February 14 in the Orthodox Calendar-the day of Memorial of the Holy Polyt. peoples. Both brothers were born in the Byzantine Empire in the IX century and made an invaluable contribution to the cultural development of the Slavs. Cyril, also known under the name of Constantine, together with Methodius created the first Slavic alphabet – a Glagolitic, which later transformed into Cyrillic, which is now used by most Slavic peoples. Thanks to their activities, liturgical books were translated into the Slavs, which made Christianity more accessible to the common people, IZ writes.
Our ancestors believed that this day it was not necessary to cut hair and nails, because it could deprive a person of vitality. People also believed that February 14 should not quarrel or speak bad words, because everything said can have negative consequences. The visit to the doctor is better transferred to another day, because it was believed that medical procedures made on February 14 may not produce the desired result. There were also weather signs: if the day was frosty, the summer will be hot if the sunny – in the spring is expected frosts, and loud singing tits heralded warming. In the Annals, the Akbar Padyshakh's crowning in 1556, as well as the creation of the first phone by Alexander Bell in 1876. On the same day in 1946, IBM introduced one of the first ENIAC computers, which was the beginning of a new era of technology. Also on February 14, 1990, Voyager-1 spacecraft took a cult photograph of the Earth, called “Pale Blue Aunt”. which encourages people to pass books to children and those who need them. There is also a computer day, because it was on February 14, 1986 that the first computer virus was created. And for those who do not celebrate Valentine's Day, there is an alternative – International Day of Loneliness dedicated to the acceptance of independence and joy from their own time. p>
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