In new York, held a parade in honor of St. Patrick
NEW YORK, Mar 17 — RIA Novosti. Parade in honor of St. Patrick held near the residence of the President of the United States in new York city: the traditional procession stretched along Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th street is the Trump Tower skyscraper, which has already received the unofficial title of “Northern White house.”
The number of police in the area adjacent to trump tower the streets on Friday has been increased. Viewers are allowed to stay in this area as the building, and on the opposite side of the Avenue.
St. Patrick’s day is celebrated annually on 17 March, not only in Ireland but far beyond. It is considered that the first parade was held in new York in 1762. However, the palm claim, and Boston. This day long love not only the descendants of Irish immigrants. Thousands of U.S. residents and tourists join the festivities, dressed in green costumes or hats and attaching to the garment the icon of the Shamrock — the national symbol of Ireland.
In a noisy and colorful column 256-th of the parade this year — 150 thousand participants. In the procession at the conference is attended by military bands and veterans of the various military campaigns of the United States, police officers of new York, student organizations, and, of course, bands in Irish tartan kilts, bagpipes performing national melodies.
Up to two million spectators lined up this Friday along Fifth Avenue. This time, however, the green shirts have a rather warm jacket. Last year on this day, the temperature warmed up to 15-17 degrees Celsius, only to 4. After you hit the North-East US snow storm new York still remains in a state of winter. Preparations for the St. Patrick’s Day in the night of Friday, the city’s utilities did and started with the clearing of the ice drifts on the sidewalks of Fifth Avenue to make way for spectators. The end of the parade, the participants and guests of the Big Apple traditionally celebrate for the obligatory mug of Irish dark beer.
A great day for a parade and the @EmeraldNYPD Pipes and Drums. Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the NYPD! pic.twitter.com/OyyifIg2dk
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) 17 Mar 2017
Earlier, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church included in the Church calendar is the memorial list of the saints — the Baptist Church of Ireland, St. Patrick, and more than a dozen saints of Western Europe, which were canonized before the 1054, when there was a division of the Church into Western and Eastern.