6 June 2023: Stylite St. Simeon – what can’t be done today?

What happened today?

Today the Orthodox Church reveres the memory of Stylite St. Simeon. Simeon was born after long prayers to his mother, who swore to put the child in the service of the Lord. Simeon was orphaned in his youth, and then he had a vision, after which he went to a monastery and became a hermit on a pillar. He struggled helplessly with sinful thoughts, temptations, and passions, always praying. For this, Simeon received the gift of wonder and prudence from the Lord.

Also, on June 6, Ukraine celebrates Journalists’ Day.

Things not to do on June 6:

• do heavy housework;
• complain even to the closest;
• wishing harm to other people;
• loan.

Folk signs and beliefs:

• the sun shines brightly – for a fruitful summer;
• many birds – good weather;
• birds fly low – in summer it rains a lot;
• it is raining – in the fall there will be a lot of mushrooms.

Angel Day is celebrated:

Ivan, Nikita, Semyon, Stepan (Stefan), Fedor, Elena

Born on this day:

1599 Diego Velasquez (d. 1660), Spanish painter

1889 – Ukrainian-American engineer (aircraft designer) and businessman, born in Kiev, Igor Sikorsky.

Also on this day:

1683 – The world’s first public museum opens in Oxford;

1882 – Henry Seeley of New York patented the electric iron;

1925 – Chrysler Automobile Corporation is founded;

1933 – The world’s first movie theater opens in the United States where you can watch movies without getting out of your car;

1944 – The Second Front opens in Western Europe: the landing of allied troops in the anti-Hitler coalition begins in the north of France;

1981 – the first AIDS patients are registered;

1990 – The All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council in Kiev proclaims the patriarchy of the UAOC and elects Metropolitan Mstislav as the first patriarch of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine.