the Old New Year is growing from year to year, and Russia is no exception. All more people They treat it as an independent holiday that prolongs the charm of the New Year or allows you to feel this charm for the first time... After all, this holiday is calmer, it is not characterized by the bustle that is the inevitable companion of the New Year.
Vasiliev's day
Old style date: January 1
Basil's Day, which before the calendar reform coincided with the beginning of the new year, was celebrated in honor of Basil the Great, also known as Basil of Caesarea. This saint was the archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia in the 4th century and became famous as a theologian, author of many sermons and creator of the idea of the iconostasis.
In Rus', the saint received the dissonant nickname - Vasily Svinyatnik. However, nothing bad was meant by this name. The fact is that among the people Vasily was considered the patron saint of pigs, and for the New Year they always prepared pork dishes - roasted pig, boiled ham and others. On this day, the peasants even went to caroling with special sayings, asking under the windows: “Give a pig and a boletus for Vasilyev’s evening”; “Guts and legs through the upper window”.
They said that “Vasily divides Christmastide in half”: from January 7 to 14, “holy evenings” were celebrated, and from 14 to 19, “terrible evenings.” On this day, girls especially zealously wondered about marriage.
Also, according to signs, on this day it was necessary to have a cash reserve in the house; they didn’t lend money - so as not to “give away” their wealth. Another ritual - sowing grains - was supposed to promote productivity; the children scattered the grains on the floor, and the eldest woman in the house collected them and stored them until sowing.
The harvest was also judged by signs. Snow or severe frost On this day they promised a fertile year. A clear starry sky promised a harvest of peas and berries, and a blizzard promised a good harvest of nuts.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Bogdan, Vasily, Vyacheslav, Grigory, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolai, Peter, Platon, Trofim, Fedot
Day of the creation of Russian pipeline troops
November 22, 1951 Chairman of the Council of Ministers I.V. Stalin signed a Decree on the production of a prototype of a new generation pipeline. The USSR Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Oil Industry were instructed to conduct joint tests of the pipeline in field conditions.
On January 14, 1952, on the basis of the adopted Resolution, the Minister of War of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky signed a directive that ordered the formation of the first separate fuel pumping battalion. It was the date of signing the directive that became the birthday of the pipeline troops.
Gradually, the first units of the pipeline troops turned into regular troops, and by the end of the 80s, the world's best field prefabricated main pipelines were installed. Currently, the pipeline troops are part of the Central Directorate of Fuel and Fuel and have no analogues in foreign armies.
Over several decades, designers, engineers, pipeline warriors, and workers have created, developed and put into service various sets of field main pipelines that have no analogues in the world, machines for their installation and mobile pumping equipment. Today, the main “weapons” of the troops are pipelines, pipe-installation equipment and other means of mechanization of work, as well as special vehicles and communications equipment. And their main task is to ensure continuous delivery of fuel over long distances.
A serious test of the combat readiness of these troops was their work during the war in Afghanistan, on whose territory field trunk pipelines with a total length of more than 1,200 km were deployed to supply fuel Russian troops; as well as during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
The efficiency and competent work of the pipeline troops have been confirmed more than once in peacetime during the liquidation of consequences emergency situations natural and man-made: extinguishing large forest fires and peatland fires in last years, liquidation of the earthquake in 1989 in Armenia and liquidation of the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant when uninterrupted supply has been ensured large quantity water (up to 4 thousand cubic meters) from nearby reservoirs to support the operation of the concrete plant and other facilities on the territory of the nuclear power plant. In addition, all their actions helped save many human lives.
Circumcision of the Lord
After eight days,
when the baby should have been circumcised,
gave Him the name Jesus, called Angel
before He was conceived in the womb.
Gospel of Luke 2:21
Since the 4th century, Christians have been celebrating the event described in the Gospel of Luke - circumcision of the Lord, which took place on the eighth day after the birth of Jesus Christ.
And now the celebration of this event takes place on the eighth day after the Feast of the Nativity of Christ - that is, January 14 according to the new style. The circumcision of the Lord is considered a great holiday of the Orthodox Church.
For the ancient Jews, circumcision determined membership in God's Chosen People. The uncircumcised was not dedicated to the One God, the Creator and Creator of all, and was considered a non-believer, unworthy to make a sacrifice to God, unworthy to turn to Him. Old Testament circumcision was a type of Christian baptism.
The Most Holy Theotokos Mary and Her betrothed Joseph, the imaginary father of Jesus, naturally brought the baby to the temple for circumcision and there, together with the naming of the name - Jesus (Savior), they performed this rite.
On this holiday, it is especially important for Orthodox Christians to remember that both the Most Holy Theotokos and Joseph were true Jews who revered the Torah. Because the Torah commands Jews to perform circumcision as a sign of identifying themselves as God's chosen people. Orthodox Christians piously recognize this right of the Jews to be chosen by God, therefore they reverently celebrate this Christian holiday of the Circumcision of the Lord. The first apostles and Jewish Christians were also circumcised.
The Feast of Circumcision for Christians is also important because, contrary to many heretical judgments that distort the earthly appearance of Jesus Christ, it confirms that the Infant Jesus was male and the rituals intended for the Jews were also performed on Him.
Day of Defenders of the Motherland in Uzbekistan
Day of Defenders of the Motherland celebrated in independent Uzbekistan in honor of the creation of its own Armed Forces. The holiday itself was set for January 14 by decision of the Supreme Council of the Republic, adopted on December 29, 1993.
On January 14, 1992, the Parliament of Uzbekistan decided to transfer all units and formations, military educational institutions and others military formations, stationed on the territory of the country, under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Uzbekistan. This was the beginning of the creation of the country’s own Armed Forces.
Although on this day all men of Uzbekistan are congratulated, because initially every man is, first of all, a defender of his Motherland. But especially warm and solemn words are addressed to military personnel, for whom this day is a professional holiday.
Defenders of the Motherland Day is a major public holiday. According to established tradition, this date is widely celebrated in Uzbekistan - the anthem of the Republic of Uzbekistan is played on the capital's Independence Square, and military units march solemnly through the square to the sounds of a military orchestra. Parade participants also lay wreaths at the foot of the Independence Monument. And, of course, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces delivers a festive greeting addressed to the defenders of the Motherland.
Also on this day, Uzbekistan honors the memory of a fellow countryman - one of the greatest conquerors, commander Timur Tamerlane.
