What day is it today in Ukraine and the world

May 2 is International Harry Potter Day . The event takes place in different countries of the world and is designed to honor the hero of the cult series of children’s books by J. K. Rowling about the surviving boy. Harry Potter is a model of courage, courage, sincerity and selflessness.

May 2 is also World Tuna Day . The event has an environmental focus. It is believed that it will help draw the attention of mankind to the need to protect the fish resources of our planet.

May 2nd is International Scurvy Awareness Day . The disease scurvy was widespread several centuries ago. Especially often sailors and people who had been without fresh vegetables and fruits for a long time suffered from it. Scurvy causes a lack of vitamin C in the body, it is easily treatable, and today there are already many drugs that help prevent the disease.

May 2 – what holiday is today in the church calendar

May 2 in the church calendar is the day of remembrance of St. John the Old Caveman . A saint who lived in Palestine in the 13th century. He was a priest, a monk. Even in his youth, he decided to devote his life to God, and therefore took the tonsure at a fairly early age. While visiting the Holy Land, he saw a monastery near Jerusalem. There they consecrated him to the priesthood, because they saw in him the spirit of prayer. And they called him the Old Pechernik, because he lived in the old monastery of St. Khariton, whose church was located in a cave.

Memorable dates May 2

Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for today, May 2:

• 1312 – Pope Clement V transfers the property of the Templars to the Order of the Hospitallers;
• 1611 – published the first officially sanctioned English-language version of the Bible, which was called the “King James Bible”;
• 1668 – The First Peace of Aachen was concluded between France and Spain;
• 1817 – the Richelieu Lyceum is founded in Odessa;
• 1848 – the first Ukrainian political organization called the Main Russian Rada is created in Lviv;
• 1892 – an electric tram is launched in Kyiv;
• 1986 – victory over Atletico (Madrid) 3: 0, Dynamo (Kyiv) wins the Cup Winners’ Cup 1985/86;
• 2014 – confrontation in Odessa: as a result of an attack by pro-Russian activists on a pro-Ukrainian march and a fire in the Odessa House of Trade Unions, 48 people were killed.

Name days: how to name a child born on May 2

What are the name days today : Victor, Yegor, George, Semyon, Ivan, Jan, Matrona.

May 2 were born:

• 1876 – Ukrainian scientist, publicist, historian, writer Myron Korduba;
• 1877 – Ukrainian geologist and petrographer Vladimir Luchitsky;
• 1877 – Ukrainian military figure, member of the UCR, commander of the Separate Corps of the Border Guard of the UNR, general-horunzhy of the Army of the UNR Alexander Pilkevich;
• 1888 – Ukrainian composer Mykola Vilinsky;
• 1891 – Ukrainian military figure, cornet general of the UNR Army, one of the initiators and leaders of the Winter Campaigns of the UNR Yuriy Tyutyunnik;
• 1928 – Ukrainian musicologist, folklorist, conductor, composer Leopold Yashchenko;
• 1933 – Ukrainian graphic artist Galina Garkavenko;
• 1988 – Ukrainian public figure and entrepreneur Oleksandr Todorchuk;
• 1993 – Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine Kizilo Andriy Oleksandrovych.

Weather on May 2

On May 2, in Kyiv, the morning is cloudy, but during the day and dinners it is sunny, without precipitation. Sunny weather in Lviv, no precipitation. In Kharkiv, the morning is sunny, but in the afternoon it is cloudy, without precipitation. Sunny weather is expected in Odessa, without precipitation.

The air temperature in Kyiv is +16 during the day and +8 at night. In Lviv +19 during the day and +8 at night. In Kharkov +13 during the day and +8 at night. In Odessa +15 during the day and +11 at night.