Daily Calendar - June 12

The 163rd day of the year, 202 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Of the Venerable Isaac the Confessor, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery (383).

The Venerable Father Isaac, the Dalmatian Confessor, after being tonsured a monk, lived in the desert. During the reign of Emperor Valens, who was a zealous follower of the Arian heresy, persecution of Orthodox Christians began; churches were closed or destroyed everywhere. When Saint Isaac learned of this, he left the desert and went to Constantinople.

At that time, the barbarian Goths, who lived on the banks of the Danube River, came to fight against the Roman emperor. Soon they conquered Thrace and marched towards Constantinople. When Emperor Valens was leaving Constantinople with an army to fight the barbarians, Saint Isaac shouted loudly to the emperor on horseback: “O king, open the doors of the temples to the Orthodox, and then the Lord will come to you!” But the emperor paid no attention to the monk’s prophetic words. When the saint’s prophecy was fulfilled, immediately after ascending the imperial throne, Theodore the Great invited the monk to his palace and received him with great honor. The emperor expelled the followers of Arius from Constantinople and returned the temples to the Orthodox Christians. The saint was given a monastery on the outskirts of Constantinople, where a new monastery later arose, the abbot and spiritual leader of which was the venerable Isaac.

The saint died in 383.

Born:

1897 _ Anthony Eden, English politician, Conservative, Foreign Secretary during the war years, Prime Minister in 1955-1957. Died in 1977.

1899 _ Leonid Leonov, classic of Russian literature. Died in 1976.

1915 _ David Rockefeller, American banker, billionaire.

1917 _ Alexander Mahometov, professor, linguist, Caucasologist.

1924 _ George Bush, 41st President of the United States.

1939 _ Irakli Kvirikadze, famous film director.

Died:

1997 _ Bulat Okudzhava, poet.

Events:

1942 _ Russian-English and Russian-American communiqués on the opening of the second front.

1990 _ The People's Deputies of the RSFSR adopted a declaration on the state sovereignty of Russia at a session. It is celebrated in Russia as Independence Day.

1991 _ Boris Yeltsin won the first presidential elections in Russia. He collected 57.3 percent of the vote.

1991 _ By the decision of the referendum, Leningrad was returned to its old name - St. Petersburg.

2017 - Georgian athlete Theodora Kakhiani won a gold medal in fencing with a sabre and became the European champion.

Memorable days:

Philippines — Independence Day

Russia — Russia Day

Finland — Helsinki Day

Paraguay — Peace Day

Brazil — Valentine's Day