Daily Calendar - July 31

The 212th day of the year, 153 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Commemoration of our venerable father, the monk Kosman the Scribe, killed by the Persians in the mountains of the mountains (1630); Martyr Emelian (363) and Hyacinthe of Amastrides (IV); Venerable Pamvas of the Desert (IV)

The holy martyr Emelian died for Christ in 363. Later, a church was built in his honor in Constantinople, where his holy relics were also transferred.

The holy martyr Hyacinthe was born in the city of Amastrides, into a pious Christian family. He was named by an angel who appeared to him. Hyacinthe was three years old when he asked God to resurrect a dead child, and the Lord heard his prayer. Later, they grew up together and, when they grew up, worked together. Saint Hyacinth was martyred.

Born:

1887 _ Simon Kipshidze, neuropathologist, founder of scientific neuropathology in Georgia. Died in 1953.

1896 _ Kote Mikaberidze, actor, director. Died in 1973.

1914 _ Louis de Funes, French actor. Died in 1983.

1938 _ Robert Sturua, prominent theater director, artistic director of the Rustaveli Theater.

1938 _ Guram Zhvania, film director. Died in 1983.

Died:

1346 _ Giorgi V the Magnificent, King of Georgia.

1875 _ Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States.

1886 _ Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor.

Events:

1498 – Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad.

1965 _ Cigarette advertising was banned on television in Great Britain.

1990 _ Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence.

1992 _ Georgia became the 179th full member of the United Nations.

1992 _ The foundation of a new era of Georgian-Turkish relations was laid in Tbilisi. A fundamental agreement on friendship, cooperation and good neighborliness between the two countries was signed.

Memorable days:

African Women's Day

Congo – the day of the beginning of the revolution