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On April 20, Chinese Language Day at the United Nations, Volunteer Appreciation Day, and International Circus Day are celebrated.

In Ukraine – Environment Day, in China – Kite Festival, in the Netherlands – Flower Festival.

The Orthodox Church honors the memory of Reverend Feodor Trikhina.

Environment Day

Environment Day is an environmental holiday celebrated annually on the third Saturday of April since 1999.

The main purpose of the holiday is to raise the level of consciousness in matters related to the preservation of environmental safety.

Every year, the authorities, public organizations, ecologists call on Ukrainians and everyone who cares about nature to take part in the April Sabbath, planting trees, tidying up the streets, parks and squares, greening the territories, cleaning up garbage, as well as holding various conferences and lectures. which increase the awareness of the population in environmental and nature protection issues.

Chinese Language Day at the United Nations

Chinese Language Day, celebrated annually on April 20, was established in 2010.

Established in memory of Tsang Tze, the founder of Chinese writing. According to legend, he was the court historiographer of the mythical emperor Huang Di and developed a set of pictograms that later became the basis for hieroglyphs. This made it possible to abandon knotty writing. And the date was chosen in connection with the fact that this is the time of the beginning of the guiyu season, which literally means “millet rain”. According to legend, on this day, the heavenly forces thanked Cang Jie for the creation of Chinese writing by sending a rain of grains to the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, which saved many from starvation.

On this day:

1902 – The Curies first obtained pure radium;

1918 – The Slavic group of the Separate Zaporizhzhya Division of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic liberated the city of Slovyansk in the Donetsk region from the Bolsheviks;

1940 – The first electron microscope was demonstrated in the USA;

1949 – The First World Congress of Peace Supporters opened.

1999 – Three teenagers staged a bloody massacre at Littleton High School (Colorado), killing themselves after that. 25 people died and more than 20 were injured;

2000 – In Brovary, a residential building was hit by a tactical missile, three people were killed and five were injured.

Church holiday

Memorial Day of Reverend Feodor Trikhina

Venerable Feodor Trikhina was born into a wealthy Constantinople family. In his youth, he went to a desert monastery in Thrace and accepted monasticism.

He was a strict singer, he wore only a rough, spiky hat, which is why he got the nickname Trikhina, that is, “Hairy”. The monastery in which he lived was also named by this name. During his life, the monk performed many miracles and healings. After his death, healing myrrh flowed from his holy relics, which cured many diseases and expelled evil spirits.

It is not known when Saint Theodore lived.

Name day: Oleksandr, Gavriil, Grigoriy, Vyacheslav.