Today it is better to refrain from unbridled fun.
What happened on this day:
Today the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr Theodotos of Cyrene. Usually they pray to him for the health of loved ones. Ukraine celebrates consumer protection day.
What not to do on March 15:
quarrel, wish harm to people, offend loved ones, have fun, sing, dance, break the fast
Folk signs and beliefs:
frost – to a hot summer blizzard – grasses will germinate poorly warm wind – to a rainy summer rain – to a dry May
Angel Day is celebrated:
Agathon, Arsenius, Euphalia, Troadius, Theodotus
Also on this day:
1493 – two of the three ships of the first expedition of Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, bringing the first Indians to Europe
1892 – American inventor Jesse Reno patented the first escalator
1932 – The BBC made its first broadcast from its new Regent Street building.
1937 – First blood bank opened in Chicago
1938 – First oil discovered in Saudi Arabia
2005 – New Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem opened in Jerusalem
