Historical memory: September 11 - Day of Military Glory of Russia - Day of the victory of the Russian squadron over the Turkish squadron at Cape Tendra on the Day of the Beheading of the Head of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.translated

During the reign of Empress Catherine the Great, during the Russian-Turkish War, a decree of August 17, 1769 established a day of special all-church commemoration of fallen soldiers in the Russian Orthodox Church on August 29 (September 11, new art.) (on the Day of the Beheading of the Head of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John) due to the similarity of the death of soldiers with the death of the holy prophet B […]