Combat Veterans Memorial Day July 1st. Combat Veterans Day

On July 1, Russia celebrates a memorable date - Combat Veterans Day. And although it does not yet have official status, every year it becomes more and more famous in our country. Since 2009, this holiday has also been called “Day of Remembrance and Sorrow of Combat Veterans.”

This is a day of remembrance for everyone who fought for Russia, no matter in what wars and armed conflicts, fulfilling their duty to defend the Motherland. As a tribute to them - the veterans who live next to us, and to the memory of those who are no longer alive.

The idea of ​​creating a single holiday among combat veterans who took part in numerous wars and armed conflicts on the territory of the Russian Federation and other countries has been circulating for a long time. And they began to celebrate it informally at the beginning of the 21st century. This was caused by their desire to gather on one day, not tied to one or another event of the numerous wars in which they were destined to become participants (currently in our country there are separate memorable dates - Days of Military Glory and other holidays dedicated to the history of specific military actions).

And so, in 2009, more than 3,000 veterans voted for July 1, as the day of remembrance of all participants in hostilities that took place after 1945 (and these are military operations in Afghanistan and Chechnya, in many countries of Latin America, Asia and Africa). This was recorded in a special document, and an appeal was sent to the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to officially establish such a Day. However, this issue has not yet been resolved, since, according to the authorities, such a holiday already exists - its function is performed on February 15 (the Day of Remembrance of Russians who performed official duty outside the Fatherland).

But the initiators of the new date are not giving up - they are confident that all veterans should have their own common date, not wanting to confuse the date of the end of the Afghan war and honoring other veterans. And, for example, unlike June 22 (the Day the Great Patriotic War began), it should be dedicated to local conflicts. This will allow you to maintain the specificity of the dates. We all remember and honor the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, of whom there are fewer and fewer every year. But in our country there remain many relatively young veterans who risked their lives and health in the interests of the Motherland after the Great Victory over Nazi Germany. They are also worthy of recognition and respect.

Therefore, a separate date will be an occasion to congratulate not only the military, but also employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, as well as other participants in combat operations who are not military personnel, on Combat Veterans Day, and for all of them to once again get together and remember their fallen comrades.

It must be said that, despite the lack of official status, on July 1, Combat Veterans Day is already celebrated in an organized manner in a number of Russian regions. For example, in Moscow, the traditional meeting place for veterans of all years, places, countries of military operations is Poklonnaya Hill, where commemorative events begin with laying flowers at the memorial to the internationalist soldier, and then a cultural program is organized with the participation of famous artists.

In other cities, event participants also begin this day by laying wreaths at the Eternal Flame, at monuments to internationalist soldiers and other memorials. In addition, recently this date has been receiving increasing attention from the media, which also contributes to the recognition and spread of the holiday. At the same time, regional authorities in a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation also support the very idea of ​​holding the Day of Veterans of Combat Actions and Local Conflicts.

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Every morning, waking up under a peaceful sky, listening to the singing of birds, and not bomb explosions, walking with a confident step on the ground, covered with green grass, and not ashes from fires, we sometimes forget whose merit it is.

Fearless, strong people, risking themselves, entered into the fight against the enemy and prevented any encroachments of the enemy towards our Motherland. Many military conflicts of local and global significance were resolved thanks to these courageous people - combat veterans. Having exerted a lot of health, strength and combat skill, they earned a worthy right to respect.

Combat Veterans Day is celebrated in Russia on July 1. The holiday is unofficial, but among all other unofficial dates its importance is actually difficult to overestimate.

The holiday began to be celebrated in the Russian Federation only a few years ago. At the general meeting, more than 3 thousand veterans voted to celebrate the memorial date on the first day of the second summer month. According to combat veterans, all participants in armed conflicts that occurred after 1945 should be united by a common day. And so that on this day we can honor not only veterans of the Armed Forces, but also combatants from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and other law enforcement agencies.

It must be said that, despite the lack of official status, Combat Veterans Day is celebrated in an organized manner in a number of Russian regions. Thus, in Moscow, commemorative events begin with laying flowers at the memorial to the internationalist soldier on Poklonnaya Hill, and then concerts are held with the participation of famous artists.

In other cities, events begin with the laying of wreaths and flowers at the Eternal Flame and memorials: from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, from Makhachkala to Murmansk.

In Azov, on this day in 2004, a monument to fallen internationalist soldiers was inaugurated on Victory Square. The names of thirty-four city residents who laid down their lives in various conflicts that our country had to face are carved in gold letters on the monument: from conflicts on our own territory to military operations outside the country to provide international assistance to those who were officially considered allies.

It is important to note that such participation was often secret: Korea, Vietnam, African countries. Many names of deceased combat veterans remain classified secret to this day. This is the other side of protecting the Fatherland, when the family of the deceased may not know for decades where their son/husband/brother/father died and was buried.

Over the ten years of war in Afghanistan, about 750 thousand soldiers, officers, sergeants and warrant officers were involved. This is a whole army, many of whose representatives rightfully celebrate the holiday of military veterans today.

These people carried out their assigned tasks with outstanding courage and knowledge of their craft. More than a third of the internationalist soldiers received state awards for military merits, and 90 people were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union and - later - Hero of the Russian Federation.

After the collapse of the USSR, a “favorable” situation was created for the development of new military conflicts and brutal wars. It was created, it must be admitted, not without external “help”. The Caucasus, the Balkans, Central Asia, and Transnistria caught fire. Millions of families found themselves separated by borders, new ideological principles, or a complete lack of ideas other than imposed pseudo-freedom. How many human destinies these conflicts have crushed is no longer calculable. How many people have lost relatives and friends, how many have become refugees, how many have been eaten by an asocial environment - as a variant of the syndrome of participation in hostilities.

Our people have their own participation in wars and armed conflicts, have their own list of names of heroes, both those who fell on the battlefield and, fortunately, those who lived until the end of the armed confrontation. I would like to believe that the names of veterans of the fight against terrorism, internationalist fighters - those who gave peace - will never go down in history.

Today's holiday is something that reminds us all of the participants in combat operations living next to us, and those who are no longer nearby. This day in the calendar of memorable dates is a tribute to everyone who defended the Fatherland in their hands and went through the severe trials of war.

When Adrian was already approaching Phenicia, he learned that the military leader Leontius was in the city of Tripoli, professing Christ and averting the veneration of idols. Adrian immediately sent the tribune Hypatius there with soldiers, instructing him to seize Leontius and keep him in custody until his arrival.

The military leader Leonty was from Greece. Tall, strong and courageous, he was distinguished by his courage in battles, in which he won many victories. In addition, gifted with reason, possessing developed life experience and book teaching, Leontius was a man of council and government and adorned himself with Christian deeds.

When the soldiers approached Tripoli, the tribune Hypatius suddenly fell ill with a fever, did not eat anything for three days, and the illness intensified from hour to hour. On the night from the third day to the fourth tribune, the Angel of the Lord appeared in a vision in the form of a beautiful young man, dressed in snow-white clothes, and said: “If you want to be healthy, then together with the soldiers cry three times to heaven: “God Leontius, help me!” If you do this, you will be healed right away.” Scorched by internal heat, the tribune, rising, answered: “I was sent with soldiers to take Leontius and keep him in custody until the coming of Hegemon Hadrian, and you command me to call on God Leontius for help.” At this time the Angel disappeared from his sight. In horror, the tribune woke up his friends who were sleeping near him and told them everything.

One of the tribune’s friends, named Theodulus, was especially surprised by the vision and asked questions about it in detail. The soldiers, having listened to the tribune, all exclaimed, looking at the sky, together with the sufferer: “God Leontius, help!” And immediately the tribune rose up healthy and began to eat, drink and be merry with his friends.

The miracle shown over the tribune filled Theodulus with even greater surprise, and he, reflecting on what had happened, did not want to taste anything, and then suggested to everyone: “Now Adrian will soon overtake us, and we do not even think about looking for the husband whom we were commanded to take; if you want, the tribune and I will go before you to the city and look for the one for whom we were sent.” Having then convinced the tribune to go with him, Theodulus and Hypatius headed towards the city.

As soon as they climbed to the top of the Lebanese mountain, where Tripoli was located, Leonty himself came out to meet them and greeted them, and then asked who they were looking for. Having learned that they were looking for him, Leonty, without opening up, invited them to visit him, treated them to a hearty meal and after that confessed: “I am the warrior of Jesus Christ whom Adrian sent you to take.” Then the tribune and Theodulus fell at the feet of Leontius, saying: “Servant of the Most High God! forgive us our sin and hasten to beg your God to deliver us from the idolatry of wickedness and the fierce beast Hadrian, for we want to be Christians.” Then they told him how an Angel appeared to the sick man and how the illness left the tribune following the calling of God Leontius.

Seeing the manifestation of the power of Christ, Saint Leonty was filled with joy, prostrated himself crosswise on the ground and began to pray to God with tears for those who came to him.

After the warm prayer of Saint Leontius, a bright cloud overshadowed the tribune Hypatius and his friend Theodulus and baptized them, showering them with rain, and Saint Leontius at that time invoked over those being baptized the name of the Most Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

After his miraculous baptism, he gave praise to God, then clothed the newly baptized in white robes and ordered them to carry lighted candles in front of them.

At this time, the rest of the soldiers came to the city. When, after questioning, they found Hypatius and Theodulus, they were extremely amazed to see white clothes on them and burning candles. Having learned that they had converted to Christianity and were baptized, the soldiers began to be indignant, and discord and unrest arose in the city itself: some defended Leontius and the rest of the Christians, while others wanted to kill them.

After two days, Adrian approached the city, and the citizens who came out to meet him told him everything about Leontius and the other Christians led by him. Adrian immediately sent soldiers to take Leontius, tribune Hypatius and Theodulus, ordering them to be imprisoned and kept in custody until trial.

While in prison, Saint Leontius constantly taught his allies in the faith of Christ and strengthened them for the upcoming martyrdom. In the morning, the hegemon sat down at the judgment seat, when the holy prisoners were brought out of prison for interrogation. He called Leontius first, and the saint courageously confessed his faith in Christ before him. The hegemon, annoyed by the fearless speech of the saint, ordered him to be beaten. He, enduring the beatings, raised his eyes to heaven, from where he expected help for himself, and said to the hegemon: “Mad tormentor! You, thinking of causing me suffering, are even more tormenting yourself, remorseful in your heart.”

After long beatings, the hegemon ordered Saint Leontius to be taken back to prison. Then he turned to Hypatius and Theodulus: “For what reason did you reject the fatherly customs instilled in you from childhood and leave the military reward, saddening the king?” “Our military dignity is in heaven,” objected Saints Hypatius and Theodulus, “and therefore do with us what you want; as a zealot of the bad gods, you take up arms against us innocents; but your life will soon perish, for the time of your days is shortened.”

In a rage, Hadrian ordered the tribune to be hanged from a tree, naked, and his body to be whittled with iron claws. Theodula ordered to be stretched out on the ground and beaten mercilessly. The saints bravely endured all these torments; Remembering the instructions of Saint Leontius, they did not say anything except prayer: Save me, Lord, for I am in poverty, the venerable one(Psalm 11:1).

Seeing that the saints remained firm and unshakable in the faith of Christ, the torturer condemned them to death by beheading by the sword. Drawn to death, Saints Hypatius and Theodulus sang: “The Lord is our refuge and strength! We commend our souls into Your hands.” With joy they stretched out their necks under the sword for Christ and, after beheading, went to the Lord to receive from His right hand the crown prepared for them.

After this, Saint Leontius was again taken to the hegemon’s judgment seat to offer sacrifice to the gods. The saint was admonished, offered honors, then threatened, but he stood firmly for the faith and himself persuaded the hegemon to become a friend of Christ and denounced the pagan man-made gods.

In powerlessness, Adrian ordered the martyr, prostrate on the ground, to be beaten by four servants, and at the same time to proclaim to a special herald: “Those who humiliate our gods and disobey the commands of the kings will die a similar death.” They beat the holy martyr until those who beat him were exhausted, but the saint remained unshaken. Then the hegemon ordered the saint to be hanged on a tree and his entire body to be whittled with sharp iron tools.

They tortured the holy martyr for a long time; in grave suffering, he raised his eyes to heaven and turned to God: “My God, You are my hope, save me!” Then the torturer said to the executioners: “Take him off the tree; I know that he then raises his eyes to heaven to beg our gods to give him relief.” Hearing this, Saint Leontius angrily exclaimed: “Perish you and your gods, you vile tormentor! I pray to my God to help me endure the torment.”

Adrian ordered to hang him again, but upside down, tying a heavy stone to his neck. For a long time Saint Leontius was in this position, praying aloud to the Savior to strengthen him. When evening approached and the sun began to decline to the west, the hegemon ordered the martyr to be thrown into prison until the morning. At night, the Angel of the Lord appeared to Leontius and said: “Take courage! The Lord God, whom you serve faithfully, sent me to you so that I could remain constantly with you.” And the saint rejoiced and rejoiced in the Lord his God.

The sun rose, and again Adrian, sitting at the judgment seat, demanded Saint Leontius to come to him. “Like Leonty, what did you think? - he asked. “I have come,” answered the saint, “to one conclusion: not to pay attention to your empty speeches; and I will repeat to you again that I will never leave my God, the Creator of heaven, earth, sea and everything that fills them.” Having finally become convinced that it was impossible to defeat the invincible warrior of Christ, the hegemon issued him a death sentence.

They stretched out the martyr, tying him to four stakes driven into the ground, then four strong warriors beat him for a long time and cruelly, until in agony he betrayed his holy soul into the hands of God. The body of the saint, thrown outside the city, was taken by the faithful and given an honest burial near the Trypillian pier.

This suffering of the holy martyr Leontius was described by the servant of Christ “Cyrus the Notary,” who saw the torment with his own eyes. He wrote everything on tin tablets, which he placed with the relics of the martyr in his tomb, so that everyone reading or listening would raise their hands to heaven and give glory to God, who strengthened His servant for such a feat.

/ July 1 IS THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND MOURNING OF COMBAT VETERANS / ...Men don’t cry Men don’t cry, but the tears stood as Lakes of grief in their father’s eyes; They lost sons in the war, and their memory is in unshed tears. Men don't cry, but who will tell them how their children died in a local war? Many of the dead don’t even have graves. Who will give their ashes to our Russian land? Men do not cry, but suffer in silence, And the more hopeless their misfortune is in their eyes. Men do not cry. They die to follow their sons forever. So cry, men! Sobbing! With lamentation! After all, your grief is no longer old! Just live! Live with the consciousness that the flower of the nation is dying for the Motherland. /author of the poem - E. Sidorova/ - Dear group members! July 1 is celebrated - Combat Veterans Day - a memorable date, otherwise “Day of Remembrance and Sorrow of Combat Veterans” - Associated with military conflicts: Chechnya, Dagestan, Afghanistan, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Tajikistan, Ossetia and etc. - I WOULD LIKE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE HOT SPOTS AND THOSE WHO STAYED FOREVER TO LYE IN THE DAMP GROUND... - We remember everything; Afghanistan and Chechnya... The Caucasus scorched by fire... How our guys choked in their own blood, their groans from their wounds... And then they no longer screamed, but silently, soldiers and officers, died on foreign soil, Without retreating a step back!! -REMEMBER THEM, RUSSIA, YOUNG AND TIRED! STUPID FROM THE HEAT, WITHOUT SLEEP AND WATER... MEASURING LIFE, FROM REST. TO REST.... FROM STAR, TO STAR AND FROM TROUBLE TO TROUBLE. - IS IT POSSIBLE TO FORGET SUCH AS A CARGO OF TWO HUNDRED “BLACK TULIPS” WAS SENT FROM AFGHAN GUYS... AND THE SCREAMS OF THEIR WIVES WHO GRAY EARLY AND THE MOST BITTER TEARS OF THEIR MOTHERS... AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALIVE TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING AND KNOW THAT THEIR DEAR FRIENDS WILL NEVER COME BACK.. ..- And I also want to add that this also happens - Some bureaucrats will come out with a sense of duty... They will make loud speeches... they will hand out awards and forget for a long time... And, after all, our veterans still have wars rumbling in their ears... And believe me, sometimes it is very painful for them. - ETERNAL GLORY TO THE LIVING AND ETERNAL MEMORY TO THOSE WHO DIED.!! -SO LET'S REMEMBER THEM AND REMEMBER THEM MORE OFTEN! BECAUSE THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET!! THIS PAIN AND THE BITTERNESS OF LOSS WILL NEVER GO AWAY!! -You have passed combat points -In Afghanistan and Chechnya, In Egypt, in Syria, in Lebanon, Fighting for peace in the war. They honestly deserved their rewards - For hard, backbreaking work. Because you did not spare your lives, In the Fatherland you are called heroes. Thank you, dear veterans, For devoting your life to the fight, And we will not forget your names, And let your glory thunder, AND THE CANDLES WILL NOT GO OUT ON YOUR GRAVES. ..AND YOUR FRIENDS WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER. REMEMBER, IN PRAYERS, THE WHO DIED... -LET REST IN REST, MOTHER LAND.