International Day of Friendship. The friendliest holiday is World Friendship Day. When is International Friendship Day celebrated?

International Friendship Day is a holiday aimed at strengthening relationships between people. It is celebrated by everyone: every individual and entire states.

In 2019, International Friendship Day in Russia is celebrated on July 30 and is held at the official level 9 times.

The purpose of the holiday is to remind people of the importance of friendly relations between people, entire cultures, states and nations.

On International Youth Day, celebrations are held around the world to promote friendship between countries, cultures, peoples, and individuals. Seminars and trainings are conducted for young people on the need to respect other cultures.

history of the holiday

Russia, like other UN members, added the event to its holiday calendar in 2011. This date is very young. Having established it through the signing of a resolution on April 27, 2011, the UN General Assembly emphasized that friendship between all inhabitants of planet Earth should help ensure peace and establish international relations based on respect for cultural diversity. When establishing the solemn date, the UN paid special attention to youth. According to the international organization, only by cultivating tolerance and respect for other people's customs in new generations can we maintain a peaceful sky over our entire planet.

Holiday traditions

On July 30, a variety of events are held around the world to promote friendship and help strengthen friendly feelings between representatives of seemingly opposing cultures. Special seminars and camps are also held for young people, where they are conveyed the message of how important it is to respect the world's cultural and ethnic diversity.

Daily task

Spend this day with friends. Arrange a joint picnic in nature, go to the cinema or bowling. If for some reason you cannot see one of your close friends, call or write to them. Please a friend who is far from you - send him a symbolic gift or postcard by mail.

According to a global survey of 10,000 people from the world's 50 largest cities, Sydney is the friendliest city.
Scientists from the University of North Carolina conducted a study that found that people who are in good friendships get sick less and experience more positive emotions.
Animals of various species can get along well with each other and with people. Chimpanzees, baboons, hyenas, horses, dolphins, bats, and elephants can maintain friendships with people throughout their lives.
In 2012, a study was conducted in London, according to which scientists found that women need friends more than men. Also, after marriage, they lose some of their friends and may experience discomfort due to lack of communication.
Children as young as 9 months begin to form friendships. They establish contact with peers and children of other ages, with whom they have similar interests and explore the world around them together.
According to surveys, 90% of social network users are confident that friendship can only exist in real life.

Toasts

“Congratulations on International Friendship Day and I want to wish you to cherish strong friendship on any day and in any weather, to come to the aid of a friend in any trouble and always count on your friends. Let strong friendship not be subject to the years, envy, gossip, or cruel jokes of fate.”

“No matter what people say, true friendship exists. And today I want to congratulate you, my beloved friend, on Friendship Day. Let this holiday instill hope in the hearts of people who do not believe in strong and lasting relationships. Let's refute and debunk all the myths and prove to each other that true friendship exists!

“We make friends from a young age, but not everyone stays with us for a long time! On Friendship Day, let everyone in life smile at someone with whom you are not afraid to go through a difficult path, someone you can trust and not make a mistake! It’s good with friends both in joy and in sadness. Friends will always come to the rescue and lend a hand at the right time. You trust your most intimate things to your friends. True friendship can last forever. Everyone should have friends. Happy Friends Day, my dears! Thank you for being"!

Present

Photo collage. A photo collage with photos of you together will serve as an excellent gift for a friend, which will decorate the interior and remind you of friendship.

Original bouquet. A bouquet made of fruits, sweets, soft toys, beer snacks will be a creative gift. Such a gift will surprise your friend even more if it is made with your own hands.

Extreme gift. An extreme sports enthusiast can be presented with a certificate for a joint parachute jump, airplane flight, or scuba diving will be an original surprise that will bring a lot of bright emotions.

Board game. A set for playing mafia, poker, checkers, monopoly, dominoes will be an excellent gift idea that will allow you to spend more than one pleasant evening in a friendly company.

Competitions

Names
Two teams with the same number of participants take part in the competition. The first team needs to remember and perform songs that mention women's names, and the second - men's names. The team with the most musical compositions wins.

Forfeit task
All guests of the holiday can take part in the competition. Each person takes off some small item or accessory and writes a task on a piece of paper. Then all participants put things and forfeits into two containers. The presenter pulls out an object at random. The one to whom it belongs, in order to get it back, must blindly pull out the forfeit and complete the task indicated on it.

Clothespins
Up to 10 people can take part in the competition. Each contestant has 15 clothespins attached to their clothes. Then the participants are blindfolded and the music is turned on. Each contestant must find clothespins on their opponents' clothes and remove them. After the competition is completed, participants count their loot. The one who has the most wins.

About friendship

Like love, friendship in all centuries has been one of the greatest values in human life. Based on mutual sympathy, friendly feelings unite people, give them support, support, and additional incentives for new achievements. Finding a person with whom you can share all your sorrows and joys is a real success that must happen in everyone’s life.

This holiday in other countries

As in Russia, International Friendship Day is celebrated on July 30 in Ukraine, Belarus and other countries of the world.

Friends Day belongs to the category of international dates. The holiday is usually celebrated on June 9. To date, a small number of people know about the celebration, but every year its popularity is actively growing. The unofficial date was favorably received by the citizens of Russia, since issues of true friendship concern every person today, as they did many centuries ago. Some great philosophers have pondered the nature of true friendships between people. Modern citizens give their own concept of friendship, and for each individual it is individual.

history of the holiday

World Friends Day belongs to the group of unofficial holidays. History is silent about who came up with such an important date. But this does not in the least prevent the celebration from gaining popularity all over the world. The day is proposed to be celebrated annually. This significant date for society falls on June 9th. Modern public figures point out that the holiday was invented in the USA. In the first half of the last century, one of the Americans proposed establishing such a date, and this idea was immediately supported by many people and different countries.

After all, every sane person clearly understands how important normal relationships are for society. We were excited about the idea, but very quickly forgot about this initiative. It was revived only in 1958. At that time, the idea of such an international holiday really pleased the United Nations officials.

Initially, it was proposed to organize the celebration every first Sunday in August. But over time, people decided to move away from the officialdom that bored them. Gradually, the celebration of Friends' Day around the world moved to the beginning of summer. The date turned out to be stable and fell on June 9. Since then, people who know how to truly be friends have their triumph.

It is difficult to imagine a person who does not have best friends, but, unfortunately, not everyone knows that every year there is a day appointed, which is called “Friends Day”.

If we consider this date, which, by the way, is celebrated twice a year, that is, on June 9 and 30, from an official point of view, it is not marked in red in any calendar. However, Friends Day is familiar to all nationalities, and therefore is classified as an international holiday.

Should we celebrate the holiday?

There are probably no people who will not be interested in Friendship Day, because there are not so many real, devoted people nearby. And if there are any, they should definitely be treasured, and June 9 and 30 will help remind you of this. Many people prefer to postpone even the most important matters on this day in order to be sure to come to a meeting with a friend, especially if they have not met him for a long time. And it is on Friendship Day, according to analytical studies, that people find new ones, because this period is very favorable for making new acquaintances, which in the future can develop into true friendship.

Celebrating Friends Day in Russia

On the territory of the Russian Federation, Friends' Day began to be celebrated relatively recently. The population of the country learned about this holiday from the Internet and special social networks. Currently, more and more fans are appearing for this holiday, and the cherished date is celebrated cheerfully and on a grand scale.

No special traditions have yet been invented for this number, so this day can be celebrated in different ways, for example:

Take your best friends with you and go into nature, taking with you fishing rods and meat for barbecue.
You can organize a meeting with friends in a restaurant.
Throw a home party where you can dance to your heart's content and play your favorite songs on the guitar.

Whatever scenario the friends adhere to, the planned party should be fun and on a grand scale, so that the cheerful holiday will be remembered for a whole year. To do this, companies create real event scenarios in which all friends participate without exception.

If for some reason one of your friends was unable to attend the holiday, they will certainly be congratulated via a social network or via SMS message. None of the best comrades will be forgotten on this wonderful holiday.

What you should know about this holiday

True friendship is no less desirable than love. Friends can be with you all your life, support you in difficult times, give advice and share your views. On the other hand, it is known that opposites attract. It is with such friends that you need to spend real Friends Day, the celebration of which falls on the 9th day of the first summer month. In addition, there is also Friendship Day, which is celebrated all over the world on July 30th. It turns out that you have time to congratulate your friends. Of course, everyone understands the concept of true friendship in their own way, but in friendly relations they still value:

loyalty;
understanding;
the opportunity to rely on a friend in the most difficult period of life.

Should I give gifts on Friends Day?

True friends do not need gifts, so there is no list of gifts that could be given on Friends' Day. This date should bestow all those gathered not with gifts, but with smiles and happiness. Well, if you still want to congratulate your friend, then you can make an unforgettable surprise for him, for example:

book a boat trip;
have a picnic in a picturesque place;
buy tickets to a film in which a friend’s favorite actor will play the main role.

You shouldn’t look for expensive gifts; on this day you need to give positivity and be among your true friends.

How is Friends Day celebrated?

As mentioned earlier, this holiday does not carry any special traditions of celebration, and it is celebrated mainly by the younger generation. However, adult citizens, all over the world, do not mind meeting their friends, so they take part in this event with pleasure.

He is involved in organizing the UN holiday, paying more attention to youth. The organization is confident that if the younger generation is brought up in tolerance and at the same time they respect the traditions and customs of other peoples, then peace will certainly remain on our planet. It was for this purpose that such a memorable day was established at the meeting of the organization.

If you want to know what date Friendship Day is and everything about this holiday, read this article.

Every year on June 9, all close and true friends celebrate this truly international holiday. Although this date is not official, it does not lose its relevance and popularity. When Friends Day is celebrated, it helps to remind us of devotion, love, how dear friends are to us, how much they mean in our lives, how they make us happy. At all times, friendship was considered the greatest value, they valued it very much, they even extolled their friends to the rank of relatives.

Friends Day traditions

No matter how many interpretations there are of the concept of “friend,” it is individual for all people. Each person, as it were, identifies his friend with himself, their lives begin to be closely intertwined, and inextricable ties are established between them for a long time. What are the traditions of this holiday?

Mostly young people are involved in organizing the festive events of this celebration. They gather in large groups and come up with various entertainment shows, write comedy scripts, and organize cultural and sporting events.

Of course, every inhabitant of the planet personally congratulates his friends, like-minded people in the form of postcards with touching words, messages, and even presents gifts as a sign of attention and strong friendship.

How many friends should a person have?

Of course, this is a rhetorical question; a person has as many friends as he could find people close in spirit and views.

We must remember that you can meet a friend completely unexpectedly; you don’t need to do anything special for this. Of course, the more sociable and sociable a person is, the wider his circle of contacts becomes, but we must remember one old wisdom that it is not quantity that matters, but quality.

An important link in the communication of friends is the fact that they do not divide each other into social groups, religions, or cultures. They develop their own common interests, while their views on life do not have to coincide, which makes friendship even brighter and more beautiful.

Each of us, of course, dreams of finding a true friend. In fact, to do this, you just need to remain a kind, positive and cheerful person, look at the world with your eyes wide open, and then friendship will find you everywhere.

On June 9, the whole world celebrates Friends Day. This date is not officially established and you will not find it in red font on the calendar, but it is known all over the world and is becoming increasingly popular.

Do we need this holiday? It is impossible to give a negative answer, since Friends Day is another reason to remind our friends that we remember and value them. On this day, old friends may be found, contact with whom was lost for any reason. New friends may also appear on this day, because it is much easier to make friends with someone when there is a special occasion.

In Russia, Friends' Day was not widely known. However, with the advent of the Internet and social networks, it becomes more and more popular every year.
What is true friendship and does it exist in principle? True friendship has had the highest value at all times among all peoples, but everyone understood how rare this phenomenon is. Recently, it has become common to talk about the disappearance of such a phenomenon as friendship; there is an opinion that it is more often destroyed by envy and selfish motives. The German philosopher Schopenhauer expressed uncertainty about the existence of true friendship, saying that it is impossible to say about true friendship, like a giant sea serpent, whether it really exists or is fictitious. And another German philosopher, Hegel, said that friendship exists only at a young age, when a person is not burdened with a career, family and other problems.

But is it worth completely agreeing with the classics? After all, everyone probably has a person in their life whom they can call a friend. For some, this is an acquaintance from childhood, for others, a companion of youth, and for others, they have found a true friend in old age. In true friendship, nothing plays a role - age, nationality, profession, appearance - all this cannot affect the emergence of true friendship. If the relationship is built on any selfish motives and convenience, there can be no talk of any friendship. The concept of friendship comes to us from the Bible; one of the commandments reads: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Almost two thousand years later, the words of the famous Russian commander Alexander Suvorov will be heard: “Die yourself, but save your comrade!” Perhaps because Russia constantly had to fight against enemies, friendly and loyal relations were constantly set as an example for us and constantly brought them up. We can proudly note that Russian people still know how to be truly friends. Even take, for example, such a concept as comrade. Does everyone know that it comes from the word commodity? Initially, comrades were the merchants with whom they conducted transactions. But the Russian character has transformed even commercial relationships into friendly ones, and now the word comrade means a friend, a person you can rely on.

In domestic and foreign literature one can find many examples of truly friendly relations. The simplest example is the friendship of epic Russian heroes. Friendly relationships are cultivated from childhood, for example the well-known story of Malysh and Carlson, Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, Elephant and Moska. Even adults can see examples of true friendship for the first time by reading the novel “Three Comrades” by E. M. Remarque, mastering Russian literature and analyzing the relationships of Oblomov and Stolz, Bazarov and Lensky... And what a countless number of proverbs and sayings there are on the topic of friendship! “Don’t have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends”, “You drink water sweeter than honey from a friend”, “Good brotherhood is better than wealth” and many others.

But how to build friendships, how to grow such a valuable feeling as friendship? There are no specific instructions, but there are certain recommendations that should be followed. If people do not have a single common topic of conversation that is interesting to both parties, it is hardly worth continuing the relationship. If one person is jealous of another or wants bad things, it is even better to avoid such relationships. Well, if there is sincerity and mutual understanding between people, then there is the basis for the formation of true friendship.

Having found a true friend, the main thing is not to lose him. After all, unfortunately, many people do not know how to maintain friendship and waste it on trifles. When you wake up, it’s already too late. So you should think first whether you are doing everything right, whether you are offending your friend.

Value friendship. This is a treasure that you can't win in the lottery or buy in a store. This is a gift from above. But having agreed to accept this gift, you need to be aware that you will have to work on it. Building and maintaining true friendships is not easy, but it is worth it. A friend for life - what could be more valuable?

International Friends Day on June 9 seems to have been specially created to remind our friends how much we appreciate and love them. Try not to miss an opportunity to meet with friends, especially when this is not possible often. By remembering the good old times and sharing the present, you can renew cooled relationships and strengthen existing ones.