July 4: Day of the National Police of Ukraine, Country Music Day
Kyiv • UNN
On July 4, Ukraine celebrates the National Police Day, the day when the first patrol police officers took the oath of office in 2015 after the law enforcement reform that followed the Revolution of Dignity.
Today, on July 4, Ukrainian police officers celebrate their professional holiday. The event was launched in 2015, UNN reports.
After the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, the reform of the law enforcement system gradually began. In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law on the National Police. In parallel, the Patrol Police was created.
On July 4, 2015, the first patrol police officers of Ukraine took the oath of office on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv. It is in honor of this event that the National Police Day of Ukraine is celebrated on July 4.
By the summer of 2016, the Patrol Police had already been formed in all regional centers of Ukraine.
At the same time, regional departments and other units of the old militia were being reformed into police units.
Currently, the National Police has about 100,000 employees, of whom 2/3 are men and the rest are women. At the same time, about 35,000 law enforcement officers are responsible for protecting public order and solving crimes. The service of other police officers is somehow connected with the war and hostilities.
During the full-scale Russian invasion, according to various sources, up to 150 National Police officers were killed while performing combat missions, on duty, conducting stabilization activities, as a result of shelling, etc.
Today, music lovers can join the celebration of Country Music Day.
Country music is a musical genre that originates from the folk music of British immigrants to the United States, which continued the traditions of epic Celtic ballads and folk dance forms. Country music began to gain commercial popularity in the 20s of the twentieth century.
The celebration of Country Music Day began in 1950, when the Country Music DJ Association initiated the celebration of this day in honor of James Charles Rogers, a singer, songwriter and the man who stood at the origins of modern country music.
On July 4, you can also celebrate a humorous holiday - the Day of Frying Eggs on the Sidewalk, which is dedicated to the July heat.
Eggs need to reach a temperature of 70 °C to cook. And the temperature of sidewalks, as a rule, does not exceed 63 °C.
Even on the hottest day, it will take about 20 minutes to cook eggs on the sidewalk.
According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of St. Andrew, Archbishop of Crete.
According to legend, until the age of seven, Andriy was mute, but through prayer he was miraculously healed and began to speak.
From that time on, he decided to devote his life to the service of the Lord, took monastic vows and entered a monastery in Jerusalem.
Andrew was a preacher and theologian, and his most famous work is the Great Canon.
As Archbishop of Crete, Andrew participated in the Sixth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople.
Andrii, Bohdan, Mark, Mykola, Marta, Olha, and Tetiana celebrate their namesakes on the Fourth of July.
