On this day, November 14, in Ukraine and around the World:
International Observances and Commemorative Dates:
World Diabetes Day - held under the auspices of the UN and the World Health Organization.
International Speech Pathologist Day - the professional holiday for specialists in speech disorders.
International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property.
World Quality Day - (observed on the second Thursday of November, so the date may vary).
World Usability Day - (observed on the second Thursday of November, so the date may vary).
Operating Room Nurse Day - celebrated in the US and some other countries.
World Orphans Day - (always falls on the second Monday of November, so the date may vary).
Church Dates (according to the New Calendar in Ukrainian Orthodoxy):
Day of Remembrance of the Holy Apostle Philip - one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ (according to the Neo-Julian calendar, used by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church).
Folk holiday Filipov Day (Filipivka) - traditionally, the Nativity Fast began on this day (although the fast itself begins on November 15).