What day is it today in Ukraine and the world

May 12 is World Nurses Day . The date was not chosen by chance, because it was on this day that Florence Nightingale was born. She was a renowned British nursing reformer and founder of the first nursing school.

May 12th is International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Prevention Day . Chronic immunological and neurological diseases include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, etc. They laid the foundation for the 1992 event, and its symbol is a blue ribbon. Chronic fatigue syndrome is a severe pathological fatigue that can last at least six months and does not go away after rest.

May 12 is also World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day . This is a chronic condition of a person during which he suffers from widespread pain in different parts of the body and hypersensitivity to pressure. There may also be other symptoms, including fatigue, numbness of the limbs, and poor sleep.

May 12 – Environmental Education Day . An important event that helps to form ecological consciousness from early childhood and direct a person to protect the environment.

May 12 – what holiday is today in the church calendar

May 12 in the church calendar is the day of memory of the nine martyrs of Kizitsky . They are also called “healers” by the Church. Nine martyrs lived in the 3rd century in the city of Kyzyk (now Turkey). They professed the Christian faith and this made the pagans very angry. The latter wanted true Christians to betray their God and worship idols. For a long time they tortured the unfortunate. However, nine martyrs courageously endured all the tortures, and then were executed by the pagans.

Memorable dates May 12

Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for today, May 11:

• 996 – the first stone Church of the Tithes in Kievan Rus is consecrated in Kyiv;
• 1311 – Inquisition in France publicly executes 54 Knights Templar;
• 1364 – the Jagiellonian University is founded in Krakow;
• 1881 – a French protectorate was established over Tunisia;
• 1926 – Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile flew an airship over the North Pole;
• 1929 – an organization of Western Ukrainian writers called “Grono” is created in Lviv;
• 1993 – Estonia is admitted to the Council of Europe;
• 2004 – the Anglican Church introduced the position of a web priest, who deals with a parish that exists exclusively on the Internet;
• 2007 – Andrey Danilko takes second place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, losing to Maria Sherifovich from Serbia.

Name days: how to name a child born on May 12

What are the name days today: Arseny, Artemy, Ivan, Vasily, Fedot, Filimon, Persis.

May 12 were born:

• 1865 – public figure, the first Ukrainian doctor in Galicia Sofia Okunevskaya-Morachevskaya;
• 1924 – Ukrainian statesman and public figure, writer, agronomist, publicist Fyodor Morgun;
• 1936 – Ukrainian painter, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Shevchenko Prize winner Ivan Marchuk;
• 1936 – Ukrainian pop singer and actress Yulia Pashkovskaya;
• 1982 – Ukrainian hockey player Vitaliy Donika.

Weather on May 12

May 12 in Kyiv cloudy weather throughout the day, no precipitation. It is clear in Lviv in the morning, and then clouds will cover the sky, light rain is possible in the evening. In Kharkiv it is cloudy, without precipitation. Cloudy morning in Odessa, but the day will be clear, without precipitation.

The air temperature in Kyiv is +27 during the day and +11 at night. In Lviv +25 during the day and +13 at night. In Kharkov +23 during the day and +8 at night. In Odessa +21 during the day and +12 at night.