Today you can not repair something and wash things.
What happened on this day?
Today the Orthodox Church venerates the memory of Saint Leontius. He lived in the 9th century, was a monk in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and fought against paganism. Once he was expelled from the city, because of which he settled outside it, built a church there and secretly baptized people. During his life, Leonty performed many miracles.
What not to do on June 5:
- repair something;
- collect medicinal herbs;
- wash things.
Folk signs and beliefs:
- drizzle in the morning – the weather will soon worsen;
- hawthorn blooms densely – there will be a harsh winter;
- many flowers on the mountain ash – it will spoil oats and flax well;
- the grass smells strongly – expect rain.
Angel Day is celebrated:
Adrian, Alexander, Andrey, Vasily, Gennady, Daniel, Dmitry, Euphrosyne, Ivan, Ignat, Kasyan, Konstantin, Mikhail, Nikita, Peter, Roman, Fedor, Yakov.
Born on this day:
1898 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and playwright (b.
Also on this day:
1910 – in Kyiv, the first flight takes place on a domestic aircraft designed by Professor of the Polytechnic Institute Alexander Kudashev, who himself played the role of a pilot;
1977 – the first personal computer Apple II goes on sale;
1990 – The All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council in Kyiv proclaims the revival of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), restores the church structure in the form of a patriarchy, and elects Metropolitan Mstyslav Skrypnyk as the first Ukrainian patriarch.
