International Tea Day, Day of Court Employees of Ukraine. What else can be celebrated on December 15

Today, December 15, is International Tea Day. The event was launched in 2005 in honor of the adoption of the "World Declaration Rights of Workers in the Tea Industry", writes UNN.

At first, this event was celebrated in the countries that are the largest tea producers in the world: India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malaysia, and Malawi.

According to legend, the tea drink was discovered by the Chinese patron saint of agriculture and medicine Shen-nong, the Chinese patron saint of agriculture and medicine. In 2737 BC, a tea leaf accidentally fell into a container of boiling water a tea leaf accidentally fell into a container of boiling water, and the drink turned out to be healing.

Initially, tea was used as a medicine, and later - as a pleasant drink. By the way, tea production began as far back as the 10th century BC. B.C., as evidenced by a written record.

In Ukraine, today is a professional holiday for judges and all judges and all employees of the judiciary. The event was established by a presidential decree in 2000. year.

The date was not chosen by chance - it was December 15, 1917, when the Ukrainian People's Republic introduced the General Court as the highest body of the judicial system. of the judicial system. It consisted of civil, administrative and criminal departments.

The first General Court of the UPR was spread throughout the country, and its activities country, and its activities included supervising the activities of courts and individual judges. The institution was to be headed by the Chief Justice, who was the oldest by age. The composition of the General Court of the UPR was first approved in January 1918 by a vote of the Minor Council. The first meeting took place on January 15 of the following year.

This was the first step in creating a full-fledged judicial system in the independent Ukrainian state.

Even today, everyone can join the celebration of Zamenhof Day.

The event is set in honor of the birthday of Ludwik Lazar Zamenhof, a Polish ophthalmologist, linguist and creator of the Esperanto language.

Zamenhof dreamed of creating a universal international language. У In 1887, he published the first textbook dedicated to this language.

Today, there are about two million speakers of Esperanto in the world. of Esperanto in the world.

According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of of St. Paul of Lateran.

Paul was orphaned at a young age and became a shepherd. Later he became a novice in a monastery near Mount Latra in modern Turkey.

Even instead of sleeping, he prayed constantly and took a vow of of silence. For such devotion to faith, he received from the Lord the gift of healing and and prophecy.

Name days on December 15 are celebrated today by Paul, Stephen, Volodymyr.