Daily Calendar - August 14

226th day of the year, 139 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Commencement of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord; Martyrs of the Seven Brothers Maccabees: Abima, Antonine, Guri, Eleazar, Eusebius, Alim and Markel, their mother Solomonia and their teacher Eleazar the priest (166 BC); Martyrs of Pamphylia Perga: Leontis, Attis, Alexander, Kindeus, Minsiteus, Kyriakes, Mineon, Katun and Eucles (III).

Beginning of the Assumption Fast of the Virgin Mary. After the Liturgy Blessing of Water (Small Aiazma).

The introduction of the Life-giving Cross of the Honest Cross. Due to the great diseases, the custom of carrying the Life-giving Cross of the Honest Cross on the roads and streets, which was placed on the holy table of the church, was established in Constantinople from ancient times. The people worshiped the Holy Cross.

Commemoration of the Seven Maccabean Martyrs: Abima, Antonine, Guri, Eleazar, Eusebius, Alim, Marcellus, their teacher Eleazar, and their mother Solomonia. In 166, the godless king of Syria, Antiochus Epiphanes, attempted to introduce idolatry throughout Judea. Many Jews turned away from the true God, but there were also those who continued to worship the true God, awaiting the coming of the Savior sent to save people. The 90-year-old teacher of the Law of Moses, Eleazar, was brutally tortured for following the Law of Moses. Eleazar’s disciples, the seven Maccabean brothers and their mother Solomonia, also ended their earthly lives as martyrs.

The holy martyrs Leontius, Attis, Alexander, Kindes, Kyriacus, Mineon, Catoun, Minsiteon, and Euclas, lived in the city of Perga in Pamphylia during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. During the terrible persecution of Christians, all eight decided to perform martyrdom for Christ, for which they were brutally tortured.

Born:

1883 – Lidia Megrelidze, writer. Died 1968.

1742 – Pius VII, Pope who excommunicated Napoleon. Died 1823.

1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist. Died 1851.

1836 _ Walter Besant, writer and philanthropist. Died 1901.

1867 – John Galsworth, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate. Died 1933.

1886 – Arthur Dempster, Canadian physicist. Died 1950.

1900 – Tamar Tsereteli, singer. Died 1968.

1933 - Julieta Vashakmadze, Georgian actress and TV presenter. Died in 2020.

Died:

1727 - William Croft, English composer.

1956 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer, theater and public figure, art theorist.

1963 - Nino (Nutsa) Chkheidze, actress.

1972 - Pierre Brassier, great French actor.

1984 - John Priestley, English writer.

1984 - Tigran Petrosyan, ninth world chess champion.

1994 - Elias Canet, Bulgarian writer.

Events:

1992 _ The Abkhazian War began.

1457 – The book of Psalms was published in Germany.

1820 – The first eye hospital was opened in the USA.

1830 – A new constitution was adopted in France.

1932 – The 10th Olympic Games closed in Los Angeles.

1936 – Basketball was first included in the Olympic Games.

Memorable days:

Portugal — Independence Day.

Rhode Island (USA) — Victory Day.

Arkansas — World War II Remembrance Day.

Liechtenstein — Prince Franz Josef Day.

Pakistan — Independence Day.

Zambia — Youth Day.