The first chronology devices were in Russia, in Ancient egypt and Babylon. In fact, each nation had its own chronology, according to which they wrote down their own history. Because of this, today there are significant differences in chronology. different countries... So, according to the European Gregorian / Julian calendar, today is 2014, but what other chronological orders (calendars) say about the ordinal number of this year:

7522 - according to the Slavic Vedic chronology from the Creation of Genesis (the writing of the Bible)
5775 - according to the Hebrew (religious calendar of the Jews) calendar, which dates back to the creation of Adam
4645 - by Chinese calendar
5775 - according to the pseudo-Jewish calendar
2767 - from the founding of Rome
2763 - Nabunasar era
2673 - Japanese calendar
2326 - after the Hellenic era of the Seleucids
2014 - according to the European Gregorian calendar from the birth of Christ
1935 - Saka Indian calendar
1730 - Diocletian era
1436 - in Islamic

The Slavs, by the way, had different reference points of time:
7522 Summer from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple (treaty with China) (5,508 BC)
13022 Summer from the Great Cold (Great Cooling) (11,008 BC)
40018 Summer from 3rd Arrival of Whitemana Perun (38,004 BC)
44558 Summer from the Creation of the Great Colo Russenia (42 544 BC)
106792 Summer from the Founding of Asgard of Irian (from 9 Tylet) (104 778 BC)
111820 Summer from the Great Migration from Da'ariya (109,806 BC)
143004 Summer from the Three Moons Period (140-990 BC)
153380 Summer from Assa Dei (151 336 BC)
165044 Summer from the Time of Tara (163,030 BC)
185780 Summer from Thule Time (183,766 BC)
211680 Summer from Swag Time (209 686 BC)
273912 Summer from H'Arr Time (271,894 BC)
460532 Summer from the Time of Gift (458 518 BC)
604388 Summer from the Time of the Three Suns (beginning of the Daarius chronology) (602 374 BC)
957522 Summer from the Time of the appearance of the Gods (955 508 BC)
1.5 billion Summer from the arrival of the first Whitemara on Midgard Great Race The kind of heaven

The sabotage of the European ruler of Russia Peter I to Europeanize Russia reduced our Old Slavic calendar by 5508 years. And instead of 7208 according to the Julian calendar, the Russian people began to celebrate 1700 according to the Gregorian calendar and began to celebrate the new year from the 1st month of the year - March to the 11th - January.

We pass directly to the Slavic calendar. The word calendar itself was formed from two - Kolyada Dar

Kolyady Dar contained three natural seasons: Ousen, Winter and Spring.
These three seasons are combined into a single solar cycle called Summer.
Summer consists of 9 months, so there are three months for each natural season.
There are two concepts in the calendar: Simple Summer and Sacred Summer. They make up the Circle of Years, in which there are 15 simple and 1 Sacred Summer. Nine Circles of Years made up the Circle of Life, which consists of 144 years. These repeating cycles are called Chislobog's Circle.

Simple Summer consists of 365 days, all odd months contain 41 days, and even ones contain 40 days. (5x41 = 205) + (4x40 = 160) = 365. Sacred Summer consists of 369 days, all months contain 41 days. (9x41) = 369.
The week of the Slavic calendar consisted of 9 days. They carried a numerical form and were called: Monday, Tuesday, Triteynik, Chetverik, Friday, Six, Seventh, Octopus, Week - a day on which they do nothing and rest.

Here are the names of the Months of the Slavic Calendar:
R - Reci, - instruct, inform;
A - Az, - a man, a lyudin;
B - Gods,
G - Verb, - to speak;
D - Good,
E - This, - indicating form;
B - Lead - Vedas, wisdom, knowledge;
X - Storage, - preservation;
T - Firmly. - completion, final form.
By combining these Images of the initial caps, we get the following text: The Gods instructed man to say good things, to keep this Wisdom firmly.

For me personally, the 12 month system of calculation, 4 seasons and 7 day week is much more pleasant and understandable:

1 months of spring
1.1 Berezen - March, the time of swelling of birch buds;
1.2 Pollen, Kveten - April, flowering time;
1.3 Grass - May, grass growth time.

2 months of summer
2.1 Cherven - June, chervony. According to one version, this month got its name from the worms (cochineal, whose larvae appear at this time), from which red paint was made; according to another version, these are bee larvae; according to the third version - due to the fact that at this time red berries and flowers appear;
2.2 Lipen - July. Linden trees are in bloom;
2.3 Serpen (also zhnivn, reaping, zhitar) - August, harvest time.

3 months of autumn
3.1 Spring - September. According to one of the versions, the name came from "vresh" - in Old Slavic "thresh". On the other - due to the fact that heather blooms this month;
3.2 Zhovten - October. Yellow leaves;
3.3 Fall of Leaves - November, trees drop foliage.

4 months of winter
4.1 Breast -December, clogged earth.
4.2 Lute or Fierce - January. A very cold month.
4.3 Studen - February. Cold.

About the 7-day week:
Previously, the week was called "week". Like the 9-day week, the days carried a numerical form and were called: Monday, that is, “after the week”, Tuesday, Triteinik, Chetverik, Friday, Sixth and the word “Week” was called Sunday. Rest day - a week - "no business." (I wrote about this already). The word "Saturday" comes from the Hebrew "sabbat" - a day of rest. Sunday is named after Christ's Sunday. Over time, the name week disappeared, and the word week received a new meaning.

Next time I will try to tell you about Kolyada himself (an ancient Slavic god).
I hope it was interesting. There is actually a lot of information. Comment and ask questions.
P.S. In what you most likely believe in is the truth - your truth.

We need to remember our history and go our own way.

Currently, we use the dating of the years from the birth of Christ and the Gregorian calendar.

The Julian calendar, the so-called “ old style". Every January we remember him when we celebrate the "old" New Year... Also, the media carefully remind about the change of years according to the Chinese, Japanese, Thai and other calendars.

It certainly broadens our horizons, so let's broaden our horizons.

But to make the horizons even wider, let's touch on the ancient tradition of chronology of the Slavic peoples - the Daarius Round of Chislobog, along which our Ancestors lived not so long ago.

Now this calendar is used only by the Old Believers - representatives of the most ancient Slavic-Aryan Faith - Inglism.

The widespread use of our ancient calendar stopped a little more than 300 years ago, when Tsar Peter 1, by his decree, introduced a foreign calendar on the territory of Russia and ordered to celebrate the coming of 1700 from the birth of Jesus Christ on the night of January 1. The reform of the calendar stole (at least) 5500 years of ours stories.

And in Russia at that time it was Summer 7208 from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple.

But it is absolutely not said that the emperor did not just change the calendar, he actually "stole", at least (!). five and a half thousand years of our true history.

Indeed, under the event from which the countdown of years was taken - the Creation of the World in the Star Temple (5508 BC), it was not meant at all the creation of the universe by the biblical god, but literally; the signing of a peace treaty in the year of the Star Temple for Chislobog's Circle after the victory of the Power of the Great Race (in the modern sense - Russia) over the empire of the Great Dragon (in the modern sense - China).

By the way, the symbolic image of a rider on a white horse striking a dragon with a spear, known from Christian tradition as St. George the Victorious, in fact, symbolizes just this victory.

That is why this symbol has long been so widespread and revered in Russia among the Slavic-Aryan peoples.

From what events was the chronology carried out?

A natural question arises: from what event was the reckoning until the Creation of the World in the Star Temple?

The answer is obvious - from an earlier significant event.

Moreover, the years from different events could be counted in parallel. This is exactly how the ancient chronicles began with the mention of several time periods.

For example, here are a few dates for the current 2016 from RX:

Summer 7524 from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple

Summer 13024 from the Great Cooling

Summer 44560 from the Creation of the Great Colo Russenia

Summer 106794 from the Founding of Asgard of Irian

Summer 111822 from the Great Migration from Daaria

Summer 143006 from the Three Moon period

Summer 153382 from Assa Dei

Summer 185782 from the Time of Thule

Summer 604390 from the Time of the Three Suns, etc.

Obviously, in the context of the modern "official" chronology, these dates look simply fantastic,

But for an independently thinking person who is interested in the ancient Cultural heritage of the peoples of the Earth, such “abysses of years” do not look so frightening.

After all, not only in the Slavic-Aryan Vedas, but also in the rather numerous written monuments that have come down to us throughout the Earth, even much longer periods of historical time are mentioned,

The same facts are indicated by unbiased archaeological and paleo-astronomical studies.

It will also be very interesting to remember that in pre-Petrine times in Russia, not numbers were used to denote numerical values, as is now customary, but titled capital letters, i.e. Slavic letters with service symbols.

What did Cyril and Methodius "fix"?

And since the calendar is a written tradition (try to orally lead and transmit such a complex and dynamic array of information from generation to generation), it is obvious that before the time of Peter I, writing in Russia already existed, at least (!) Seven s more than a thousand years.

However, it is believed that writing was "invented" especially for us, "illiterate", by two Greek monks Cyril and Methodius, who only added a few Greek letters to our alphabet instead of diphthongs they did not understand.

And, to put it modestly, the ever-growing pompousness during the holding of the annual "Cyril-Methodius" and "birthdays" of the "Slavic" writing is surprising. At the present time, as long as we use the modern calendar (from R.Kh.), then it would be more correct to apply it only for the events of the last three hundred years.

And more ancient events, for a clear understanding of their essence, must be dated in the system of chronology that was used until 1700, Otherwise, a misinterpretation of our history, culture, traditions and customs is possible.

The dating of the pre-Petrine events in modern textbooks is a matter of sincere regret.

For example, 1242 is called the year of the Battle on the Ice on Lake Peipsi, and at that time it was 6750 in Russia.

Or, for example, the year of baptism of Kiev is considered to be 988 from the birth of Jesus Christ.

But in Kiev then Summer 6496 was celebrated from the Creation of the World in the Star Temple.

Brothers and sisters, let's remember our past, look for it if evil minds specifically hide it from us.

The Slavs are a great race.

The twelveth holiday of the Orthodox calendar, celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, on the tenth day of the Ascension. Other names for the Trinity are the day of the Holy Trinity, Pentecost, the day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. On this day, the Orthodox Church remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and honors the Holy Trinity. The event set forth in the New Testament book "Acts of the Holy Apostles" has a direct connection with the doctrine of the Trinity - one of the main provisions of the Christian faith. According to this teaching, God exists in three non-merged and indivisible persons: the Father - the beginningless principle, the Son - the logos and the Holy Spirit - the life-giving principle.

Holy Week

Spring

The seventh last week before Easter, lasts 6 days, starting on Monday and ending on the Saturday before Easter Sunday. The meaning of the holiday is preparation for Easter. Traditions at the holiday: cleaning the house, obligatory bathing, commemoration of ancestors, setting up a swing, painting eggs, baking cakes. According to the beliefs of the people, colored eggs have magic power for example, if you put the shell on the fire, then the smoke from this egg can heal a person from night blindness, they also believe that such an egg can heal a sick tooth. Signs for this holiday: if you heat the stove on Maundy Thursday with aspen wood, then the sorcerers will come to ask for ash, parsley sown on Good Friday gives a double harvest.

Popular name of the holiday Transfiguration of the Lord among the Eastern Slavs, celebrated on 19 August, and even before this holiday, it is forbidden to eat apples and various apple dishes, but on a holiday it is necessary the other way around - pick as many apples as possible and consecrate them. The purpose of the holiday is the consecration of apples, seeing off the sun at sunset with songs. Yablochny Spas has another name - the first autumn, that is, the meeting of autumn. According to tradition, you need to treat with apples first to all relatives and friends, then to orphans, the poor, as a reminder of the ancestors who have fallen asleep in eternal sleep, and only then eat the apples ourselves. In the evening, after the holiday, everyone went out to the field to sing along with the sunset, and with it the summer.

Christmastide

winter

Slavic folk festive complex, celebrated from January 6 until January 19. Christmastide is oversaturated with various magical rituals, fortune-telling, signs, customs and prohibitions. The purpose of the holiday: folk festivities, carols, sowing, dressing, erotic games, ritual atrocities of young people, fortune-telling for the betrothed, visiting, rituals for well-being and fertility. Holiday sayings: on Christmastide, wolves marry, from Christmas to Epiphany to hunt animals and birds is a sin - misfortune will happen to the hunter. According to popular beliefs, the presence of spirits among living people, imperceptible to the ordinary eye, made it possible to look into their future, which explains the numerous forms of Christmas divination.

Epiphany eve

Spring

This holiday of the Orthodox Church belongs to the twelve. On this day, the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist (Baptist) in the Jordan River is remembered and the Great Blessing of Water is performed. It is also a preparation evening before the big Orthodox holiday, which is called the Epiphany or Baptism. Epiphany water is tasted on an empty stomach, spoonful, a little bit. The Orthodox keep it in the Red Corner, next to the icons. In addition, a drop of the shrine sanctifies the sea. You can take ordinary, unconsecrated water and add a drop of Epiphany water there, and it will all be sanctified.

Folk Orthodox holiday, celebrated on July 8... Holiday traditions: swim without looking back, because it was believed that on this day the last mermaids leave the banks deep into the water bodies and fall asleep. After the Kupala games, the betrothed couples were determined, and this day patronized family and love, in addition, in the old days, from that day to Peter, weddings were played. The first mowing is the day of all evil spirits such as: witches, mermaids, werewolves and many others. Celebrated on July 8 (June 25 old style). Peter and Fevronia are Orthodox patrons of family and marriage. According to the calendar of East Slavic folk holidays, correlated with the Orthodox, this is the day of the first mowing. It was believed that on this day the last mermaids leave the shores deep into the reservoirs, so it was already safe to swim. IN Russian Federation Since 2008, July 8 is celebrated as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. Sayings: there are forty hot days ahead, after Ivan there is no need for a zupan, if it rains on that day, then there will be a good harvest of honey, pigs and mice eat hay - for poor mowing.

A traditional holiday among the Eastern and Southern Slavs, celebrated on 2 August... The tradition of the holiday includes: collective meals, the slaughter of a bull or a ram. Have a holiday pagan roots, since at first it was a holiday of the god of thunder Perun, but with the adoption of Christianity among the Slavs, instead of the image of Perun, the image of Ilya, the prophet, appeared, hence the name of the holiday. Sayings at the holiday: Ilya keeps thunderstorms, Ilya keeps the rain and brings down the word, Ilya gives bread, not swords on Ilya's heaps - he will burn with heavenly fire. From Ilyin's day, according to folk legends, bad weather began, and it was also forbidden to swim.

Palm week

Spring

Passion Week. The main folk rituals of the week are associated with the willow and fall on Saturday and Sunday. There is a legend associated with this week, which says that once the willow was a woman, and she had so many children that the woman argued with Mother Earth herself that she was more fertile than the Earth. Mother Earth got angry and turned the woman into a willow. On this holiday, there is a belief that a consecrated willow can stop a summer thunderstorm, and thrown into a flame can help in a fire. Holiday traditions: consecration of a pussy willow, beating with willow branches, chants of spring.

A traditional holiday of pagan origin among the Slavic peoples associated with winter solstice... Celebration date - on the night from January 6 to January 7... The meaning of the holiday is the turning of the sun from winter to summer. Celebration - caroling, dressing up, Christmas-tide games, fortune-telling, family meal. According to popular belief, Mother-cheese-earth could open up only because of a lie, for a false oath or because of perjury.

Pancake week

Spring

Slavic traditional holiday celebrated during the week before Lent... The purpose of the holiday is to say goodbye to winter. Traditions: bake pancakes, go to visit, arrange feasts, ride a sleigh and sled, dress up, burn or bury an effigy of Shrovetide. Celebrated from meat-eating Saturday to Forgiveness Sunday... The fertility of people in the popular mind was inextricably linked with the fertility of the land and the fertility of livestock, the third side of Maslenitsa is connected with the stimulation of fertility - the memorial.

Easter

Spring

The oldest Christian holiday main holiday liturgical year. Installed in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon, which occurs no earlier than the conditional day vernal equinox 21 March... Tradition: consecration colored eggs and Easter cakes, welcome kiss. Most of the Easter traditions originated in worship. The scope of Easter folk festivals is associated with breaking the fast after Great Lent - the time of abstinence, when all holidays, including family ones, were postponed to the celebration of Easter. At the end of the 19th century, it became a tradition in Russia to send open letters with colorful drawings to those relatives and friends with whom you cannot celebrate Christ, on Easter as the main holiday.

Holiday of the Eastern Slavs, which starts September 14... The essence of the holiday is the celebration of the approaching autumn: the day before, the summer ended and the new year began. On this day, rituals are performed: housewarming, ambush, lighting a fire, the rite of tonsure, funeral of flies, the legend of the sparrows. Semyon's day is considered happy, so it is advised to celebrate housewarming. Signs: Semyon sees off the summer, leads the Indian summer; on Semyon - the last thunderstorm; spike seeds have not been removed for seeds - they are considered lost; if geese fly away on Semyon-day, wait for early winter.

Clean Monday

Spring

The first day of Fedorov week and Great Lent. On this day, everyone forgives each other and starts the day with a clear conscience and a clear soul. This is a very strict day of fasting as well as on the following days. The name of the holiday comes from the desire to spend the first day of fasting clean. On this holiday, during the first Lenten Great Compline, they begin to read the Great Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete and other prayers of repentance. At the end of the 19th century, most of the oleaginous revelers, despite strict fasting, were "rinsed out" or got drunk on this day. Since this is the day of fasting, then all that can be eaten or drunk on this day is: a little black bread with salt and water or unsweetened tea. The prayer of Ephraim the Syrian "Lord and Master of my life" will continue to be ascended throughout the days of Great Lent.

One of the holidays of the Eastern Slavs, celebrated on October 14... The meaning of the holiday is the final onset of autumn; on this day, the meeting of Autumn and Winter was previously celebrated. People say that from the Pokrovo goblin stop wandering through the forests (in another way they are called forest owners). On the eve of this holiday, young country girls burn their old straw beds, and the old women burn their old bast shoes, worn out over the summer. The Russian people, celebrating the days dedicated to the Mother of God, were waiting for Her help.

Orthodox holiday celebrated on 14 August... The essence of the holiday is the small blessing of water. The tradition of the holiday is the beginning of the collection of honey, its consecration and a meal - "widow's aid". The holiday is celebrated in honor of the Origin of the trees of the Cross of the Lord at the end of the XIV century. The meaning of the holiday is the first day of the Dormition Lent. Honey Savior is also called "Savior on the Water", this is because of the small consecration of water. According to tradition, it was on this day in Russia that new wells were consecrated and old ones were cleaned. This holiday is called "Honey Savior" because on this day the bee hives are usually filled to capacity and the beekeepers go to collect the honey crop.

Summer holiday of pagan origin, celebrated from 6 to 7 July... The holiday is associated with the summer solstice. Traditions: to burn fires and jump over them, lead round dances, weave wreaths, collect herbs. The holiday begins the night before. The name of the holiday comes from the name of John the Baptist (John's epithet is translated as "bather, immersion"). The main feature of Ivan Kupala is cleansing fires, in order to cleanse the evil spirits inside a person, he should jump over these fires.

Red hill

Spring

Spring holiday among the Eastern Slavs, which celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter... On this day are celebrated: spring girls' round dances, a meal with scrambled eggs, youth games. The red hill symbolizes the full arrival of spring, it is with this holiday that this season is celebrated. In addition to the fact that the Red Hill symbolizes the arrival of spring, the holiday also symbolizes the meeting of boys and girls, because spring is the beginning of a new life for all nature. At the Krasnaya Gorka holiday there is one proverb that says: "Whoever marries on Krasnaya Gorka will never get divorced."

Russia is a northern country and from that the Slavs' calendar was originally not lunar, but solar, and therefore the Holidays were Solar, according to the solar calendar! People lived in unity with nature. The changing seasons influenced the entire way of life and was the basis of rituals and holidays.


The Slavs have long loved winter, in folk art many proverbs and sayings, riddles and counting rhymes are dedicated to her. Winter in the imagination of our distant ancestors appeared as a big woman, that is, portly, prominent, Strong woman, a real hostess who knows a lot about her business. And her clothes were appropriate: a warm bear sheepskin coat, boots with wolf fur and an elegant headdress - kika.
Winter commanded snow and snowdrifts, blizzards and blizzards, winds and severe frosts, she was presented as a harsh sovereign.
Interesting in the representation of the Russian people and the image of frost. In folklore, Morozko, Moroz-Treskun and Studeni are mentioned as possessing a mysterious powerful force. They even said: "Frost and iron tears, and beats the bird on the fly." But loved ones winter fun- sleigh rides - happened precisely on frosty days, when the bright sun illuminates the fields and forests decorated with silver, and the snow creaking underfoot invites you to a merry walk!
Among other things, winter in Russia was a favorite time for weddings. “From Epiphany to Shrovetide - the time of weddings,” the saying goes.
The old names of the winter months are filled with folk wisdom: December - "cold", "snow", "gloomy", "wind-ring", "fierce", "winter gates", January - "prosinets", "student", "winter", " break of winter ", February -" cut "," snow "," bokogrey "," lute ". These old names show how closely the people followed the slightest changes in nature and weather. Almost every day in folk calendar meant something. By snow, ice, wind, frost, sun, stars, animal behavior, our ancestors predicted what the harvest would be, how soon spring would come, if summer would be hot.
Many people try to maintain the origins of culture, preserve traditions - they create Slavic communities, popularize Slavic culture in books and on Internet sites, try to revive the ancient Slavic holidays, to understand their meaning The modern calendar has long departed from the dates of the solstice and equinox. That is why there is so much confusion about the dates of pagan and Christian holidays... It is necessary to bring everything in line. Otherwise, there is no point in the holidays.
Karachun (Korochun) - Day of the winter solstice
The day of pagan veneration of Karachun (the middle name of Chernobog), celebrated on December 21, falls on the day of the winter solstice - the shortest day of the year and one of the coldest days of winter. It was believed that on this day the formidable Karachun - the deity of death, the underground god commanding frosts, an evil spirit - took over his power. The ancient Slavs believed that he rules over winter and frost and shortens the daylight hours.
The people still use the concept of "karachun" in the sense of death, death. They say, for example: "a karachun came to him", "wait for a karachun", "ask a karachun", "a karachun was enough." Skorjachilo - grumbled, brought down. Perhaps Karachun was so called because he, as it were, forced the daytime to go to reverse side, back away, yielding to the night.
Kolyada December 25
“Once Kolyada was not perceived as a mummer. Kolyada was a deity, and one of the most influential. They called Kolyada, called. New Year's days were dedicated to Kolyada, games were organized in her honor, which were later perpetrated on Christmastide. The last patriarchal ban on the worship of Kolyada was issued on December 24, 1684. It is believed that Kolyada was recognized by the Slavs as a deity of fun, that is why they called him, merry gangs of youth called him on New Year's festivities ”. A. Strizhev "National Calendar"
Kolyada is a baby sun, in Slavic mythology - the embodiment of the New Year's cycle, as well as a character of the holidays, similar to Ovsen. Kolyada was celebrated on Christmastide from December 25 (the sun turns to spring) to January 5-6. The Slavs celebrate Kolyada when the day has arrived and the winter sun begins to flare up.
On New Year's Eve, children were going to carol under the windows of rich peasants, dignified the owner in songs, repeated the name of Kolyada and asked for money. Holy games and fortune-telling are the remains of this festival of the ancients. The rituals have survived among the people, and have recently become more and more popular. "Carols" dress up in clothes, depict animals, devils, with music, with sacks in which they collect food, walk the streets, sing carols. Kolyada is a cheerful, welcome deity.
Eating ceremonial cookies in the form of cows (loaf, bagels), they commemorate Tura. Instead of a sacrificial lamb, cookies are eaten in the form of a lamb's head (bagels, pretzels). You should definitely try uzvar and kutya.
Shchedrets December 31
The last day of the outgoing year is called "Shchedrets". Since ancient times, a large festive feast has been held on this day, and generous songs are heard everywhere.
Among the abundant festive treats, there is certainly a place for pork dishes. It was believed to symbolize a rich harvest and fertility.
Before the feast, as usual, you need to amuse the people with generosity. The composition of the mummers is the same as on Kolyada.
Carollers come up to the house or a crowd of people and sing: “Generous evening! Good evening!"
Then the carolers begin to "torment the carol", that is, beg the owners for gifts, complaining that "they were coming from afar", "the goat's legs hurt" ...
The owners push back, laugh it off. Then the mummers begin to chant the generosity, some of which contain comic threats. It is considered a great shame not to bestow carols. The mummers send the "damnation" to such greedy owners:
“Give them, Svarozhe, on the back and in the face. Smite them, Father Perun! An empty bag for them, a pot with holes! "
Having collected a bag of gifts, the carolers disperse to celebrate the New Year in the family circle.
The last and most magical 12th Night of the great Yule (our New Year's Eve) is coming.
Turitsy January 6
Turitsy are dedicated to the tour - one of the oldest animals with magical powers revered among the Slavs. The tour embodies the union of Veles and Perun for the glory and prosperity of the Slavic clan.
The son of Veles and Makosha, Tur, like the Greek Pan, patronizes shepherds, guslars and buffoons, valiant prowess, games, dances and fun, as well as groves and forest animals. In the North, Tur appears as a proud deer, and in the taiga forests as a moose deer.
On this day, they are guessing for the whole next year, since the holiday closes the winter Christmastide. The 12th day of Christmastide corresponds to the 12th month of the year. Fortune-telling takes place in the evening, with the onset of darkness. Collect the snow to bleach the canvas. Snow collected that evening and thrown into a well can save water for the whole year.
The Slavs saw in the holiday of Tour the oldest rite of youthful initiation into men, when, incarnating as a wolf, the young man had to show his hunting abilities and military courage and fill up his first round.
The ancient Slavs took an example from these formidable animals who did not know fear and did not spare themselves in order to protect the herd. They tried to teach the young generation to attack and defend, to show resourcefulness and resilience, endurance, courage, the ability to unite to repel enemies, protect the weak and find a weak point in the enemy.
For many years, tours, wild bulls, served people as a symbol of honor and courage. Goblets and horns were made of turkey horns, which they sounded invitingly in military campaigns, and even bows were made of especially large horns.
Turitsy is also a shepherd's holiday, at this time the community invites a shepherd to its place for the next season, negotiates with him about work, entrusting him with a precious flock for a long time. The shepherd, the servant of the Veles, puts intoxicating drinks on the common table, and the community - food, and celebrate their conspiracy with a holiday.
From that moment on, the shepherd takes care of the herd, and the tour helps him in this matter, protecting young heifers and cows preparing for calving in February from various misfortunes and diseases.
Woman's porridge on January 8
On the day of Babi kasha, it is customary to honor midwives. They were brought gifts and treats, vodka, pancakes. They came with children so that the grandmothers would bless them. It was especially recommended on this day to go to the grandmothers of future mothers and young girls.
Later, the Orthodox Church began to celebrate on this day the feast of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.
The midwife is a distant relative in the village. Not a single homeland could do without a midwife. The grandmother helped the woman in labor. And she was, as they used to say, with her hands. Knowing the customs of the old days, the grandmother knew her business. During the agony of the woman in labor, she flooded the bathhouse, fished the woman in labor in the sun. Babkanie - obivanie - pretended to be a kind word, kind herbs, kind prayers. Smelling a woman in labor, that is, igniting a birch torch and setting fire to wormwood with grass immortelle, the grandmother was concerned about easy homelands.
Not in such distant times, mother gathered the children in the evening and taught them to praise Christmas, to sprinkle them with grain - for a long time, for happiness, for well-being. It was easier than ever to give out a slice of cake during the holiday hour, pamper the children with cranberries on honey. But mother knew: "Not every house has a loaf baked, and even so that the whole family has plenty of it."
And so the children had to deserve a treat, the whole world of children should taste equally both satiety and sweets. "Serve a ladybug, a butter head, a bake for a hearth, a gilded ladybird!" And in a child's box from every house, they carried both the big women and the girls-brides ritual cookies, which in their appearance are akin to a cattle. And the kids were provoking: “You, hostess, give me! You, sweetheart, give it! Serve - don't break! Break off a little - there will be Ermoshka. If you break off a hump, Andryushka will be there. And give me the middle - to be a wedding! "
And so the child's box was heavy. And in a crowd of praisers, they ran to someone's heated bathhouse, dividing the treats among themselves. It was a joyful time for games and fun. The children recognized each other and were childishly happy, remembering this wonderful winter time.
They also watched the signs: if this day is clear, then there will be a good harvest of millet. The porridge in the oven will brown - to the snow. If titmouses squeak in the morning, you can expect frost by night. But the incessant cry of crows and jackdaws promises snowfalls and blizzards.
Kidnapping Day 12 January
On that day, they remember how, in the era of Kupala, Veles kidnapped Diva-Dodola, the wife of Perun. During the wedding of Perun and Diva, Veles was rejected by Diva and overthrown from heaven. However, then he, the god of love passion, managed to seduce the goddess of thunder, the daughter of Dyya. From their connection, the spring god Yarilo was born.
Also on the Day of the abductions, they remember how in the era of Lada Koschei kidnapped his wife Marena from Dazhbog (God of summer and happiness). From the connection between Koshchei and Marena, the Snow Queen was born, as well as many demons.
Dazhbog went in search of his wife. He will be looking for her all winter, and therefore the frosts will become more and more severe, and the blizzards will sweep everything around.
On this day, the sacred stone Alatyr was revered (or two stones of God and God: the stones of Veles and Yasun - Buri Yaga).
Intra January 18
Intra (Zmiulan, Indrik the beast, Vyndrik) is the son of Zemun from Dyya (Night Sky), the brother of the Lizard and his opponent, the patron saint of snakes. Intra is the god of springs, wells, snakes and clouds. The connection with the water elements indicates his Navi nature (Nav in East Slavic mythology, the spirit of death, as well as the dead).
At night, the sorcerers spoke the pipes of the houses through which Nav entered the houses. Intra is an inhabitant of the underground, and in the legends of the Slavs it is said: "As the Sun is in the sky, so Indra is in Navi"
In the Indian Vedas, Intra is a demon and a snake king. The latter is indicated by the fact that Inderia is inhabited by snakes, and Indra himself is the husband of the Serpent Paraskeva. According to our Vedas, Zmiulan is the winner of the goat-Pan (son of Viy), in fact - his cousin(since Dy and Viy are brothers).
Intra's deeds contain valor, baseness, honest victories, and cruelty. Despite being the husband of the snake demon, he fights on the same side as Perun. Most of all he is close to people from the "Military Triglav" (Perun-Intra-Volkh). If Perun is pure "military truth", Volkh is sorcery, cruelty and dark anger, then Intra is Light and Darkness, the struggle of opposites.
Intra, riding a unicorn, is the patron saint of warriors, a symbol that personifies military valor and courage.
Prosinets January 21
Prosinets is the name of January, it is celebrated with the blessing of water. Today they glorify the Heavenly Svarga - the Host of all Gods. "To shine" means the rebirth of the Sun.
Prosinets falls in the middle of Winter - it is believed that the Cold begins to subside, and the sun's heat returns to the lands of the Slavs at the behest of the gods.
On this day, Vedic temples remember how in ancient times Kryshen gave fire to people who died from the cold during the Great Glaciation. Then he shed magic Surya from the heavenly Svarga on Earth.
Surya poured out on the ground on this day makes all the waters curative, so believers bathe in the consecrated waters.
In the annual circle of Perun's festivities, this day also corresponds to the victory of Perun over the Skiper-beast and the bathing of his sisters Zhiva, Marena and Lelya in the milk river.
On this day, the Slavs swam in the cold river water and gave grand feasts, in which milk and dairy products must have been present.
Day of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden January 30
These days they usually tell tales about Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. About how the Snow Maiden, at the whim of the goddess of love Lelia, fell in love with a person and therefore did not fly to the North with the arrival of Spring. But as soon as "a bright ray of the sun cuts through the morning fog and falls on the Snow Maiden," she melts.
On this day, the Slavs revered the enemy of Perun - Moroz - the hypostasis of Veles. We can say that Frost is the winter hypostasis of Veles, just like Yar (the son of Veles and Diva) is the spring.
Moroz was married to the Snow Queen, daughter of Mary and Koshchei. Frost and the Snow Queen had a beautiful daughter - the Snow Maiden.
The Day of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden was a symbolic end to the period of severe winter cold.
Gromnitsa February 2
Thunderstorm - according to the beliefs of the ancient Slavs, the only day in winter when a thunderstorm can happen - you can hear thunder and see lightning. Therefore, the Serbs call this holiday "Svjetlo".
The day is dedicated to Perun's wife Dodole-Malanitsa (Lightning) - the goddess of lightning and feeding of children.
The thunderbolt in the middle of winter reminds us that even among the worst disasters there can be a ray of light - like a bright lightning in the middle of a fierce winter. There is always hope. The Slavs honored Malanitsa for giving them hope for an early spring.
“Oh, Dodola-Dodolyushka, Perunitsa bright! Your husband is on the march, Rule is the governor;
Diva in the woods, Roof - in the sky. Come down to the Slavs with Zealous Lightning!
We have plenty of bread - Come down to us from the sky! We have plenty of salt - Don't deprive us of our share!
Come down loud, Come down happily, Come down beautifully - Honest people wonderfully!
Dodola is glorious, Hope is given! "
The weather on Gromniu predicted the weather. What is the weather on this day - so is the whole of February. A clear, sunny day brought early spring.
On Gromnitsa drops - in early spring, believe, if a blizzard clears up - the weather will be blizzard for a long time, until the end of the month.
Velesichi (Kudesy) - Brownie Day 10 February
Kudesy is the day of treating the brownie. Brownie is a baker, a joker, a cricket patron. The name of the holiday - kudesy (tambourines) - indicates that our ancestors communicated with the brownie or simply had fun, delighting the ear with music:
Grandpa-sibling!
Eat porridge, but keep our hut!
If grandfather-sibling for kudesy is left without gifts, then from a kind keeper of the hearth, he will turn into a rather fierce spirit. After supper, a pot of porridge is left behind the stove, lined with hot coals, so that the porridge does not cool down until midnight, when the brownie comes to supper.
On this day, both Veles himself and his army are revered. The story is about the origin of the Velesichi, the celestial warriors of Veles. Usually Velesich are revered as the children of Veles, Svarozhichs, who obeyed Veles - the head of the heavenly armies.
But among them there are those who descended from heaven to Earth and settled among people: these are ancient heroes: volotomania, asilka, the spirits of the ancestors, as well as the spirits of forests, fields, waters and mountains. Those of them who got into the forest - became goblin, some into the water - water, some in the field - field, and some into the house - brownie.
Brownie is a kind spirit. Usually he is a zealous owner, helping friendly family... Sometimes he is mischievous, plays pranks, if he doesn't like something. He scares those who do not care about the household and livestock. On this day, the brownie is fed with porridge, leaving it on the bend. They are fed and sentenced:
Master-father, take our porridge!
And eat the pies - take care of our house!
Veles day February 11
Veles (Volos) - the patron saint of livestock ("cattle God") and shepherds, was revered by the Slavs as a beloved God, on which the well-being of every family and the entire Slavic clan depends.
Veles day - the middle of winter. All nature is still in an icy dream. And only the lonely Veles Korovin, playing his magic tune, walks and wanders around the cities and villages, not letting people become sad. Marena-winter is angry at Veles, letting on him a fierce frost, and on the cattle "cow death", but can not overcome in any way.
The villagers sprinkle water on livestock on this day, saying:
“Veles, beastly god! Give happiness to smooth calves To fat bulls
To go from the yard - play And go from the field - gallop "
On this day, young women drink strong honey so that "the cows are affectionate", and then beat their husbands with the bottom (a board for spinning flax) so that "the oxen are obedient." On this day, cow butter is brought on demand.
After conception, women perform a plowing ceremony to ward off the “cow death”. For this, a hangout is chosen, which announces to all homes: "It's time to calm down the daring cow!" Women wash their hands with water and wipe them with a towel worn by a hanger. Then the hanger orders the male sex to "not go out of the hut for the sake of great misfortune."
The hanger with a yell - “Ay! Ay! " - hits the pan and leaves the village. Behind her are women with grips, pins, sickles and clubs. The hangman, throwing off her shirt, swears an oath to "death of a cow" with fury. They put on a collar, bring the plow and harness to the hangman. Then, with lit splinters three times, they plow the village (temple) with a "mezhevodny" furrow. Women follow the hanger on the brooms, wearing only shirts with loose hair.
At the end of the procession, a ritual battle between Veles and Marena took place. Under the encouraging cry of the audience: "Veles, knock off the horn from the winter!" Then a feast begins, at which it was forbidden to eat beef, accompanied by games.
Meeting February 15
At the Meeting, winter met with spring. The Meeting serves as the border between winter and spring, which is why the very name of the Meeting of the Common people is explained by the meeting of winter with spring: at Meeting, winter met with spring; in Meeting the sun for the summer, winter turned to frost.
In agricultural life, due to the state of the weather on the feast of the Meeting, the villagers judge the coming spring and summer, especially the weather and the harvest.
Spring was judged like this:
What is the weather for the Meeting, so will the spring.
If there is a thaw on Sretenya, the spring is early warm; if the cold is wrapped up, the spring is cold; the snow that fell that day - by a long and rainy spring. If on Sretenya the snow carries across the road - the spring is late and cold. It was on this day that they used to say: b> The sun for the summer - winter for the frost. And also: there will be snow - yeast in the spring.
On behalf of the feast of the Meeting in our common people, the last winter frosts and the first spring thaws are called Sretensky.
On Sretenye, they feed (feed) breeding birds: chickens are given oats so that they can fly better and the eggs are larger and tastier. From that day on, it was possible to drive the cattle out of the barn into the corral - for warming up and warming up, they also began to prepare the seeds for sowing, clean them up, earn extra money, check for germination. Whitewashed fruit trees.
The peasants usually on this day calculated the reserves of bread, hay, straw and other fodder: did they fit in half, and if not, they made adjustments to the feeders, and tightened their belts themselves. On this day, festivities were held in the villages.
On the day of the Meeting, our ancient ancestors worshiped the Sun: the priests of the Sun performed rituals of meeting and greeting the luminary, invoking warmth. And when the Sun was at its zenith, they burned a doll made of straw - the so-called Erzovka. This doll personified the Spirit of Fire and the God of Love. She was decorated with gifts and offerings - flowers, beautiful ribbons, festive clothes, and people turned to her with requests for well-being and prosperity. It was believed that with its burning, Erzovka destroys the cold, brings warm summers and a good harvest. In the meantime, the doll was carried on a pole, the lovers turned to her for help in love and with requests for happiness in the house.
Pancakes were baked at Presentation, round, golden - they symbolized the Sun. This was the call for his return. Peasant women baked bagels and fed them to livestock in order to protect animals from diseases. On this day, bonfires were burned, the people were having fun with ritual dances.
It is impossible to get bored at the Meeting - the God of Love does not accept sadness, and responds to a joyful meeting with joy.
Pochinki February 16
Following the saying “Prepare the sleigh in the summer, and the cart in the winter”, the owners immediately after the meeting in the morning started to repair agricultural implements, calling this February day “Fixes”.
Raschinaya Pochinki, the peasants remembered: the sooner you take up the farm, the more you will please the spring. Pull with fixes to the real ones warm days the real master is not befitting. Opening the sheds, the peasants wondered: what kind of work should be taken forward?
They worked together, with the whole family, finding a feasible job for both small and old: "In Pochinki, Grandfather gets up a little light - he repairs his summer harness and a hundred-year-old plow." The repaired harness was hung out in a conspicuous place, not without pride - we, they say, are ready for plowing and sowing. Yes, and the hostesses did not sit idle at that time: they cooked, washed, sorted things out in the chests.
There is an erroneous opinion, and it is mentioned precisely in Pochinki, that the Brownie harasses the horses at night and can drive them to death. A brownie is an assistant to a good master, and not an enemy, otherwise why would a Brownie be new house from the old they were transferred in a scoop with coal from the old stove. Brownie is a talisman for the house and not an evil spirit!
Trojan Winter 18 February
Trojan winter - important date for the ancient Slavs. On that day, the invincible Roman soldiers were defeated and expelled from the Slavic lands. Our ancestors considered this day a day of Military Glory, when many Slavic soldiers fell from Roman soldiers in the Danube region, near Troyanov Val (the etymology of the name has not been clarified until now). Most likely, Troyan Val was a defensive embankment, but perhaps a small outpost was erected on this site.
Those warriors fought without laying down their arms and without showing their backs. This holiday is also known under the names "Stribozh's grandchildren", "commemoration of the fallen near Troyanov Val".
Unfortunately, today a lot has not been clarified from the history of the heroic deed of Troyanov Val, including the exact date (about 101 AD) and other details. This episode in the history of Ancient Rus is praised in "The Lay of Igor's Host."
The ancient Slavic warriors thought about the descendants and the Greatness of the Russian Lands - they were not afraid of death, but entered the battle, not even allowing thoughts of betrayal, retreat or surrender to the enemy.
So will we worthy of lives our ancestors - since ancient times, it was customary for the Slavs to do something heroic, dangerous, useful for the Motherland or family on this day and remember the brave warriors at the table.
Marena Day March 1
The last holiday of the evil Navi Gods before the coming of Spring.
Day of Mara Marena - the Great Goddess of Winter, Night and Death. Mara-Marena is a powerful and formidable Deity, the Goddess of Winter and Death, the wife of Koshchei, sister of Zhiva and Lelia.
She was popularly called Kikimora one-eyed. The saying that is remembered on that day has survived: "Yarilo took the winter (Marena!) On a pitchfork."
The goddess is remembered and honored on this day, who will lead the people to the Kalinov Bridge. The possessions of Marena, according to ancient Legends, lie behind the black Currant River, separating Reality and Nav, across which the Kalinov Bridge is thrown, guarded by the Three-headed Serpent.

There are many of them. And this is due to amazing story of our state, which is many, many centuries old. Some of the scientists have thirteen of them and dates back to the reign of the Varangian Rurik. Officially, the 1153 anniversary of Russia was celebrated in 2015. And the first mention of Russia was found in chronicles dating back to 862. By the way, "Russia" is not an original Russian name: the Greeks called our ancient state this name. And somehow by itself it stuck with us. What is Ancient Russia? In addition to the main thing - powers, these are customs, traditions, beliefs and the like, which have developed over the centuries, have taken root in our country, even if they look archaic against the background of modernity, out of touch with reality, stuffed to the eyeballs with technologies of a cosmic scale that our ancestors never dreamed of. ...

Official and state holidays

Of course, in Mother Russia, they come first. And there are more than three hundred of them. To paraphrase the great Gogol, one can say: "Who among the Russians does not like good holidays?! ". Among the popular and beloved state ones -, International Day, May Day, and so on and so on in order. Several years ago they added to them. And although it does not have official and state status, the holiday is declared a day off.

And how many we have professional holidays! Let's start with peaceful professions - Day of the Dentist, Day of Russian Science, Day of Transport Police, Day of Cosmonautics, Day of Geodesy and Cartography Workers. Let's continue - related to the military, historical and memorable events- Day of the Navy, Day of Engineer Troops, Day of Tanker, Day of Rocket Forces and Artillery, Day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad (1943) Day of Military Glory - the list goes on. And there are, although purely professional, but widely celebrated by the population - the Day of Agricultural Workers, the Day of Trade Workers, the Day of Consumer Services and Housing and Utilities Workers - and the list goes on. There are 365 days on the planet in a year, on a leap - a day more, 366. And almost every day we celebrate something, celebrate. It just so happened in Russia!

Folk holidays stand apart

And so they, as races, are closely and connected with faith (religion), customs and traditions. Take Easter, for example. During the Soviet era, especially for the communists and Komsomol members, celebrating it was not only not recommended, but strictly forbidden! "Religion is the opium of the people!" This expression, which later became winged, was first pronounced by the English socialist Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875). Then it was actively used by Lenin in the fight against religion. As a result, churches and temples were destroyed, clergymen were persecuted for their faith in God. It got to the point that the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was blown up in Moscow. But hard times passed and it was restored, including with the money collected by the people. And Easter has now become one of the most beloved national holidays and is widely celebrated, as in the old days - they paint eggs, bake cakes, greet each other: "Christ is Risen" and answer: "Truly he is Risen!" Easter treats are illuminated in the church and generously distributed to relatives, friends, orphans, and beggars. This is the custom.

The custom of celebrating the Old New Year has also taken root in Russia. All over the world they are very surprised at this. And for the Russians, this is another reason to meet for festive table, once again to celebrate the New Year, with pleasure to watch Eldar Ryazanov's beloved sparkling comedy "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" entertainment programs shows domestic television in the Old New Year! The origin of the popular holiday in our country is explained by the thirteen-day discrepancy between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The latter is used by the whole world. From here came the "old style". According to him, on January 13, we and in many other countries celebrate the Old New Year. As, however, and somewhat later - New Year in eastern calendar which falls on the night of January 27-28.

Popular holidays include Trinity, Holy Week, Apple saved, Pancake Week, Palm Sunday, Intercession Day, Clean Monday, Ilyin's Day, Christmastide, Epiphany Eve, Peter and Fevronia Day, Baptism of the Lord and others. We will dwell on some of them in more detail.