“Today, June 17, Iceland celebrates Independence Day, and will also take place for World Karate Day and World Crocodile Day. Believers celebrate the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Izmail. UA.news gathered information about the holidays on June 17, 2025. International holidays on June 17, 2025 annually on June 17, Iceland celebrates the National Independence Day, because it was on this day in 1944 that”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Today, June 17, Iceland celebrates Independence Day, and will also take place for World Karate Day and World Crocodile Day. Believers celebrate the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Izmail.
Ua.news It gathered information about the holidays on June 17, 2025.
International holidays on June 17, 2025
On June 17, Iceland celebrates the National Independence Day, because it was on this day in 1944 that the republic proclaimed its own freedom from Denmark. Iceland is a list of states with the highest level of well -being, and in 2007 the republic became the best for life by the UN country. The main drivers of the economy: fishing, geothermal sources, tourism, banking business, information technologies and more. The official church is Lutheran.
June 17 is celebrated World Karate Day. This event is devoted to the inclusion of this sport in Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. This day was founded in 2017 by the Karate World Federation. In 2016, it was announced that karate would be one of the five new sports that will be included in the Olympic Games Program. But karate has not been included in the 2024 Olympics program in Paris.
On June 17, every year there is an important environmental event – World Croc Day. Crocodile’s Day is intended to draw humanity’s attention to the problem of disappearance of crocodiles and alligators on the planet, the causes of which are increased urbanization, fishing, illegal hunting, pollution of residence. By June 17, both educational measures for the local population and large -scale discussions of ways to solve the problem of extinction of the species.
Church Holidays on June 17, 2025
On this day, the believers celebrate the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs Manuel, Savel and Izmail. They were native brothers, were born in Persia and were brought up in the Christian faith since childhood. In 362, King Saraps II decided to enter into diplomatic relations with the Roman emperor Julian the apostate. He sent brothers to negotiate. Despite their diplomatic status, they openly recognized themselves as Christians.
Julian the apostate was a Gentile, and therefore decided to convert the brothers into his faith. However, they firmly refused to betray Christ. They were grabbed for it, tortured for a long time, and then they swore their heads. The bodies of the brothers were thrown into the Psarnya, but the faithful people secretly took them away and buried them near the city of Halkidon (now Turkey).
Angel Day on June 17 2025
June 17 is celebrated Joseph, Cyril, Klim, Maxim, Nikita, Pelagia.
The mascot of a person born on June 17 is agate. In ancient times, it was highly appreciated not only for decorative appeal, but also for the alleged ability to strengthen male strength and promote the healing of throat ailments.
We will remind that on June 14, we celebrated World Donor Day, International Day of Naturaists and the Day of Remembrance of St. Elisha Prophet.
On June 13, Ukraine celebrates Mariupol’s liberation from Russian invaders in 2014. Our reliable allies of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia mention the horrors of compulsory accession to the USSR in 1941 – the Day of Victims of Communist Repression will be held here. On June 13, the Orthodox calendar is the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs Akilin and Trifilia.
In June 2025 Orthodox mark One of the 12 main church holidays is the Holy Trinity Day, as well as the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
