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Slavic pagan calendar (months). Calendar of folk signs What holiday is tomorrow according to the folk calendar

folk calendar covered the whole year of peasant life, describing by day month after month, where each day corresponded to its own holidays or weekdays, customs and superstitions, traditions and rituals, natural signs and phenomena. The cyclical nature of the folk calendar is reminiscent of human life, where spring is youth, summer is flourishing, autumn is the time for harvesting fruits (it’s good if they are, otherwise you can live life, but not harvest fruits), winter is a time of wisdom and peace. The folk calendar was an agricultural calendar, which was reflected in the names of the months, folk signs, rituals and customs. For this, each nation has created its own system of predicting events and signs.

The word “sign” comes from the word “note”, i.e. observe. As a result of observing what is happening around a person, he accumulates life experience. This knowledge was passed down from generation to generation and was carefully kept and trusted by the people, like a sacred book.

Many folk signs have come down to us from time immemorial, without losing their knowledge. Each of us is free to choose: to dismiss all this as an absurd superstition or take a closer look at the signs and take the centuries-old experience of generations more seriously. But, undoubtedly, in folk signs there is a lot of accurate knowledge and practical wisdom of our ancestors. They cover all the characteristic, often difficult to perceive natural phenomena. A lot of what was in the old folk holidays and customs has been preserved in signs, they help to predict the weather, grow crops ...

The national holidays of Russia are Christmas, Maslenitsa, Easter, Trinity, Ivan Kupala. Today, the folk holidays of Russia and church traditions are so closely intertwined that even in the folk and Orthodox calendar, many holidays coincide - the Nativity of the Virgin, Intercession, Epiphany, the Annunciation and others.

Calendar of public holidays and signs:
Signs today:

Notes for tomorrow:

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Calendar of Russian folk holidays, rituals, signs and superstitions for the year

Designations in the calendar: X - EASTER; X - fasting days; X - Twelfth holidays; X - Great holidays; X - solid weeks; X - days of special commemoration of the dead;

Folk, Orthodox and church holidays in 2020

X- Twelfth non-passing holidays:

X- Great church holidays:

Other church holidays celebrated in 2020:

The Young Sun, Kolyada, was born in the sky, a new circle of the solar wheel began. Today, the beginning of the year is considered from January 1, but in the old days it was different. The original Slavic names of the months carried a deep meaning and reflected the essence of nature around.

New Year's Eve in different centuries was celebrated in spring or autumn, and a new year for farmers began with the Kolyada holiday. About how our Ancestors saw the year, they tell the Slavic names of the months and sayings that the northern land keeps. We will tell about that in this article.

The name of the months according to the folk calendar reflects what nature is rich in at this time. In January, the day grows, the cold grows, and in the spring the grass overgrows with grass during the night. The Slavs have noticed this since ancient times, and gave the folk names of the months, suggesting what to expect from Mother Nature.

How many calendars did the Slavs have?

Since ancient times, the Slavs used the natural calendar, Monthly. It was embroidered by Kargopol craftswomen on old sundresses and aprons. The Slavic names of the months in different areas knew their own.

In the south, "worm", the month of ripening berries, already came in June, in the north - in July. The popular names of the months reflected the gifts of nature, characteristic of a particular season, and therefore differed for the south and north. And all the same were part of a single natural calendar!

Kargopol calendar on an apron and sundress

After that, the Christian faith came to us, and the foreign names of the months in the calendar. So three calendars appeared in Russia at once: the “worldly” calendar, which we know today, the church calendar with Christian holidays, and the agricultural one, with traditional folk Slavic names of the months.

Slavic names of the months

The Slavic names of the months, as if the images of young guys, mature husbands and old people, pass before us in a round dance. Who is affectionate, kind, yes, like a young guy, owns small wealth, and who is stern, but keeps great wisdom.

Opens the year January Prosinets month. We honor young Kolyada at this time. The sun begins to arrive, as if the sky “shone”, hence the name of the month. And at the end of Prosinets the sky will become bright, turquoise blue. We know it's February Sechen, wait for a visit. The name of the month according to the folk calendar suggests that in February, winter and spring meet for the first time, Velesova Strecha cuts the winter in two, it's time to wait for spring soon. Finally, another winter will fight, that's why February is still called Snezhen due to frequent snowstorms.

Well, among the people, the time for watching began:

What about the first powder,
Well, according to the first powder,
Shell is a good guy.
By another powder,
White curly.
Not by walking, not expensive -
Alien boundary.
Not a stranger walked between -
To visit the lady.

Slavic names of the months of winter: Studen, Prosinets, Sechen

Winter is over, spring is coming! All red, but hungry. Slavic names of the spring months:

Zymobor, Protalnik(March);
Berezen, Snegogon(April);
Herbalist, Pollen(May).

Zimobor, the month of March - the first Calls of Spring, a premonition of imminent heat. At the end of March, on the day of the vernal equinox, we meet God Yarilo.

April, Snegogon, is rich in water. And also April - the month of Birch, the sap is moving in the birch trees, people are starting to prepare for sowing - April will drive it out of the oven! Bloom, the month of May is the long-awaited time! May grass feeds the hungry! Yes, May is different. In a good year and in an open field, you can sleep, in a bad year - and it's cold on the stove. The morning of the month is not yet summer.

Popular names of the spring months: Zimobor, Berezen, Travnik

Summer

June is another matter. Multicolor, Grain-grower. Flowers and herbs grow everywhere, bring joy to life. Bread is growing, because in June it’s a day for a year, you need to do a lot in the fields. There is time in June for the holiday of the crown of summer - the meeting of God Kupalo.

July follows: and mows, and reaps, does not let sleep. The name of the month of July according to the folk calendar - Stradnik, Cherven. Worm - from the fact that they ripen in the forests, in the gardens, red, black and red berries. June is a rich month, and August will be even richer!

Zhniven, Serpen, Slavic names of the month of August. The harvest begins, the feast of the sponka, the first bread of the new harvest is baked, the Gods are thanked for the fertility of the Earth, and they look into the future with one eye.

What's in store for autumn?

How we walked with you, white swan,
By raisins, by red ones, by berries,
We walked and showed off
We walked and rejoiced!

Slavic names of the months of summer: Raznotsvet, Stradnik, Zhniven

Opens autumn September frowning month. The name of the month according to the folk calendar reflects the saying: in September it is finer in the afternoon, but it is worthless in the mornings. They also say that September is cold, but full. In September, the remains of the harvest are harvested, and God Avsenya is met on the day of the autumn solar break. It's time for weddings.

The nightingales are chirping like summer,
Birds chirp in a mezhonny way.
The red girl sat
From the head the road will
From braids and scarlet ribbons -
Nicknamed braids.
Even if you don't sit still.

Generous September will be replaced by October, the month when the peasant lives with an eye. leaf fall, October, does not give generous fruits. Who did not have time to prepare for the winter, it will be bad today. They also say that in October there is no road either on wheels or on skids - another Slavic name for the month mud.

November, Breast overnight puts winter, brings the first winter, "chest" road, consisting of frozen earth and snow. The toboggan run opens, women arrange linen brides, men prepare grain for the winter auction.

The names of the autumn months in the folk calendar: Khmuren, Leaf fall, Gruden

December ends the year Jelly. In early December, Frost, the Spirit of Winter, comes to earth. It covers the rivers with ice, paves the winter road, nails the roofs, nails them down, closes the houses with an ice crust for the winter, protects people from the fierce cold.

December Solstice is glorious! As the sun turns, we will meet the young Kolyada, a new circle will begin, a new meeting with the twelve Slavic months!

Where can I find a calendar with the popular names of the months these days?

The Severnaya Skazka publishing house has prepared a traditional, natural calendar for the next year 2017 with Slavic names of the months and dates of traditional holidays.

A calendar is a system for counting periods of time. The first folk calendars arose a very long time ago, in ancient times, because it became necessary to measure time and record events and signs. The word calendar comes from the Latin words caleo, to proclaim, and calendarium, a debt book. This is due to the fact that in ancient Rome the beginning of each month was specially proclaimed, and because it was customary to pay debts on the first day of the month.

In Russia, the folk calendar was called the calendar. The calendar covered the entire year of peasant life, “describing” day by day month after month, where each day corresponded to its own folk holidays or everyday life, customs and superstitions, traditions and rituals, natural folk signs and phenomena. The cyclicity in the folk calendar resembles human life, where spring is youth, summer is flourishing, autumn is the time for harvesting fruits (it’s good if they are, otherwise you can live life, but not harvest fruits), winter is a time of wisdom and peace.

In the folk calendar, one season always replaces another, and this determines the way of life of a person. In this regard, a folk calendar was formed in which there were practically no nameless, unmarked days. Each day of the folk calendar was special, had its own purpose. All this was determined by climate conditions, astrological phenomena.

From the depths of historical times in Russia, peasants - plowmen and hunters made up special oral folk calendars - the calendars. They included observations of the weather, seasonal phenomena, the habits of animals and the condition of plants, and connections were established between them. On their basis, economic councils were developed, labor customs and rituals were formed. It was a kind of encyclopedia of folk signs, in which the labor experience of many generations was concentrated and preserved. As the economic outlook of a person expanded, the calendar was replenished with new objects, data and conclusions.

What is a "folk calendar"? A folk calendar or a calendar is an annual cycle of events, peasant labor, family and worldly life, customs and rituals, natural phenomena and superstitions, fixed by days (dates, dates), etc.
An integral part of the Folk calendar is agrarian holidays, rituals, customs, signs. They marked all labor cycles - plowing, sowing, reaping, harvesting, haymaking, threshing, hunting, poutine. The folk calendar reflected both the specifics of the lifestyle of the Orthodox Russian peasant and the natural conditions where he lived. This is how folk holidays and signs appeared, generation after generation, which made up the folk calendar. The folk calendar may well serve as a kind of encyclopedia of peasant life with its holidays and weekdays.

We really hope that this folk calendar will be useful and informative - after all, this is the life of our ancestors. This Russian folk calendar will be adopted by which our grandfathers and great-grandfathers lived.

Calendar for 2020 Russian folk signs about every day

Designations in the calendar: X - EASTER; X - fasting days; X - Twelfth holidays; X - Great holidays; X - solid weeks; X - days of special commemoration of the dead;

Orthodox and folk holidays in 2020

Twelfth non-passing holidays:

January 7 (December 25 O.S.) -
January 19 (January 6) –
February 15 (February 2) –
April 7 (March 25) –
August 19 (August 6) -
August 28 (August 15) –
September 21 (September 8) –
September 27 (September 14) –
December 4 (November 21) –

Great holidays:

All Orthodox Church holidays -

Folk signs, proverbs and sayings

A proverb is a short folk saying with an edifying meaning; folk aphorism.

A proverb is a predominantly figurative expression, not constituting, unlike a proverb. complete statement and is not an aphorism.

Folk signs, proverbs and sayings originate from antiquity. Then, when mankind on earth did not yet possess practically any stock of scientific knowledge, it was folk signs that were called upon to give explanations for those events that were not obvious. Centuries and even millennia have passed since then, but folk omens have penetrated human consciousness so much that even all the achievements of modern science are not able to limit the influence of folk omens, proverbs and sayings on human life.
Folk signs, proverbs and sayings that arose in ancient times are actively living in our days. Many signs eventually took the form of proverbs and sayings.
Complete dependence on nature forced the farmer to be a subtle observer, to notice the smallest details in the changes in nature, to capture the patterns and connections of some phenomena with others. Russian peasants composed thousands of proverbs and sayings containing teachings and advice and signs on how to run a household - they created their own folk calendar of signs.

The leaves on the oak develop - the pike catch begins.
When bird cherry blossoms, catch bream.
Sunset clouds in rings - to the rain.
The sun sets in the fog - to the rain.
A foggy circle near the sun - to a snowstorm.
Crimson dawns - to the wind.
The month is clear - to dry.
Strong wind during rain - good weather.
Thunder in winter - to strong winds.
Lightning in winter - to the storm.
The greener the rainbow, the more rain.
The rainbow is red - the weather is clear.
Clouds before sunrise - to the rain.
Soars - before the rain.
The sunshine will soon pass.
If the rain becomes heavy, it will soon stop.
Fog is over the forest - it will rain, mushrooms will come.
Fog spreads over the water - to good weather.
In winter, smoke stands in a column - to frost.
Noisy forest in winter - expect a thaw.
The oak forest makes noise in the summer - to bad weather.
The decline of the river - to rain, profit - to good weather.
Dry branches from trees fall in calm weather - to rain.
Marigolds wake up by noon - to be a thunderstorm.
Dandelions hide - to the rain.

It is easy to see that signs are surprisingly accurately connected with the living folk calendar of nature. For example:

The lark sang - it's time to go to the arable land.
This barley when the horsefly buzzes.
Young jackdaws are screaming - it's time to sow oats.
The frog croaks - the oats jump.
Sow wheat when spring is red.
The latest sowing of oats, when the apple trees bloom.
Strawberries are red, do not sow oats in vain.
Rowan blossoms - it's time to sow flax.
When the cones are red on the tree, and green on the pine, whose barley.
This buckwheat when the grass is good.
When the oak blossoms - these peas.

People carefully observed insects, domestic animals, forest animals, birds, fish, plants:

Hare and squirrel molt early - by early spring.
Rook on the mountain - spring in the yard.
The lark - to the warmth, the chaffinch - to the cold.
The seagull has flown - the ice is coming.
The horse stomps, kicks with its back foot - to bad weather.
Sheep bleat before the rain in summer.
Birds pluck - to the rain.
Chickens perch early - by frost.
The higher the chickens sit on the perch, the stronger the frost will be.
Chickens bathe in the sand - to rain.
Geese flap their wings, and pigs itch - to frost.
The rooster sings at the wrong time - to the bucket.
Flies and mosquitoes are more annoying - to rain.
Swallows flutter low - to the rain, high - to the bucket.
Early chirping of larks - to warm weather.
Beetles are buzzing - to bad weather.
Ants hide - to a thunderstorm or heavy rain.
If a bee sits in a hive and buzzes - wait for the rain.
The strengthened work of spiders - to heat and good weather.
The cat is fast asleep - to warmth.
A cat in a ball - frost on the threshold.
The horse snorts - to the heat.
The cat scrapes the floor - into the wind, into a blizzard.
The goose raises its paw - the cold awaits.
The goose hides its nose under the wing - to the cold.
Chickens twirl their tails - to a blizzard.
The chicken stands on one leg - to the cold.
The birds are silent - expect thunder.
When woodpeckers are very audible, it will rain.
Frogs are silent before cold weather.
In good weather, there are few mosquitoes - expect bad weather.
Birds build their nests on the sunny side of the trees - by the cold summer.
The squirrel builds a nest low on a tree - for a frosty winter, high - for a warm one.
A lot of berries - for a cold winter.
If rain is rare in summer, expect mushrooms.

And here are some signs on the topic of the harvest:

For the time being, no seed is sown.
Who sows early - does not lose seeds.
The day before you sow, the week before you reap.
If you miss an hour in the spring, you won’t make up the year.
Every seed knows its time.
Early steam will give birth to wheat, and late fallow will give birth to a broom.
Early sowing to late sowing does not go to the barn.
The earth has warmed - do not be late with sowing.

Old Russian names of this month - pollen, snowman, aquarius, caddisfly, berezozol(i.e. evil for birch trees: at that time sweet birch sap, sap were harvested). The word "April" came either from "aprecus" (warmed by the sun), or from "aperire" (to open) - there is no consensus on this matter.

APRIL SIGNS

April- light the snow, play the ravines.

April he does not like the lazy, he loves the agile.

April with water - May with grass.

In April, the earth dies.

The sun is rolling in the summer.

Thunder in early April - to a dry summer.

If the April rain starts with large drops, it will soon stop.

In April, the wind is from the southwest - the weather will worsen for a long time.

Wet April is good arable land.

April hoots and blows, promises warmth to the women, and the peasant looks - something will happen?

Abundant sap flow from birch - by a rainy summer.

April 1

Day of Daria the Prolubnitsa, the memory of the martyrs Chrysanthus and Darius. They believed: on the one who gets very dirty on this day, an unpaid debt hangs. Ice melts on the rivers, mud forms at the holes, the water turns yellow:

Daria - clog the hole.

What is the first of April - such is the first of October.

Notes for this day:

The water is noisy - there will be good herbs.

From that day on, the housewives began to whiten the canvases woven over the winter, and the healers were supposed to “wash out the spoilage”.

April 2

Photinia Samaritan Day. She was prayed for with a fever. On this day, you can’t go anywhere: the failure that happens on the road will haunt you until next spring.

April 3

Catanic. The end of winter fun kids. Water begins to wake up. They cajoled him with a goose, and on that day they themselves did not eat the bird either wild or domestic - they were afraid to incur the wrath of the water. Offended by people, he will harm the water all summer, and besides, he tells the goblin and foresters to do the same. In that

day all bright spirits pray for universal consent and peace and invite people to join them.

April, 4

Day of Vasily-solar, dropper, named in honor of the holy martyr Basil, presbyter of Ancyra. If on this day at sunrise red circles are visible in the sky, then the year promises fertility.

On Basil the Warm the sun rises in circles - to the harvest of bread.

April 5

St. Nikon's Day. It's time to carry manure into the field:

Without mother earth, do not expect bread from mother earth.

He brought manure into the field - a cartload of bread from the field.

The finch is flying.

Sign of the day:

Cobwebs in the fields and in the garden - a lot of interference with a good harvest.

On this day, houses passed with fire - from damage and the evil eye.

April 6

Day of Zechariah the Faster and Jacob, the eve of the Annunciation.

If the night is warm on Zakharia, then the spring will be friendly.

To attract good luck, drive away troubles, to improve health on this day, you need to feed all the birds abundantly, both domestic and wild - they are messengers of God. The toughest post.

On the eve of the Annunciation, peas were sown.

April 7

The third meeting of spring, coinciding with the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary- a holiday in honor of the Archangel Gabriel bringing the good news to the Virgin Mary about the birth of the Savior. The sun “plays” on this day - in the early morning it shimmers with all the colors of the rainbow. The Annunciation is "God's greatest feast". The Holy Scripture says that the Holy Spirit appeared to Mary in the form of a dove. This legend is associated with the custom of releasing birds into the wild in early spring, on the feast of the Annunciation.

Annunciation - release of birds.

In the morning, the townspeople bought from bird catchers to release them immediately:

Titmouse sisters,

Tap dance aunts,

red-throated snowmen,

Goldfinches, well done,

Sparrow thieves,

Fly at will

You live in freedom

Bring spring to us soon.

Flying up with a joyful chirping, the birds, as it were, carried the hopes of people to heaven. Eggs received from chickens on the Day of the Annunciation were thrown away or buried - otherwise they would bring grief and illness to the house.

This day is a big holiday. Therefore, work is a sin:

On the Annunciation, the bird does not build a nest, the girl does not weave braids.

A cuckoo without a nest for curling it for the Annunciation.

At the Annunciation, they don’t look at the harsh yarn, they don’t sit under the smoke.

Who spins, weaves, sews and knits - knots his life.

Sin and swear:

Who swears - digs a hole for himself.

Many signs are associated with this day:

What is the Annunciation, such is the holy Pascha.

On the Annunciation, spring overcame winter.

Spring before the Annunciation - a lot of frost ahead.

If the snow falls on the Annunciation, there will be no oats.

Rain on the Annunciation - rye will be born.

On the Annunciation, frost is a harvest for milk mushrooms, hot springs and cucumbers.

On the Annunciation it is a sunny day - the wheat is harvested.

Wet Annunciation - mushroom summer. On the Annunciation, a thunderstorm - to a warm summer, to the harvest of nuts.

If the wind is cold, it will be a cold summer, and if the wind is warm, south, then the summer will be warm.

From the Annunciation, the bear rises from the snowdrift.

Forty frosts left from the Annunciation.

If the night on the Annunciation is warm, then spring will be friendly.

On the Annunciation it is clear that there will be fires. On the Annunciation it is starry - chickens will rush well.

Swallows flew in - a warm spring, but no - cold.

This day is considered suitable for successful undertakings. Elderly women burned salt in the oven, which became healing and helped with various diseases, and baked pastries (buns) from bread dough with it to heal livestock. Annunciation ash was kept for cabbage and other garden plants - when they deteriorated, they were sprinkled with this ash. Rubbish was not thrown out of the house until the next day, "so that happiness does not flow away." The crumbs from the table were given to "domestic" insects, mice, rats, birds - so that there would be no loss in the house. They tried to eat very carefully: how many crumbs, so many losses. New clothes were not worn that day - this is damage to health and property. Everywhere they cleaned and fumigated houses and yards, driving away the unclean and unhealthy. On the night before the holiday, they did not put out the fire in the huts - “so that flax would be born better”; in some places they jumped through the fire, "to cleanse themselves and warn against the evil eye."

April 8

Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel, the day of Gavri-il-Blagovest. Strict post.

Whoever reveres the Archangel Gabriel, he reveals Divine secrets to him.

Gabriel - scoop up your boots, wet the soles.

It is believed that being born on Gabriel is a great bad luck. On this day, the work does not go for the future, and the fun does not go well. They were waiting for the bird cherry to turn green: this means that it is time to plant early potatoes.

Notes for this day:

Drops - to a warm spring.

Whoever tumbles on the ground three times on this day will be healthy all year and is not subject to damage and the evil eye.

Thunder - for a happy year and a good harvest.

April 9

Day of Matryona-teacher, half-reptile, named after the martyr Matrona of Thessalonica. On the morning crust, the remains of hay from the haystacks were brought to the yard, since the last snow had melted by noon. The rivers are about to open up:

On Matryona, the pike breaks the ice with its tail.

Gola Matryona is terrible for everyone, covered with lubok - for everyone.

Under the threshold of a ford, and on the street there is a crossing.

On this day, the peasants selected turnip seeds suitable for sowing. For a long time, turnips and cabbages were the main food of the peasants, and on this day they selected vegetables suitable for seeds, putting them in a separate, inviolable half, hence the name - half-turnip. There are many fairy tales, riddles and jokes about these vegetable crops. Here is the game "Turnip". Children sit on one chair on each other's knees, clasping their hands in front of the one sitting. The driver asks:

— Knock-knock at the gate?

The turnip answers:

- Who the hell did you get?

- My grandmother fell from the stove, hurt her shoulders, groans, sighs, wants turnips. Can you break a turnip?

Turnip: Tear, but not with the root.

The leader pulls ahead of the person sitting.

Turnip: Your arms are weak, your legs are thin.

The former "turnip" stands behind the driver, helps to pull the next one, etc.

On this day, they were waiting for the arrival of lapwings.

The lapwing calls in the evening - to clear weather.

The lapwing flies low - to prolonged dry weather.

Peasant women put a candle in front of the image of St. Matrona, who condemns negligent housewives and patronizes the bleaching of new-woven canvases and linen yarn - the most important process in weaving.

April 10th

Coltsfoot.

The coltsfoot flower warms the earth.

April 11

Cyril Day. Time to listen to birches, drink birch sap - "birch". They soldered the sick to them, cleansed the blood, expelled "illness" from the stomach.

12th of April

Day of John the Ladder. It was customary to bake a short flight of stairs to give a future ascent to heaven. On this day, the "wall" is especially rampant - a strange creature that leans on the sleeping person and crushes him so that it is impossible to move or say a word. At this time, according to legend, the wall is looking for a mate. On this day, the brownie is fed with porridge so that he is a good helper to the owners. Gather the grass Adam's head.

April 13

Day of Hypatius, healer of the Caves.

Women prayed to him for infertility, nursing, mothers - for more milk. This day was also called "Fire".

14th of April

Mary's Day, named in memory of St. Mary of Egypt. The beginning of the flood.

Marya starts flooding.

If the spill is on Marya, then there will be a lot of grass.

If the ice melts quickly, the year will be easy, good; if the ice sank, the year will be difficult, it will bring a lot of troubles and grief.

On Marya, the snow melted under the bush.

By this day, a supply of sauerkraut was coming out:

Marya - empty cabbage soup.

There was another explanation for this name. Mary was considered the patroness of repentant harlots and fornicators, as well as a judge at the Last Judgment of those who did not repent, therefore in many places it was considered a sin to eat anything other than empty cabbage soup on this day.

In the old days, it was believed that on this day (April 1, according to the old style), the brownie wakes up, and therefore you need to deceive each other. The girls especially tried, since it was believed that the more people they deceive, the less grooms will lead them by the nose.

If you don’t lie on the first of April, when else will you find time?

On this day, for good luck, you need to update all the bedspreads, tablecloths, curtains and towels in the house.

April 15

Day of Titus the icebreaker, Polikarpov day.

Named in honor of St. Titus and the martyr Polycarp. Ice drift begins.

Farewell, ice

For the whole year

For all the fly

For the whole winter!

Chrychinka-chrychinka, say -

Bow to the blue sailor!

The ice breaks hard - it's dangerous to walk.

On this day, we watched the birds: dergachi scream - for a fruitful summer, quail screams - for a good harvest and juicy grass. In the forests, capercaillie go to the current.

April 16

Day of Nikita Waterfall, named in honor of the Monk Nikita the Confessor, hegumen of the monastery of Midikia. The rivers overflow, the water finally wakes up from hibernation. To appease him, the men drowned the worthless horse.

If the ice does not go that day, then fishing will be the worst.

April 17

Joseph's Day a. The cricket begins to sing, the crane gives its first voice. It is believed that if the cricket screams - it's time to plow under the rye.

Put aside the tricks, take on the arable land.

Alder blossoms. An infusion of her cones was used to treat the stomach and throat.

April 18th

Day of Fedul Warm.

Commemoration of the Martyrs Agathopod the Deacon, Theodulus the Reader and others like them. It's time to put winter frames out of the windows in order to drive sickness and grief out of the house, and begin to regularly ventilate the home.

Fedul is a warm windmill.

Fedul came - a warm wind blew, opened the windows, heated the hut without firewood.

On Fedul, dissolve the window.

If bad weather happened on Fedul, they said this:

Fedul pursed his lips.

On Fedula, crickets wake up, ladybugs come to life.

Ladybug,

Fly up smartly.

Bring us from the sky:

Bread replacement,

Mushroom change

berries growth,

Radish long tail

April 19

Eutychius Day, named after Saint Eutychius.

Eutychius is a quiet day.

On Eutychius, the day is quiet - to the harvest of early spring crops.

Water makes a noise - towards a thunderous summer, moans - to moan all year, mutters in a human voice - to great profit and goodness, whistles - the worst thing: a water man shrinks from the light.

If the day happened to be windy, the peasants grieve: "the ear will knock down."

20 April

Day of the martyr Akulina.

If it rains on Akulina, viburnum will be good and spring will be bad.

Frost and sun are good bread and buckwheat; rain - a lot of viburnum.

April 21

Rodion Day, named after the apostle Herodion. Rodion-icebreaker, icebreaker, roaring waters.

Rodion - roaring waves.

Rodion brought water - put a plow, plow under the oats.

Spring waters and the king will not take away.

According to popular beliefs, on this day the red sun meets the clear moon. If the day was bright, fine, the meeting was considered good and foreshadowed family happiness, and if it was cloudy, they said that the sun met the moon unkindly, and quarrels and separations were expected.

On Rodion, the meeting of the sun with the month: good - a clear day and a good summer, thin - bad weather and a bad summer.

Sunny - hot summer, cloudy - summer is the same.

On Rodion, a ceremony was held to honor the young - "vyuniny". The youth gathered under the windows of young families formed in the past year (the newlyweds were called "weed and weed"). Boys and girls banged on the porch with a stick and called out to the young, performing special vine songs. They contained wishes for every blessing and, of course, requests to reward the praisers:

You get up, well done

Get ready, you bastard.

Come out on the porch

Show me you face.

How will you give us

We will praise you

Hello young

With his young wife!

How many stumps in the forest

So many sons for you

How many bumps in the forest -

So many daughters!

young lady,

Give us eggs!

Don't give eggs

Let's take the young man

Lock it in the barn

Let's broom the door

Let's roll the mortar

And we won't let go!

Young people went out on the porch with refreshments. Satisfied praisers thanked them and, leaving, wished happiness, prosperity, prosperity, and then went to the parents of the newlyweds to glorify the elders (these songs were called "kings"):

King, Queen -

Bread crust!

The king is rye,

Korolushechka - oatmeal!

And we are onions,

Two trousers -

Submit, do not refuse!

April 22

Day of Eupsychia. Elderly women curse the dark spirits, facing east.

April 23

Day of Terenty Marevny.

If the red sun rises on Terenty in a misty haze, it will be a year of grain.

On this day, the mysterious people of Lukomorye come to life until November 24 - assistants to treasure hunters. Those who are going to look for treasures should appease the spirits with offerings.

April 24

Day of Antipas-vodogon, waterfowl. Holy Martyr Antip was revered in Russia as a healer of various human diseases. They prayed to him for a toothache, and they were treated like this: they took a small coin and kept it for some time on a sick tooth. In some areas, the first trip to the field was timed to coincide with this day.

Who is lazy with a plow, the whole year is bad for him.

Do not look for treasure, but plow the land - and you will find it.

The rivers did not open - a very bad summer.

25th of April

Basil's Day of Pariah, or Steamer. The bear comes out of the den.

On Basil of Pariah, spring soars the earth.

26 April

Day of the martyr Thomais of Egypt.

She was prayed for deliverance from prodigal passion.

April 27

Day of Martyn the fox. Commemoration of Saint Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome. Foxes move to new holes, and crows to new nests. Crow's holiday (crows were fed bread crumbs).

Martin is attacked by fox-blindness.

April 28

Puda Bee Day, named after the apostle Puda. Last day of removal of bees. If you skip it, then there will either be no honey at all, or there will be very little.

On St. Pud, take out the hives from under the bushel. Whoever has honey and butter has a holiday. By this time, the buds of viburnum and mountain ash are blooming, from which healing infusions are prepared.

April 29

Day of Irina the nursery. The memory of the martyrs Agapia, Irina and Cheonia. It's time to plow, sow cabbage and cucumbers for seedlings, cut crowns and whiten the trunks of fruit trees.

On the day of Irina the nursery, this cabbage is in the nursery. Snowdrops bloom in the forests, spring waters “make noise in spring”.

Irina - snatch the shore.

Do not resist the shore against Irinina water.

April 30

Day of Zosima the beekeeper. The memory of the Reverend Zosima, hegumen of Solovetsky. On this day, the villagers took the beehives to the apiaries. Having placed them, they put a table in the middle of the apiary, covered it with a clean tablecloth, put out bread and salt, a shard with heat-coals, epiphany water and a candle left over from Easter matins. Then, praying to Zosima, they went around the apiaries with a lit candle, sprinkled the beehives with consecrated water. At the gate, through which the beehives were brought into the apiary, a stake was driven in and said:

Fly, my bee, to all four directions for yellow waxes, for sweet honeys, bring honey to your hives...

Opening the entrances, they said:

As the ocean-sea from all rivers and channels gathers and becomes strong, as the hollow water is hefty and strong, it breaks the forest and snatches the banks, rushes through islands and bushes, floods green meadows and swamps, so would I, God's servant, have a bee in the apiary was strong and hefty, carried honey from all four sides, from meadows, from swamps, black mud, from an open field, from dark meadows and from the blue sea and from every color, would have children, let go of strong swarms, would work she wouldn’t go to people herself, and wouldn’t let someone else in to her, she defended herself from all four sides.

The peasant did not start any work without sayings, jokes, signs, appeals or spells. So on this day:

Yara bees,

honey carriers,

Fly to the meadow

Sit on a flower

Collect honey!

bees,

Grey, small

scarlet wings,

pointed noses,

Themselves colorful.

They go into the field

They hum, they hum

From the field they go

They carry honey.

Notes for this day:

On which bread the bee flew, that one will be good for grain.

If the bees sit on a cherry blossom, then the cherries will be born, and if not, there will be no cherries. Swallows are flying.

Night of May 1- Walpurgis Night, the ball of dark forces. You should spend the eve of this night as calmly as possible so as not to attract their attention to yourself.

Ancient pagan and Slavic traditional holidays, the main memorable dates and rituals, the significance of which is important for the entire Family, were on the calendar of a certain day or month for a reason. All the holidays of the Slavic peoples and traditions are closely connected with Nature and its rhythm of life. Wise ancestors understood that it is impossible to reverse it and it is pointless to rewrite old styles with new ones.

In our calendar of pagan holidays of the Slavs, we indicate the dates according to the new style for your convenience. If you want to celebrate them in the old way, just subtract thirteen days from the indicated date and month. We will be sincerely glad that you will be imbued with honesty and usefulness, reasonableness and grace of the pagan holidays of Ancient Russia and Ancestral Slavs, their traditions and help to revive and pass them on to your Descendants to strengthen the strength of the entire Family. For those who want to enter a new rhythm with the protection of amulets, go to our catalog -.

The natural calendar of the Slavs is based on four main points - the days of the autumn and spring equinoxes, winter and summer solstices. They are determined by the astrological position of the Sun relative to the earth: shift in dates from 19 to 25 is possible

Summer (year)
2016	December 22,23,24 (25th Kolyada)	March 19	21st of June	September 25
2017		18th of March	21st of June	September 25
2018	December 20,21,22 (23 - Kolyada)	March 19	June, 22	September 25
2019	December 22,23,24 (25 - Kolyada)	March 21	21st of June	23 September
2020	December 21,22,23 (24 - Kolyada)	20th of March	21st of June	September 22nd

The very same annual Wheel - Kolo Svarog consists of twelve rays-months. By the power of the Gods and the Family, it is launched into a continuous rotation of salting and forms the Cycle of Nature.

The very love of the Slavs for their Earth and the Cycle of the elements and seasons reflect the ancient pagan names of each month. One capacious word reflects the essence of time and affectionate appeal to Nature, understanding of her difficult year-round work for the benefit of her children.

This is how our Ancestors called the months in which they celebrated the main Slavic holidays:

January - Prosinets
February - Lute
March - Berezen
April - pollen
May - Traven
June - Cherven
July - Lipen
August - Serpen
September - Veresen
October - Leaf fall
November - Breast
December - Studen

Winter Slavic holidays and rituals

Pagan and Slavic holidays in December

December 3

On this day, the Slavs remember and honor the giant hero Svyatogor, who brought great benefits to Russia in the fight against the Pechenegs. His exploits are described along with the heroism of Ilya Muromets in Slavic epics, he lived on the high Holy Mountains, and according to legend, his body was buried in Gulbishche, a large boyar mound. On such a holiday, it is good to tell your Descendants about the giant Svyatogor and extend the Memory of his heritage, and tell about the Native Gods of the Slavs.

December 19-25 Karachun

Karachun is the second name of Chernobog, descending to earth on the days of the winter solstice, Kolovorot (lasts 3 days between December 19 and 25). Karachun is an evil underground spirit and has servants in the form of bears - snowstorms and wolves - snowstorms. It is frost and cold, shortening day and impenetrable night. However, along with this, Karachun is considered a fair God of death, who does not violate the earthly Orders just like that. To protect yourself from the wrath of Chernobog, it is enough to follow the Rules and wear Slavic amulets-amulets.

At the end of Karachun, the Holiday comes - Kolyada, Sunny Christmas

Kolyada is the young Sun, the embodiment of the beginning of the New Year cycle. From that day on, the Big Winter Christmas time began and the Sun turned to spring. At this time, children and adults dressed up as fairy-tale characters and animals and, under the name of Kolyada, stepped into the huts of wealthy families. Under fervent songs and dances, they demanded treats from the laid table and wished the owners happiness and longevity. Offending carolers meant incurring the wrath of Kolyada himself, so on the eve of Sunny Christmas, the preparation of sweets and cooking kutya began.

December 31 Generous evening, Schedrets

On this day of the Great Winter Christmastide, they gathered and went out through the streets to play performances. Gather treats, praise the generous hosts and jokingly scold the stingy. Generous, good evening! - Shouted to every passerby in greeting. Hence the name of this winter Slavic holiday came from the time of the pagan faith.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in January

January 6

Tur is the son of Veles and Makoshi, the patron of shepherds, guslars and buffoons, young men - future warriors and breadwinners of families. On this Slavic holiday, a ceremony of initiation into men was performed, and the main shepherd in the village was also chosen. This holiday closes the Veles Winter Christmas time and therefore everyone is in a hurry to tell fortunes for the last time what awaits them in the future, they set a rich table.

January 8

On this Slavic holiday, midwives and all the older women of the Family are honored. Generous gifts and praises are presented to them, and in return they sprinkle their children and once adopted babies with grain with a blessing and a wish for a generous Share and an Easy Fate. The symbol of the Family in Slavic amulets also helps to keep the connection between generations, to instill in the Descendants respect for their Ancestors.

January 12 Abduction Day

On this not a Slavic holiday, but a memorable day, Veles kidnapped Perun's wife, Dodola, or otherwise Diva, in retaliation for refusing a marriage proposal, and later Marena, the wife of Dazhdbog, who became Kashchei's wife and bore him many demonic daughters. Therefore, on the twelfth of January, they are wary of letting the girls go out alone and are working to strengthen personal protections: they make jewelry-amulets, embroider protective ornaments on women's shirts.

January 18 Intra

This is an ancient pagan holiday of the Slavs, on the day of which they honor the participant of the Military Triglav Intra. He, Volkh and Perun made up the Code of qualities necessary for a warrior. Intra symbolized Light and Darkness as a struggle of opposites and the need to choose the right, sometimes tough decision. Also, Intra, Indrik the Beast, is also the patron of wells, clouds, snakes, Navi God, therefore on such a night the Veduns spoke to protect all chimneys so that dark spirits in the form of snakes could not enter the house.

January 19

It can be seen that the customs of this holiday are very reminiscent of the Christian holiday of Epiphany. However, Christians replaced the name of the pagan holiday "Water Light" with "Baptism of the Lord", and the essence and traditions remained the same, although this is not a Christian holiday, and even Catholics do not celebrate January 19th.

On this day, the Slavs celebrated the pagan holiday Vodosvet. It was believed that actually on this day, the water became bright and turned into healing. According to tradition, on this day they bathed in the hole. If it was not possible to plunge, then they poured water in a warm place. After everyone bathed, the guests gathered and wished each other good health until the next Vodosvet.

It was believed that such bathing charges a person with health for the whole year. The Slavs believed that on this day the Sun, Earth, and also the center of the Galaxy are located in such a way that water is structured and a channel of communication between people and the center of the Galaxy opens, a kind of connection with space. That is why water and what consists of water was considered a good conductor. Water is able to "remember" both negative and positive information. And of course, it can either restore a person, or, on the contrary, destroy him.

Our ancestors believed in the healing properties of water and understood that human health depends on the quality of water.

January 21 Prosinets

This Slavic holiday is dedicated to the glorification of Heavenly Svarga and the revival of the Sun, softening the cold. In ancient times, pagan Veduns remembered and thanked Kryshen, who gave people fire to melt the Great Ice and shed life-giving Surya from Heavenly Svarga - water, which on January 21 makes all springs healing and rejuvenating.

January 28

On this day, they praise the children of Veles - his heavenly warriors and thank God for such protection of the Family. They also don’t forget about the Brownie, treat him to the most delicious in the house and ask him not to be offended by anything, sing songs and fairy tales to him, try to appease and entertain him. On this day, everything is a lot: from spirits to people, so you should not be surprised at the miracles happening and the banter of Father Veles over us. If you want, you can bring the trebs under the spruce or the made idol of the Native God right in the forest.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in February

February 2 Gromnitsa

On this winter Slavic holiday, you can hear amazing single peals of thunder - this is how Perun congratulates his wife Dodolya-Malanyitsa, Lightning, inviting us to praise the goddess and ask her for mercy - not to burn barns and yards in anger, but to work for the glory of the future harvest, causing rain. Also at such a time they looked at the weather and determined whether the year would be dry or not.

February 11 Great Veles Day

The Great Veles Day marks the middle of winter, a certain milestone. On this holiday, they praised the Father and performed game rituals of a comic battle between Marena and Veles, as a symbol of the imminent end of the cold, his retreat together with Mara. Also on this day, they put up protection for livestock and applied Veles chirs to all the gates in the courtyard, praised and brought the requirements of the Cattle God, asked for health to cows, pigs and other breadwinners of the family.

February 15

This is an ancient Slavic holiday of the meeting of Spring and Winter, the last winter colds and the first spring thaws. As a sign of respect for the Sun, pancakes were baked, and at noon they burned Yerzovka, a straw doll, releasing the spirit of Fire and the Sun to freedom. It is curious that all the numerous signs associated with this day are quite accurate. Therefore, we recommend observing the weather for the Candlemas and making plans based on what Nature predicted.

February 16 Pochinki

Pochinki is an important date that comes immediately after the pagan holiday of the ancient Slavs of the Presentation. From that day on, they began to repair carts, fences, barns, barns and agricultural implements. Prepare the cart in winter - it was from Pochinki that such a wise proverb came to us. You should also not forget about Domovoy, bring him treats and talk with harmony and peace in order to establish contact and receive support in working for the benefit of the economy.

February 18 Troyan Winter, the day of Stribog's grandchildren, commemoration of the fallen at Troyanov Val

This wonderful Slavic holiday is the Day of Remembrance of the fallen soldiers worthy of Svarog's grandchildren. In their honor, ceremonial reconstruction battles were performed and generous commemorations were brought, and the Descendants were told and clearly shown how much the soldiers who participated in the battle near Troyan Val did for the entire Russian Family.

Spring Slavic holidays and rituals

Pagan and Slavic holidays in March

March 1

On this day, they praise the goddess of Winter and Death Marena, who owns the Navi world and helps people after life to reach the Kalinov Bridge. On it you can go through the line of Yavi and Navi, the Smorodina River. On the night before this holiday, all the undead, forgotten and unburied souls of the dead awakened in Yavi. They could walk around the yards, trying to get attention and even move in alive. From that, at that time, people put on masks - animal masks, so that the evil spirits would not notice them and could not harm them. On the last Navi day, it is customary to honor their deceased Ancestors and prepare a memorial table, bring trebes and give Glory for the life lived and the Descendants of the Family given by them. You can treat your dead Relatives both at the graves, and by throwing shells from painted eggs on the water - if they left for another world a long time ago and it’s a pity, the grave is no longer there or it is very far away.

March 14

According to the ancient Slavic custom, the New Year fell on Maly Ovsen - the beginning of the awakening of NATURE and its readiness for agricultural work and fertility. Accordingly, March was previously the first month of the year, and not the third. Ovsen, who was born a little later and is considered the younger twin brother of Kolyada. It is he who conveys to people the knowledge of his brother and helps to translate them into practical experience. On this day, it is customary to rejoice in the new year and make plans for the future, start new business, glorify the awakening of Nature.

March 19-25 Komoyeditsy or Maslenitsa, Velikden

The pagan holiday Maslenitsa is not just a Slavic meeting of spring and a cheerful farewell to winter. This is the spring solstice, a turning point in the calendar and way of life. In the Orthodox holiday of Shrovetide, the pagan Komoyeditsa has been preserved with almost all of its traditions: burning an effigy of winter - Madder, treating pancakes - Komami and eating them all week. The first solar pancakes were usually given as treb to the Bear, the personification of Veles. They were laid out on forest stumps, and then they went to burn ritual bonfires, in which they burned unnecessary junk and cleansed themselves and their families of unnecessary burdens. They began to celebrate Komoyeditsy a week before the day of the Equinox and continued to have fun for another week after it.

March 22 Magpies or Larks

This Slavic holiday is a continuation of the glorification of the spring equinox, and is called so because, according to custom, forty new species of birds begin to arrive from the winter hut, including the first larks. And even they were late this time, then each family baked their own rich larks, which were supposed to attract real ones. Usually, this was entrusted to children, who gladly ran to call for spring, and then enjoyed delicious pastries. In the form of a lark, wooden charms for the house were also made. They attracted happiness, health and good luck.

March 25 Opening of Svarga or Invocation of Spring

On the last, third call of spring with fragrant rye larks, games and round dances, the Opening of Heavenly Svarga takes place and Zhiva descends to earth. Finally, nature will wake up, come to life and begin to grow in the course of rivers and seedlings, young shoots and new tree branches. On this Slavic holiday, one can feel the Living breath of the Gods, who favorably relate to the living Descendants.

March 30

On this March day they praised Lada: the goddess of love and beauty, one of the two heavenly Rozhanitsa, the Mother of God. This Slavic holiday was accompanied by round dances and dances, as well as baking cranes from unleavened dough for home family amulets. The bright day of kindness and warmth made it possible to recharge and jewelry for girls or married women - earrings, pendants and bracelets with Ladin, symbolizing the harmony of female beauty, health and wisdom.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in April

April 1 Brownie Day or his awakening

This cheerful Slavic holiday was dedicated to Domovoy - the very spirit that protected your house, farmstead and bins. On the first of April, he woke up from hibernation, during which he did only important things - guarded your property, and began active work to bring comfort and prosperity to the family. So that he woke up faster and became more cheerful - they treated him with milk and other goodies, they began to joke and play with him and with each other - play and tell jokes, put them on inside out, and socks or shoes separately.

April 3

It was on this day that Vodyanoy woke up and ice drift and river flooding began. This Slavic holiday was dedicated to him: the fishermen carried generous gifts for the Water Man in the hope that he would restore order in the water kingdom and thank those who treated him with a generous catch, would not tear their nets, drive large fish into them, and also punish the mermaids not to touch them and their loved ones. Some artels could bring a whole horse as a gift, but most often the requirements were limited to milk, butter or bread with eggs. Throwing them into the cold spring water, the Slavs hoped that the Water Spirit would wake up in a good and full mood.

April 14 Semargl Day

On this Slavic holiday, Semargl-Firebog melts the last snows, turning into a flaming winged wolf and flying through the fields. It is this God of the Sun and Fire that guards the crops and gives good harvests, and it is he who can burn down all living things. It is said that Svarog himself forged Semargl from a spark at his sacred forge. Every night he stands guard over the Order with a fiery sword, and only on the day of the autumn equinox comes to the Bathhouse so that they have children - Kupalo and Kostroma. Trebs of Firebog are brought by throwing them into the fire, amulets with Semargl are also activated in his flame asking God for protection.

April 21 Navi Day or Commemoration of the Ancestors

On this day of spring Christmas time, the souls of the dead Ancestors descend to us to visit and hear about our life, joys and sorrows. Therefore, relatives are commemorated at the graves and feasts are brought: treats in memory of them. The older ones in the Family are commemorated by dropping the shells from colored eggs into the water, so that by Rusal Day they will be given to them as dear news from loved ones. As well as the first of April, on the day of Marena, on this Slavic holiday, going to the side of reality and the undead, restless, restless, offended dead souls. That is why many again put on masks to protect themselves from them.

April 22 Lelnik Krasnaya Gorka

On this amazing holiday and for a long time after it, they praised Lelya, the goddess of spring, youth and assistant in obtaining the future harvest. The youngest and most beautiful girl was seated on a high hill, Krasnaya Gorka, they brought her all sorts of gifts: milk, bread, sweets and eggs, danced around her and rejoiced at the life that had awakened after winter. Painted, painted eggs were distributed to relatives and friends, and also rushed to the already deceased Ancestors as a memorial. Such colored, painted eggs are generally part of the Slavic culture, some of them should have been reserved for the subsequent one after another spring holidays of the awakening of Nature and the glorification of Yarila, Zhiva, Dazhdbog.

April 23 Yarilo vernal

On this Slavic holiday, they go out into the street to meet and thank the patron saint of shepherds and the protector of livestock predators, Yarila, the spring Sun. From this period, the first spring weddings begin and symbolic fertilization is carried out - the Opening of the Yarila Earth and the release of the first dew, which was considered strong and was used during ritual skating of men on the ground to increase their health and heroic will. Yarilina dew was carefully collected and used for the future as living water for the treatment of many ailments.

April 30

On this last day of April and Krasnaya Gorka, the spring cold ends and people go to commemorate their ancestors, bringing them standard trebes: kutya, pancakes, oatmeal jelly and hand-written eggs. Also on this day, competitions are organized: skiing from a mountain of written eggs. The winner is the one whose egg rolls the farthest without breaking. Such rolling out of the earth with eggs symbolizes its future fertility. By midnight, all the celebrants prepare the beginning and collect a huge big fire on the same mountain to celebrate Zhivin's day.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in May

May 1 Zhivin day

Immediately at midnight on the first of May, the Slavic spring holiday begins in honor of Zhiva: the goddess of spring, fertility, the birth of life. The daughter of Lada and the wife of Dazhdbog, Zhivena gives life to all living things and fills the entire Family with this creative power. When a fire is lit in her honor, women and girls, who are patronized by the goddess, take brooms in their hands and perform a ritual dance-cleaning from evil spirits, jump through the Life-Creating Fire, clearing themselves of winter Navi sleep and haze. Alive is the movement of nature, the first shoots, the first streams, the first flowers and the first love.

May 6 Dazhdbog Day - Ovsen big

On this day they praise Dazhdbog, the Ancestor of the Slavs, the God of Fertility and the wife of Alive. It was on this day that he renounced Marena and made a choice in favor of his daughter Lada, thereby becoming, together with the Alive, in defense of Nature and its Fruits. On the sixth of May, people go out into the field and make the first ritual sowings, take cattle to fresh fields, and also begin the construction of new houses, and of course, they bring generous gifts to grandfather Dazhdbog and rejoice in the hot sun as a symbol of this spring and future abundant harvest.

May 10 Spring Makosh

This is the day of honoring Mother-raw-Earth and her patrons - Mokosh and Veles. On this day, it was forbidden to injure the earth: dig, harrow, or simply stick sharp objects into it - after all, it wakes up after a winter Navi sleep and is filled with life-giving juices. All sorcerers and simply honoring Nature brothers-Slavs went out on this day with generous gifts to the fields and poured full cups to Mother Earth, glorifying her and asking for a good harvest, lay down on her and listened to her affectionate parental whisper with advice and instructions.

May 22 Yarilo wet Troyan, Tribog day

On this day, there is a farewell to Yarila - the spring Sun and the three summer Gods of Svarog Triglav are famous, strong in the Rule, Navi and Reveal: Svarog, Perun and Veles. It is believed that Troyan gathered the strength of each of them and every day stands guard over Nature from the attack of Chernobog. On Troyan, boys were initiated into warriors, their ancestors were commemorated and amulets were made from the souls of the restless dead, including plowed entire villages with a protective, protective circle from the evil Navi forces, and women and girls were cleansed of the haze before wedding ceremonies and childbearing.

May 31

This very interesting Slavic holiday implies that we are all brothers and sisters of the same Genus. Therefore, those who wish to make a fuss - to become related, without having a direct consanguinity, on the last day of spring, such an opportunity is provided. You can also ask Zhiva for what you want - just tell your hopes and dreams to the cuckoo, she will bring them to the Goddess and forge her about you. Also on this ancient pagan celebration, the Slavs exchanged gifts-amulets with people dear and close to them in spirit.

Summer Slavic holidays and rituals

Pagan and Slavic holidays in June

June 1 Spirits day or the beginning of Mermaid week

Spirits day begins on the first day of summer and continues throughout the week, called Mermaid. From this day Marena releases the dead ancestors to stay in Yav, and their Descendants invite them to their homes, laying out birch branches in the corners, symbolizing Family ties. However, along with them, not dead, suicidal and drowned people are activated. Most often these are women and Mermaids. Water at this time most actively receives and conducts the energy of Rule, Silavi and Reveal. With it, you can recover, damage, or learn something. As a requirement, clothes were brought to the banks of the rivers for mermaid children, and so that the spirits could not penetrate the body, they wore amulets with.

June 19-25 Kupalo

This is the main summer pagan holiday among the Slavs - the Day of the Solstice, the Kolovorot. On this day, many rituals are performed - after all, the power of such a period is very great. The herbs collected on Kupalo are of great value. The ardent fire of the fire cleanses people, and the water washes away all sorrows and illnesses from them. Feast, games and round dances with rituals continue from dawn to dusk. This is a Slavic merry and cheerful holiday, the symbol of which for the whole year are amulets with Odolen-grass, Fern Flower and Kolo Goda.

June 23 Agrafena Bathing suit

This pagan ancient Slavic holiday opened the bathing season. Healing bath brooms began to be prepared in each house and a ritual heating of baths was carried out for cleaning relatives - steaming, and subsequent charging - restoring health by dipping into open water. On the day of Agrafena Kupalnitsa, as well as at other Christmas holidays, girls of all ages went with praises and petitions to present gifts: Slavic outerwear, silver jewelry with protective symbols.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in July

July 12 Veles Sheaf Day

From Veles Day, the heat begins to rise and hay is mowing for livestock, the first sheaves absorbing the fertile spirit of the fields are tied up. Therefore, demands and glorifications are brought to Veles, as the patron of agriculture and cattle breeding. Also on this day, Alatyr was also called, and Veles was asked to move it for a while and let the souls of their ancestors go to Nav and find their peace there. On this Slavic summer holiday, Veles's chirs were applied to his idols, as well as personal and home amulets-amulets. Also on this day, the trebs are brought in the Holy Fire.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in August

August 2 Perunov day

This ancient pagan Slavic holiday was dedicated to honoring and glorifying the Supreme God of fire and thunder, Perun. On such a date, all men consecrated their weapons so that they would serve faithfully to the owner, be sharp, and also cause rain after a long drought to save the fields and harvest. Sacrifices were made to Perun and simply generous requests to the altar with an idol and chir: pastries, bread, wine, kvass. Put on with the blessing of God or another Slavic talisman guarded the owner in a foreign land and in difficult situations.

August 15

Pozhinki, pozhinki or squeezing is a pagan holiday of the ancient Slavs with the glorification of Veles and the cutting of the last fruitful sheaves of grain. In each field they left the last bunch of wheat and tied it in the form of Veles's beard, as a sign of respect and understanding of all that great gift of agriculture given to them. Also at this time, they began to consecrate the collected honey, apples and grain on the Great Fire, bring them to the requirements along with bread and porridge to the Native Gods.

August 21 Stribog Day

This is a Slavic holiday in honor of Stribog, the lord of the wind and God who controls tornadoes and natural disasters. On this day, they bring trebes to assure their respect: shreds, grain or bread and ask for indulgence - a good harvest next year and whole roofs over their heads. Stribog is the brother of Perun and holds seventy-seven winds in his fist, living on the Buyan Island. That is why the ancestors believe - he can convey a request or desire to the Native Gods and punish the offenders, wherever they are.

Autumn Slavic holidays and rituals

Pagan and Slavic holidays in September

September 2 Memorial Day of Prince Oleg

Prince Russian Oleg did a lot for his people: he concluded an agreement with Byzantium and established trade routes with duty-free sales, united the disparate Slavic Clans into a single one - Kievan Rus, gave a worthy education to Rurik's son Igor, and nailed his shield as a symbol of victory on the gates of Constantinople. Prophetic Oleg died through the fault of his horse, as the wise Priests predicted. No matter how hard he tried to change the course of fate, it was impossible.

September 8

This Slavic holiday is dedicated to the family and its well-being. On such a bright day, Rozhanitsy is glorified: Lelya and Lada and all the Rod produced by them. After bringing the requirements to the Native Goddesses, ritual games and ritual funerals of flies begin, symbolizing the imminent numbness of all insects and falling into hibernation until spring. In addition to a feast for the whole house, loved ones exchanged gifts and amulets with Slavic symbols: Ladinets, Rozhanitsa, Rod and Rodimych, and also solemnly hung and placed the faces and idols of the Gods on the Altar.

September 14 First Osenins, Day of the Fiery Wolf

On this day, farmers began to celebrate the First Osenins - Harvest Day and thank Mother Earth for it. It is also worth remembering the honoring of the Fiery Volkh - the son of Indrik the Beast and Mother Earth, the husband of Lelya, whose love withstood all obstacles and circumstances, and the wise, brave and pure image of the Volkh is clearly reflected in Slavic fairy tales in the main character Finist the Clear Falcon.

September 21 Svarog Day

On this September day, the Slavs celebrated the holiday of Svarog and praised him for descending and teaching people crafts along with Veles, giving the sacred Ax and Forge. Thus, the Russian Rod could survive and do business in the autumn and winter. On this day, it is customary to slaughter chickens fattened over the summer, and give the first of the farmstead to Svarog as a requirement. Autumn brides and weddings also began from this day, and the brothers gathered a huge number of young guys in the girls' huts. On this day, the closing of Svarga and the departure of the goddess Zhiva into it until spring also took place.

September 22 Holiday Lada

Lada, as the Mother of God and the giver of family well-being, the patroness of all living things, deserved a holiday among the Slavs for her own glory. At this time, they thanked her for the harvest and prosperity, as well as for sending a soul mate and creating a new family, they played weddings with ritual wedding rings, and also gave their grown-up daughters protective jewelry with Ladins as a talisman for beauty and harmonization of women's fate.

September 19-25 Radogoshch, Tausen, Ovsen or Autumn Equinox (New Year)

On this day, the results were summed up and the harvested crop and stocks made were considered. People praised the main God of the Family and Rozhanitsa and brought them generous requests in gratitude for their patronage and help. In some territorial regions, the Slavs began to celebrate the Autumn Equinox with the closing of Svarga, the Feast of the Heavenly Smith or the Rich Man, and all this time they were lavish feasts.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in October

On October 14, Intercession, with the introduction of Christianity, this holiday was celebrated in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her miraculous payment.

In folk tradition, on this day, the meeting of Autumn with Winter was celebrated, and this holiday has very deep roots. The very name of folk beliefs was associated with the first hoarfrost, which "covered" the earth, indicating the proximity of winter cold, although the exact name of the holiday has not been preserved. The Day of the Intercession coincided with the complete completion of field work and serious preparations for winter.

October 30 Goddess Mokosh Day

On an autumn day, they praised Makosh, the one that spins human destinies, patronizes families and children in it, gives a happy bright hearth and helps to learn women's crafts: weaving, spinning, sewing, embroidery. Trebs were brought to her under idols on the Altar or in the fields and in the rivers: sweet buns, red wine, coins and wheat as a symbol of prosperity. Also on this day, pre-embroidered amulets for the home, chirs and Slavic amulets-decorations were activated.

Pagan and Slavic holidays in November

November 25 Marena Day

In the last days of autumn, Marena finally kicks out Yarila and covers Yav with her veil of cold, snow and ice. This pagan holiday of the Slavs does not contain joy. People reconcile themselves to the fact and in the beginning put modest demands on the Goddess, but they still try to show Mara their fearlessness and readiness to survive even in the most severe winter. Also on this date, they are attentive to the spirits of the dead Ancestors, their whisper in the last remaining leaves and try to bring a remembrance, appease the Navi Forces.