Daily Calendar - July 12

The 193rd day of the year, 172 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Commemoration of the Holy, Glorious, All-Blessed Heads of the Apostles - Peter and Paul.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the last days of His earthly life, chose only twelve of His disciples to preach the Word of God.

Among them, the Apostle Peter, for his dedication, took the lead and was given the privilege of preaching the Word of the Lord. The Apostles Peter and John went together to the temple to pray and preach the Word of the Lord. They healed many sick people, and seeing this, many Gentiles believed in Christ. He offered his soul as a sacrifice for the flock of Christ and ended his apostleship with a martyr's death.

Saint Paul, together with the apostle Barnabas, went from city to city, preaching the word of the Lord. He converted many Gentiles to the true faith. The population was divided into believers and rejecters of Christ. The rejecters wanted to stone Paul and Barnabas. They learned of this and fled to Lystra. In this city lived a man who had been lame from birth, and his legs were cut off, who listened attentively to Paul's speech. The saint healed the sick man, and he began to walk. At that time, Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who incited the people and stoned Paul, thinking he was dead, and dragged him out of the city. When the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. The people believed in the miracle even more.

Born:

1817 – Henry Thoreau, American writer, representative of transcendentalism. Died in 1862.

1854 – George Eastman, inventor and creator of the Kodak camera. Died in 1932.

1884 _ Amadeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor. Died in 1920.

1888 _ Sandro Shanshiashvili, poet-dramatist. Died in 1979.

1900 - Levan Asatiani, Georgian literary critic

1904 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate. Died in 1973.

1907 _ Petre (Pierre) Kobakhidze, famous actor. Died in 1963.

1927 _ Tengiz Mushkudiani, famous singer.

1939 _ Irakli Kvirikadze, film director.

1942 _ Giorgi Kharabadze, actor, Rustaveli Prize laureate.

1960 _ Gia Tortladze, mountaineer, archaeologist. He climbed Mount Everest twice.

1970 - Niko Gomelauri, Georgian actor and poet. Died in 2010.

Died:

1536 - Erasmus, Dutch writer, philosopher. Born 1466.

1804 - Alexander Hamilton, first US Treasury Secretary.

1911 - Philimon Koridze, Georgian folklorist, singer, Lotbar.

1979 - Giorgi Beriev, Georgian aircraft designer.

1987 - Kapiton Abesadze, Georgian actor.

Events:

1920 - US President Wilson opened the Panama Canal.

1941 - The Russian-British agreement on joint military operations against Germany was signed in Moscow.

1979 _ The Republic of Kiribati gained independence.

Memorable days:

São Tomé and Príncipe - Independence Day

Tanzania - Revolution Day

Kiribati - Independence Day