International Men's Day is celebrated annually since 2001 as a public holiday, the first Saturday of November. The initiator of the festival was the ex-Soviet President Gorbachev Gorbachev.
His initiative was taken up by a magistrate of the capital of Austria and the leadership of UN offices in Vienna. Soon, the initiative of the Austrians, with the filing of Gorbachev, has found its adherents and followers among the international community, it has also been reflected become widely reflected in the media.
Such a nonrandom interest in this initiative was called one important point - this annual award "World Male Award" eminent, politics, science, business, culture, art. The award, in contrast to the well-known international prizes, had no salaries, presented the award was a bronze miniature Rodin "Thinker." Austrian journalist and writer George Kindel has sponsored prizes.
In a short time the prize honored more than 20 well-known public officials. This list can be found Pope John Paul II, the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the former Polish president Lech Walesa, the famous actor Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Alain Delon, and many other famous personalities.
International Day of Beauty
Since 1995, the day the world especially welcome all the beautiful, beautiful thing that gives aesthetic and moral pleasure.
Therefore, in many cities and countries, it is widely held on September 9 beauty contests.
The first in the history of beauty pageant held in Belgium in September 1888 in Belgium, and the first beauty contest "Miss World" was held in London in April 1951.
Do not always participate in the competitions the fairer sex with the classical parameters of 90-60-90.
The jury noted especially endowed with the unique beauty, consisting in a distinctive appearance.
Peter and Fevronia - patrons of love, marriage and family.
Blessed Prince Peter was the second son of Prince Yuri Vladimirovich Murom, he came to Muromskii throne in 1203year.
A few years before that Prince Peter fell ill with leprosy, from which no one could cure him.
In a dream the prince was discovered that he could heal her daughter "drevolaztsa" bee-hunter, extracting wild honey, Fevronia, a peasant village in Ryazan Sweet land.
Virgo Fevronia was wise, obeyed her wild animals, she knew the properties of herbs and was able to heal, was beautiful, pious and good girl.
The prince promised to marry her after healing.
Holy Fevronia healed prince, but he did not keep his word.
The disease has resumed Febronia again cured him and married him.
When he inherited the principality after his brother, the boyars did not want to be Princess of humble station, saying to him: "Or let's wife, which originates insults noble ladies, or leave Moore. The prince took Fevronia, sat with her in a boat and sailed along the Oka.
They began to live the simple people, rejoicing in that together, and God helped them.
In the Murom same troubles began, many set out to solicit liberated the throne, went to the murder.
Then they pulled the boyars, called together a council and decided to call Prince Peter back.
The prince and princess had returned, and Fevronia managed to earn the love of the townspeople.
In his declining years, taking monastic vows in various convents with the names of David and Euphrosyne, they prayed to God that they die in one day, and bequeathed their bodies to put in a coffin, had prepared the tomb of a single stone, with a thin partition.
They all died the same day and hour - July 8 (25 June) 1228year.
Considering the burial in a coffin inconsistent with the monastic rank, their bodies placed in different monasteries, but the next day they were together.
Saints were buried in the cathedral church of the spouses of the city of Murom in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, erected over the relics of their vow of Ivan the Terrible in 1553year.
Now open repose in the temple of the Holy Trinity Holy Trinity Monastery in Murom.
