Daily Calendar - July 8

The 180th day of the year, 186 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Commemoration of the Holy Martyr Thebrones (c. 304)

The Holy Martyr Thebrones suffered during the persecution of Christians during the reign of Diocletian.

She was raised in a monastery in the city of Sivapolis. She converted many pagans to the law of Christ. The whole city heard about her pious life.

At that time, Diocletian began to persecute Christians and sent a detachment of soldiers to Assyria, led by Lysimachus, Selinus and Primos. They also captured Saint Thebrones. They demanded that she renounce Christ and offer sacrifices to idols. When Saint Thebrones refused to deny Christ, the pagans captured him and brutally tortured him in public.

Among the people was the nun Thomas, who later described the martyrdom of Saint Thebrones.

In 363, the relics of Saint Thebrones were transferred to Constantinople. Later, Saint James, Bishop of Nisibis, built a church in his honor and transferred the relics of the holy martyr there.

Born:

1621 _ Jean Lafontaine, French poet, author of famous fables. Died in 1695..

1867 _ Käthe Kollwitz, German painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Died in 1945.

1892 _ Richard Aldington, English writer. Died in 1962.

1894 _ Pyotr Kapitsa, famous Russian physicist, academician, Nobel Prize laureate. Died in 1984.

1895 _ Igor Tamm, famous Russian physicist, academician, Nobel Prize laureate, died in 1971.

1908 _ Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Died in 1979.

1919 – Aleksandre Shaverzashvili, composer, professor. Died in 2003.

1938 _ Tengiz Sukhishvili, director and artistic director of the Georgian State Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance. Died in 2007.

Died:

1898 _ Ivane Machabeli, writer, translator, publicist, one of the founders of the Georgian literary language, and public figure, disappeared without a trace.

1695 _ Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist, mathematician, and astronomer.

1822 _ Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet.

1979 _ Robert Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1985 _ Simon Kuznets, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate.

Events:

1709 _ The Battle of Poltava took place; the Russian army led by Peter I defeated the Swedish army.

1777 _ Vermont became the first state to abolish slavery.

1796 _ The U.S. State Department issues the first passport for U.S. citizens.

1889 _ The first issue of The Street Journal is published.

1972 _ Arab terrorists kill 11 Jewish athletes at the Munich Olympics.

1999 _ Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic become members of NATO.

Memorable days:

Argentina - Independence Day.

Morocco - Hassan Day.