Calendar of Slavic holidays and list of pagan rituals
Ancient pagan and Slavic traditional holidays, main memorable dates and rituals, the significance of which is important for the entire Family, were in the calendar of a certain date or month for a reason. All holidays of Slavic peoples and traditions are closely connected with Nature and its rhythm of life. Wise ancestors understood that it was impossible to reverse it and it was pointless to rewrite old styles with new ones.
In our calendar of pagan holidays of the Slavs, we indicate dates according to the new style for your convenience. If you want to celebrate them in the old way, simply subtract thirteen days from the indicated date and month. We will be sincerely glad that you will be imbued with the honesty and usefulness, reasonableness and grace of the pagan holidays of Ancient Rus' and the Slavic Ancestors, their traditions and help revive and pass them on to your Descendants to strengthen the strength of the entire Family.
The natural calendar of the Slavs is based on four main points - the days of the autumn and spring equinox, winter and summer solstice. They are determined by the astrological location of the Sun relative to the earth:
possible shift in dates from 19 to 25
Calendar of Slavic holidays and Pagan rituals
The annual Wheel itself - the Kolo of Svarog - consists of twelve rays-months. By the power of the Gods and the Family, it is launched into continuous rotation and forms the Cycle of Nature.
The very love of the Slavs for their Earth and the Cycle of elements and seasons is reflected in the ancient pagan names of each month. One capacious word reflects the essence of time and an affectionate appeal to Nature, an understanding of its difficult year-round work for the benefit of its children.
This is what our Ancestors called the months in which the main Slavic holidays were celebrated:
January - Prosinets
February - Lute
March - Berezen
April - Pollen
May - Traven
June - Cherven
July - Lipen
August - Serpin
September - Veresen
October - Leaf fall
November - Breast
December - Jelly
Winter Slavic holidays and rituals
Pagan and Slavic holidays in December
December 3 Remembrance Day of the hero Svyatogor
On this day, the Slavs remember and honor the giant hero Svyatogor, who brought great benefit to Rus' in the fight against the Pechenegs. His exploits are described on a par 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 prolong the Memory of his heritage, and tell about the Native Gods of the Slavs.
December 19-22 Karachun
Karachun is the second name of Chernobog, who descends to earth on the days of the winter solstice, Kolovorot. Karachun is an evil underground spirit and has servants in the form of bears - blizzards and wolves - blizzards. This is frost and cold, shortening days and impenetrable night. However, at the same time, Karachun is considered a just God of death, who does not violate earthly Orders just like that. To protect yourself from the wrath of Chernobog, it is enough to follow the Rules and wear Slavic amulets.
December 25 Kolyada, Sunny Christmas
Kolyada is the young Sun, the embodiment of the beginning of the New Year's cycle. From this day began the Great Winter Holidays and the turn of the Sun to spring. At this time, children and adults dressed up as fairy-tale characters and animals and, under the name Kolyada, entered the huts of wealthy families. Accompanied by lively songs and dances, they demanded treats from the set 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 of kutya began.
December 31st Generous evening, Shchedrets
On this day of the Great Winter Christmastide, they prepared for the New Year coming at midnight and, just like on Kolyada, they gathered and went out through the streets to play performances. Collect treats, praise generous owners and jokingly scold misers. Generous, good evening! - they shouted in greeting to every passerby. This is where the name of this winter Slavic holiday came from the times of pagan faith.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in January
January 1 New Year, Day of Ilya Muromets, Avega Perun
On the first of January, out of habit, today we celebrate the New Year. However, the traditions of this modern holiday are pagan. The Slavs believed that by decorating the spruce with sweet pastries, cones and nuts in the forest, we could appease Veles and for one day he would become the familiar Father Frost to our children. Christmas trees decorated at home are nothing more than commemoration and respect for our Ancestors, inviting them to the common family table. Also at this time, Ilya Muromets, the epic hero, one of the images of the just and mighty Perun, was fondly remembered.
January 6 Turitsa
Tur is the son of Veles and Mokosha, the patron saint of shepherds, guslars and buffoons, young men - future warriors and breadwinners of families. On this Slavic holiday, a rite of passage into men was performed, and the chief shepherd of the village was also chosen. This holiday closes the Veles Winter Holidays and therefore everyone is in a hurry to tell their fortunes for the last time, what awaits them in the future, and set a drunken table with a generous snack.
January 8 Babi porridge
On this Slavic holiday, midwives and all senior women of the Family are honored. They are presented with generous gifts and praise, and in return they sprinkle their children and once-adopted babies with grain with blessings and wishes for a generous Share and an Easy Fate. The Family symbol in Slavic amulets also helps to maintain connections between generations and instill in Descendants respect for their Ancestors.
January 12 Kidnapping Day
On this not a Slavic holiday, but a memorable day, Veles kidnapped Perun’s wife, Dodola, or otherwise Diva, in revenge for refusing a marriage proposal, and later Marena, the wife of Dazhdbog, who became Kashchei’s wife and bore him many demoness daughters. Therefore, on January twelfth, they are careful not to let girls go out alone and work to strengthen personal protection: 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 compiled a 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, the Indrik-beast, is also the patron of wells, clouds, snakes, the Navi God, so on such a night the Sorcerers charmed all the chimneys for protection, so that dark spirits in the form of snakes could not penetrate the house.
January 21 Prosinets
This Slavic holiday is dedicated to the glorification of Heavenly Svarga and the revival of the Sun, the mitigation of cold weather. In ancient times, the pagan Sorcerers 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 Brownie Treat Day - Velesici, Kudesy
On this day they glorify 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 food in the house and ask him not to be offended by anything, sing him songs and fairy tales, try to appease him and entertain him. On this day there is a lot of everything: from spirits to people, so you shouldn’t be surprised at the miracles that happen and Father Veles’s jokes on us. If you want, you can bring prayers under the spruce tree or a 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-Malanitsa, Molniya, inviting us to praise the goddess and ask her for mercy - not to burn barns and courtyards in anger, but to work for the glory of the future harvest, causing rains. Also at such times 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 glorified Father and performed play rituals of a comic fight between Marena and Veles, as a symbol of the imminent end of the cold, his retreat together with Mara. Also on this day, they protected the cattle and applied Veles’ chira to all the gates of the farmstead, praised and brought demands to the Cattle God, and asked for health to the cows, pigs and other breadwinners of the family.
February 15 Meeting
This is an ancient Slavic holiday of the meeting of Spring and Winter, the last winter cold and the first spring thaw. As a sign of respect for the Sun, required pancakes were baked, and at noon they burned Erzovka, a doll made of straw, 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 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, Candlemas. From that day on, they began to repair carts, fences, barns, barns and agricultural equipment. Prepare your cart in winter - it was from Pochinok that such a wise proverb came to us. You should also not forget about Domovoy, bring him treats and talk in peace and harmony to establish contact and receive support in working for the benefit of the farm.
February 18 Troyan Winter, the day of Stribozh’s grandchildren”, commemoration of those who fell at Troyanov Val
This wonderful Slavic holiday is the day of remembrance of fallen soldiers worthy of Svarozh’s grandchildren. In their honor, ritual reconstruction battles were held and generous memorials were given, and Descendants were told and clearly shown how much the warriors who took part in the battle at Troyanov Val did for the entire Russian Family.
Spring Slavic holidays and rituals
Pagan and Slavic holidays in March
March 1st Madder Day, Vyunitsa Day, Navii Day
On this day they glorify the goddess of Winter and Death Marena, who owns the Navy world and helps people reach Kalinov Bridge after life. Along it you can pass 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 possess the living. That's why 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 one’s departed Ancestors and prepare a funeral table, bring demands and give Glory for the life lived and the Descendants of the Family given by them. You can treat your deceased Relatives both at the graves and by floating the shells of colored eggs on the water - if they left for another world a long time ago and the person is sorry, there is no longer a grave left or it is very far away.
March 14 Small oatmeal
According to ancient Slavic custom, Little Ovsen marked the New Year - 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 his brother’s knowledge to people and helps to translate it into practical experience. On this day, it is customary to rejoice in the new year and make plans for the future, start new things, and glorify the awakening of Nature.
March 20-21 Komoeditsa or Maslenitsa, Velikden
The pagan holiday Maslenitsa is not just a Slavic meeting of spring and a cheerful farewell to winter. This is the day of the spring solstice, a turning point in the calendar and way of life. IN Orthodox holiday Maslenitsa pagan Komoeditsa has been preserved with almost all its traditions: burning the effigy of winter - Madder, treating pancakes - Komy and eating them all week. The first sunny pancakes were usually given 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 old things and cleansed themselves and their family of unnecessary burdens. They started celebrating Komoeditsy a week before 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 so called because, according to custom, forty new species of birds begin to arrive from the winter, including the first larks. And even they were late this time, each family baked their own butter larks, which were supposed to attract the real ones. Usually this was entrusted to the children, who happily ran to call for spring, and then feasted on delicious pastries. Wooden amulets for the home were also made in the shape of a lark. They attracted happiness, health and good luck.
March 25 opening of Svarga or Invocation of Spring
At the last, third invocation of spring, with rye aromatic 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 its growth in the rivers and seedlings, young shoots and new tree branches. On this Slavic holiday one can feel the Living Breath of the Gods, who favor the living Descendants.
March 30 Ladodenie
On this March day they glorified Lada: the goddess of love and beauty, one of the two heavenly Mothers of Birth, the Mother of God. This Slavic holiday was accompanied by round dances and round dances, as well as the baking of cranes from unleavened dough for home-made family amulets. A bright day of goodness and warmth made it possible to charge jewelry for girls or married women - earrings, pendants and bracelets with ladins symbolizing harmony female beauty, health and wisdom.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in April
April 1st is Brownie Day or his awakening
This cheerful Slavic holiday was dedicated to the Domovoi - the very spirit that protected your home, yard 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 bring prosperity to the family. In order for him to wake up faster and become more cheerful, they treated him with milk and other goodies, began to joke and play with him and with each other - act out and tell jokes, put on clothes inside out, and socks or shoes separately.
April 3 Vodopol Water Day
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 brought generous gifts to Vodyanoy in the hope that he would restore order in the water kingdom and thank those who treated them with a generous catch, not tear their nets, bring large fish into them, and also order the mermaids not to touch them and their loved ones. Some artels could donate a whole horse, but most often the requirements were limited to milk, butter or bread and eggs. By throwing them into cold spring water, the Slavs hoped that the Water Spirit would wake up in a good and well-fed mood.
April 14 is Semargl day
On this Slavic holiday, Semargl-Ognebog melts the last of the snow, turning into a flaming winged wolf and flying across the fields. It is this God of the Sun and Fire who protects crops and gives good harvests, and it is he who can burn to the ground all living things. They say that Semargla was forged from a spark by Svarog himself at his sacred forge. Every night he stands guard over Order with a fiery sword and only on the day of the autumn equinox he comes to Kupalnitsa so that they can have children – Kupalo and Kostroma. Requests are brought to the Fire God by throwing them into the fire; amulets with Semargl are also activated in its flame with a request to God for protection.
April 21 Navii Day or Remembrance of Ancestors
On this spring holiday, the souls of deceased Ancestors come down to us to visit and hear about our lives, joys and sorrows. Therefore, relatives are commemorated at their graves and a funeral feast is brought: treats in memory of them. Elders in the Family are remembered by dipping shells of colored eggs into the water, so that on Mermaid Day they will be given to them as dear news from loved ones. Just like the first of April, on the day of Madder, on this Slavic holiday, the restless, restless, restless, offended deceased souls come out to the Reality side. That is why many again take on disguises to protect themselves from them.
April 22 Lelnik Krasnaya Gorka
On this amazing holiday and for a long time after it, they glorified Lelya, the goddess of spring, youth and helper in obtaining the future harvest. On a high hill, Krasnaya Gorka, the youngest and beautiful girl, brought her all sorts of gifts: milk, bread, sweets and eggs, danced around her and rejoiced at the life awakened after winter. Painted and painted eggs were distributed to relatives and friends, and were also carried to the already deceased Ancestors as a memorial. Such colored, painted eggs are generally part of Slavic culture, some of them should have been saved for subsequent ones one after another spring holidays awakening of Nature and glorification of Yarila, Zhiva, Dazhdbog.
April 23 Yarilo spring
On this Slavic holiday, people go out into the street to meet and thank the patron of shepherds and protector of livestock from predators, Yarila the Spring Sun. From this period, the first spring weddings begin and symbolic fertilization takes place - the opening of the Yarila Earth and the release of the first dew, which was considered strong and was used during ritual rolling of men on the ground to increase their health and heroic will. Yarilin's dew was carefully collected and used for future use as living water to treat many ailments.
April 30 Rodonitsa
On this last day of April and Krasnaya Gorka, the spring cold ends and people go to commemorate their ancestors, bringing them standard requirements: kutya, pancakes, oatmeal jelly and written eggs. Also on this day there are competitions: rolling eggs down a mountain. The winner is the participant whose egg rolls the furthest without breaking. This rolling out of the earth with eggs symbolizes its future fertility. By midnight, all the celebrants prepare the beginning and gather a huge large bonfire on the same mountain to celebrate Zhivin’s day.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in May
May 1st Zhivin's day
Immediately at midnight on the first of May, the Slavic spring holiday begins in honor of Zhiva: the goddess of spring, fertility, and 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 to clean up evil spirits, jump through the Life-Creating Fire, cleansing themselves of winter sleep and darkness. Alive is the movement of nature, the first shoots, the first streams, the first flowers and the first love.
May 6 Dazhdbog Day - Big Oats
On this day they glorify Dazhdbog, the Ancestor of the Slavs, the God of Fertility and the spouse of Zhiva. It was on this day that he renounced Madder and made a choice in favor of his daughter Lada, thereby becoming, together with Zhivaya, 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 livestock to fresh fields, and also begin building new houses, and of course, they bring generous demands to grandfather Dazhdbog and rejoice in the hot sun as a symbol of real spring and a future bountiful harvest.
May 10 Veshnee Makoshye
This is a 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 winter sleep and is filled with life-giving juices. All the sorcerers and Slavic brothers who simply revere Nature came out on this day with generous gifts: beer and wine into the fields and poured full glasses for Mother Earth, praising her and asking for a good harvest, lay down on her and listened to her gentle parental whisper with advice and instructions.
May 22 Yarilo wet Troyan, Trigods day
On this day there is a farewell to Yarila - the spring Sun and the three summer Gods of Svarog Triglav, strong in Rule, Navi and Reveal, are glorified: Svarog, Perun and Veles. It is believed that Troyan has collected the strength of each of them and daily stands guard over Nature from the attack of Chernobog. Troyan was dedicated to the initiation of boys into warriors, commemorated ancestors and made amulets against the souls of the restless dead, including plowing entire villages with a protective, protective circle from evil forces, and women and girls were cleared of trouble before wedding ceremonies and childbirth.
May 31st Cuckoo Festival or Kumlenie
This very interesting Slavic holiday implies that we are all brothers and sisters of the same Family. Therefore, on the last day of spring, those who want to make love - to become related, without having a direct blood relationship, are given such an opportunity. 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 tell her about you. Also on this ancient pagan holiday, the Slavs exchanged gifts and amulets with people dear and close to them in spirit.
Summer Slavic holidays and rituals
Pagan and Slavic holidays in June
June 1 is Spiritual Day or the beginning of Rusalya Week
Spiritual Day begins on the first day of summer and continues throughout the week called Rusalya. From this day on, Marena lets her deceased ancestors out to visit Yav, and their Descendants invite them to their homes, placing birch branches in the corners, symbolizing Ancestral ties. However, people who are not dead, who committed suicide and who drowned are also activated along with them. Most often these are women and Mermaids. At this time, water most actively receives and conducts the energy of Prav, Silavi and Yavi. With its help you can recover, damage or learn something. As a requirement, clothes and towels were brought to the river banks for mermaid children, and so that spirits could not penetrate the body, they wore amulets with Overpowering grass.
June 20-21 Kupalo
This is the main summer pagan holiday among the Slavs - Solstice Day, Kolovorot. Many rituals are performed on this day - after all, the power of such a period is very great. The herbs collected at Kupala are of great value. The ardent fire of a fire cleanses people, and the water washes away all sorrows and illnesses from them. The feast, games and round dances with rituals continue from dawn to dusk. This is a Slavic cheerful and cheerful holiday, the symbol of which remains for the whole year in amulets with the Odolen-grass, the Fern Flower and the Colo of the Year.
June 22 Skipper Snake Day or Snake Day
One day on this day, Navius the Snake Skipper came to the Slavic lands, kidnapped the baby, imprisoned him in a dark cellar, and took his sisters: Zhiva, Lelya and Marena to his possessions. Subsequently, Veles, Horse and Stribog will be able to defeat Skipper in a difficult battle. However, from that day on, this time was considered dangerous - bloody, evil and bringing trouble. Many of our Ancestors claimed that on such a day real snake weddings begin and woe to those who step in the way of snakes crawling to the place of celebration. People put on the strongest Slavic amulets from navyh Forces and tried to wait out the surge of energy in a safe place together with the family and livestock.
June 23 Agrafena Swimsuit
This pagan ancient Slavic holiday opened the swimming season. In each house, healing bath brooms began to be prepared and a ritual heating of the baths was carried out for cleaning relatives - steaming, and subsequent charging - restoring health by plunging into open bodies of water. On the day of Agrafena the Bathing Suit, as on other Christmastides, girls of all ages walked with praises and requests to present gifts: Slavic outerwear, shirts with embroidery, silver jewelry with protective symbols.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in July
July 12 Sheaf of Veles Day
From Veles Day, the heat begins to arrive and hay is cut for the cattle, and the first sheaves are formed, absorbing the fertile spirit of the fields. Therefore, demands and praises 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 allow the souls of their ancestors to pass to Nav and find their peace there. On this Slavic summer holiday, Veles' chirs were applied to his idols, as well as personal and home amulets. Also on this day, the selection of sacrifices to Perun is made - domestic animals for burning in the Sacred Fire.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in August
August 3rd 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 their owner faithfully, be sharp, and also cause rain after a long drought to save fields and harvests. Sacrifices and simply generous demands were brought to Perun at the altar with an idol and a dish: pastries, bread, wine, kvass. Worn with the blessing of God, the ax of Perun or another Slavic talisman protected the owner in a foreign land and in difficult situations.
August 15 Spozhinki
Spozhinki, pozhinki or crimping is a pagan holiday of the ancient Slavs with the glorification of Veles and the cutting of the last harvest sheaves of grain. In each field they left the last bunch of wheat and tied it into Veles’s beard, as a sign of respect and understanding of all the great gift of agriculture given to him. Also at this time, they began to consecrate the collected honey, apples and grain on the Great Fire, and bring them as required along with bread and porridge to the Native Gods.
August 21st 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 demands to assure their respect: scraps, 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 the seventy-seven winds in his fist, living on the island of Buyan. This is why the ancestors believe that he can convey a request or desire to the Native Gods and punish offenders, wherever they are.
Autumn Slavic holidays and rituals
Pagan and Slavic holidays in September
September 2nd Memorial Day of Prince Oleg
Russian Prince Oleg did a lot for his people: he concluded an agreement with Byzantium and established trade routes with duty-free sales, united the scattered Slavic Clans into the United Kievan Rus, gave a decent education to Rurik’s son Igor, and nailed his shield as a symbol of victory to the gates of Constantinople. Prophetic Oleg died due to 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 Rod and Mother in labor
This Slavic holiday is dedicated to the family and its well-being. On such a bright day, they glorify the Rozhanits: Lelya and Lada and the entire Family produced by them. After bringing the demands to the Native Goddesses, ritual games and ritual funerals of flies begin, symbolizing the rapid numbness of all insects and hibernation until spring. In addition to the feast for the whole house, close people 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 Autumn, Day of the Fiery Magus
On this day, farmers began to celebrate the First Autumns - 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 21st Svarog Day
On this September day, the Slavs celebrated the holiday of Svarog and praised him for the fact that he condescended and taught people crafts together with Veles, and gave the sacred Ax and Forge. Thus, the Russian Family could survive and get down to business in the autumn and in winter. On this day, it is customary to slaughter chickens that have been fattened over the summer, and give the first one from the farmstead to Svarog as a requirement. Autumn viewings and weddings also began on 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 Lada Festival
Lada, as the Mother of God and the giver of family well-being, the patroness of all living things, deserved a holiday from the Slavs in honor of herself. At this time, she was thanked for the harvest and prosperity, as well as for sending her soul mate and creating new family, played weddings with ritual wedding rings, and also gave their grown daughters protective jewelry with Ladins as a talisman for beauty and harmonization of women's destiny.
September 22-23 Radogoshch or Autumn Equinox
On this day, the results were summed up and the harvested crops and supplies made were counted. People praised the main God of Rod and Rozhanitsy and brought them generous demands in gratitude for their protection and help. In some territorial regions, the Slavs began to celebrate the Autumn Equinox with the closing of Svarga, the Festival of the Heavenly Blacksmith or the Rich Man - on September 21 and all this time they held generous feasts until September 23 - the astrological peak of the event.
September 27 Rodogoshch or otherwise – Tausen
On this autumn Slavic holiday, according to ancient pagan traditions, a feast was held by the mountain - yes, this is how festive food was put on the table, and a huge pie was placed in its center with wishes for a generous harvest next year. Letting the generous Nature and the spring-summer Gods and Goddesses rest, people began festive fortune-telling and ideas about the hero and the underworld, symbolizing an imminent meeting with the awakened earth and its fruits.
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 goes very deep. Popular beliefs associated the name itself with the first frost that “covered” the ground, 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 preparation for winter.
October 30th Day of the Goddess Mokosh
On an autumn day they glorified Makosh, the one who spins human destinies, patronizes families and children in her, gives a happy bright hearth and helps to learn women's crafts: weaving, spinning, sewing, embroidery. Requirements were brought to her under the idols on the Altar or in the fields and rivers: sweet buns, red wine, coins and wheat as a symbol of prosperity. Also on this day, pre-embroidered amulets for the home, chiras and Slavic amulets-decorations were activated.
Pagan and Slavic holidays in November
November 25 Madder Day
IN last days In autumn, Marena finally drives Yarila out and covers Reality with her blanket of cold, snow and ice. This pagan holiday of the Slavs does not contain joy. People come to terms with the fact and initially make modest demands to the Goddess, but 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 deceased Ancestors, their whispers in the last remaining leaves and try to bring remembrance and appease the Navya Forces.
☆ January 06
The holiday is dedicated to the Goddess Dana and Tur, the son of Veles and Mokosha, the patron of games, fun, fortune telling, dancing, riotousness and passion. On this day they also carol
February - Lute
Gromnitsa
☆ February 02
“Gromnitsa” is the only day in winter when you can hear thunder and see lightning.
Veles day
☆ February 11
Midwinter. All nature is in an icy sleep. And only lonely Veles Korovich, playing his magic pipe, walks through cities and villages, not letting anyone get sad
March - Berezen
Spring calls (spring Stribog)
☆ March 01
On this day, the ceremony of invoking Spring is carried out. Girls, standing on high places, hillocks or roofs, looking to the east, sing: Spring, red Spring! Come...
Yarilin's Day, Komoeditsa, Maslenitsa
☆ March 24
When the day becomes longer than the night, when nature awakens and the Sun-child Khors becomes the youth Yarila, the Slavs celebrate Komoeditsa
April - Kveten
Red Hill
☆ April 22
A whole series of spring holidays take place under this name, starting with Lelnik and ending with Earth Day
Lelnik
☆ April 22
On this day they celebrate Lelnik - a holiday dedicated to the Goddess of maiden love - Lela. Our Slavic “Women’s Day”. Girls on this day choose the most beautiful
Yarilo spring
☆ April 23
On this day, an important ritual is held - the Unlocking of the Earth. In addition, for the first time after winter, cattle are turned out onto the grass before dawn.
Rodonitsa
☆ April 30
The last spring cold is ending. At sunset the beginning is opened. On this day they commemorate their ancestors, urging them to visit the land
Zhivin's day
☆ April 30
On the night of 30.04 to 01.05, the holiday begins - Zhivin’s Day. Women, taking brooms, perform a ritual dance around the fire, clearing the place of evil spirits. They glorify Zhiva, the Goddess of life
May - Traven
Earth Day (Rusal Day)
☆ May 10
On this day, the Slavs celebrate the name day of the Earth. You cannot carry out any excavation work, you cannot plow, harrow or stick stakes into the ground, for the Earth is at rest
Rusalya
☆ May 31
Rusalya takes place from 31.05 to 06.06. On these days, mermaids come to land and, in the light of the Moon, dance in circles, celebrate their weddings, dance and sing
June - Cherven
Semik
☆ June 05
Fire Festival. At the beginning of the dark season, nature delights the eye with a riot of colors. 5.06 Yarilo opens the sky, and green grasses are filled with magical power. Spring leaves, summer comes
Kupalo
☆ June 24
In the evening, June 23, when the setting Sun has not yet touched the edge of the forest, the holiday begins. The whole action takes place in a clearing near the river bank. Prepare a fire-bath in advance
July - Lipen
Perunov day
☆ July 20
On the 27th day after the Kupala holiday, a military holiday is celebrated - Perunov Day
August - Serpin
Spozhinki
☆ August 07
By this day, the harvest ends in most of Slavia, hence the name of the holiday - Spozhinki (dozhinki, crimp). The last sheaf (“reaper”) is reaped in silence so that...
Khoroyar
☆ August 18
The Khoroyar holiday is a day of honoring two brothers, Khors and Yarila, patrons of horses. They are Tausen and Usen, and among the Lithuanians Tenis and Usinsh, ...
Tonsured
☆ August 31
On this day tonsures take place. When a boy turns 3 years old, his hair is cut as a sign of his transition to a new stage of life. The tonsured person is given an adult Slavic name
September - Veresen
Women in labor
☆ September 08
The holiday of the Family and Women in Birth, dedicated to the harvest and the associated family well-being. At the beginning they say praises to Rod, Lada and Lele
Radogoshch
☆ September 24
With the onset of the autumn equinox, the Slavs celebrate great holiday- Radogoshch. The Sun-husband Dazhbog becomes the wise Sun-old man Svetovit
October - Yellow
Grandfathers
☆ October 22
On Saturday, close to 22.10, the Ancestors are venerated. Day of remembrance of their relatives, “Grandfathers” - the Spirits of the Ancestors, who flew to Iriy.
The night from December 21 to 22 is New Year, Slavic New Year. On the evening of December 21, the Universe begins to die. According to ancient beliefs, everything dies - stars, planets, the Sun, the Universe itself. Our ancestors were afraid of this. They were afraid that the old Sun would die and the gods would not create a new one. Therefore, the gods were helped with the help of 120 lights. 
In all ancient religions (Slavic, Indian Vedic, Greek, Roman, Celtic and others) there were 120.48 gods of the inner circle (in humans they are embodied by 48 energy meridians, 48 elements of gene records, 48 moral qualities etc.) and 72 gods of the outer circle (in man they are embodied by 72 archetypes of the collective unconscious, 72 life situations etc.) - together they amounted to 120. The same number of Archangels in esoteric Christianity, and ruling spirits in witchcraft grimoires. To help each Deity, a candle was lit (option: a splinter, a bowl, a fire), in total there were 120 lights. By helping the gods create the new universe and lighting the fires, the ancestors wanted their wishes to be fulfilled in the new universe. Therefore, that night it was necessary to think from 300 to 500 wishes. How? First, they formed a picture: in their minds they saw their wish already fulfilled. Then they really wanted it. And then they sang the names of the gods until the desire and the picture went into space. And so 300-500 times. In the morning, everyone was already very tired, both from the fear of the end of the world (what if the Sun doesn’t rise?), and exhausted from making wishes. And when the Sun rose, exhaustion gave way to fullness of strength, fear to joy. "Hooray! There will be a New Universe and our desires will come true in it.” A powerful holiday began, which lasted until December 25.
The author began celebrating this holiday in 1993. The results began to exceed all expectations. What was received was something that was not even asked for. One year, for the sake of an experiment, they missed the holiday - and well, the year turned out to be extremely unsuccessful. The holiday was celebrated according to the indicated ancient Slavic scheme. Each participant in the holiday first sat down at the laid table at home and said goodbye to the Old Year. Then, fearing for the fate of the Universe, he lit 120 candles, helping the gods create a new Universe, and began to make wishes. In the morning, when dawn begins and the candles burn out, everyone gathers on the outskirts of Kyiv, in the forest, in the place where the Magi placed the statue of the Deity Svyatovit. (Among the ancient Slavs, Svyatovit is the Symbol of the Highest Absolute Deity, as in India Brahman). And near Svyatovit there is a wave of joy - at sunrise.
How did the ancient Slavs (and indeed all the religions of the Vedic group) conduct divine services?
1. They made a Statue or Iconographic Image of the Deity.
2. The Deity was invited to enter the statue (image). When the Deity entered, the object became a Murti.
3- The table was set in front of Murthy. Meals and alcoholic drinks were allowed
4. Everything on the table was offered to the deity, causing the food to become iraead (communion).
5. They ate, drank, danced and praised the Divine.
Our ancestors had a drink that the Slavs called Suritsa, the Zoroastrians called Haoma, and the Hindus called Soma. The juice of fresh medicinal herbs (according to different sources there were 19, 28, 40, 52) was mixed with honey and fermented in the Sun for three days, and then distilled using available technology. The resulting drink was green in color and sweet in taste. There were legends about him. A cup of the drink relieved any fatigue, treated any illness, put the priests into a trance and they saw the gods. Unfortunately, over the centuries, the Suritsa recipe was lost and has not yet been restored.
The table of the ancient Slavs was also different from our modern one. There were no po-midors, potatoes, or zucchini. What happened? Here is a sample menu: hearth pies drowned in butter, dumplings, pies, pies, smoked river sterlet, fried game, cabbage soup, porridge with honey, goose stuffed with milk mushrooms, jelly.
To check what was happening on this magical night, the author invited authoritative clairvoyants and asked them to describe everything that they would see that night in the other worlds. They saw a similar picture. Somewhere between 22 and 23 hours modern time, a kind of black funnel appears in the sky, which begins to draw everything into itself. Around 01.oo the retraction stops and all worlds become dark. Somewhere at 01.25 the Universe begins to be reborn from the funnel, and by sunrise everything is back to normal.
It is believed that on this night the Universe itself is born and dies. And on this night the gods and messengers of the gods are born. Indeed, most of the prophets and saints of different religions were born precisely from December 21 to 22. That is why this night is also called Rozdzwo - the gods and the universe are born.
December 22 is Heaven Day. Even the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates St. Anne's Day. But if we look at the languages of the peoples who inhabited the Babylonian kingdom and the Caucasus, we will see that the word Anna is the word Heaven.
On December 25, they honor Triglav, Roda, the Nativity of the Light of Dazhdbog, and Kolyada. On this day, the Sun in our hemisphere moves 1 degree north, marking an increase in daylight. The Magi star Sirius and the three stars of Orion's Belt form a line from December 22 to December 25, precisely pointing to the sunrise point on December 25.
On December 26, 27, 28 and 29, a lot of frost appears on the fields. Frost perfumes were considered very pure spirits, so on these days various kinds of cleansing rituals were performed. Also, it was on these days that the most severe December frosts were observed.
On December 30, the Three Faces of Triglav are venerated. On this day they came to the magicians for advice and for ritual actions. Also on this day, the Magi were revered as magicians and clergy. They were given gifts.
January
On January 1, magical actions were performed for protection and healing.
On January 2, various forms of ritual cookies were baked. There were sweet tables.
On January 3 they continued what they started on the 2nd.
January 4 was the day of cleansing. Hindus would say: karma-yogis. The simplest action when cleaning a house: I wash not only my house, but also my soul and the blood of my family.
January 5th is a favorable day for accumulating energy. It is good to do any meditation on this day.
January 6 Forever. Starts with the first star. There should be on the table
12 dishes. The holiday has an astronomical meaning. On the night of January 6-7, the point in the earth's orbit that our planet passes is closest to the surface of the Sun. This creates the opportunity for the energy fields of the Sun to fill our planet extra energy, due to which the water in reservoirs begins to be sanctified naturally and the peak of consecration falls on January 19. On January 6, they also turn to the Moon Goddess, who is considered responsible for the embodiment of plans in a successful period, and perform all rituals with lunar spirits.
January 7 is the Festival of Stars. Celebrated on the 17th day from the New Year (compare the 17th Tarot card “Star”, denoting astrology and astronomy).
January 8 - honoring fertility. Worship of Goddesses (feminine) (compare also day Holy Mother of God in Orthodox Christianity). Holiday of Babya Porridge. They bake pies and treat them to them.
January 9. The holiday of the Magi who know the secret roads. On this day, 8 garlands of maple leaves which are burned in the evening. The yard is sprinkled with ashes (8 is the number of Alatyr’s rays).
On January 13, mysteries with evergreen trees are performed to induce fertility in the coming year. Evergreen trees in the forests are decorated with ribbon dots and sprinkled with grain or bread crumbs.
January 14th is one of the best days for fortune telling.
January 15th was the day of the Chicken God (a stone with a hole, often as a result of lightning striking the stone). These stones were hung in rooms for keeping domestic animals in order to promote their health and offspring. On this day, healers prescribed many healing rituals for those who applied.
January 16th is the day of activation of the forces of chaos. Magical protective actions against chaos (spirits of chaos are called basuras, sorcerers and sorceresses who cause damage with the help of basuras are called basurki).
On January 17, you can also banish or conjure the forces of Chaos. In eastern countries, on this day they call upon the overseer of chaos, Glu-vo, who drives out chaos and can charge those who call on him with the energy of order.
January 18 Candles Festival. Ritual actions with fire. Candles are lit in honor of the fire gods. On this day it is good to summon fire elementals (like Bazhov’s “Jumping Fire Girl”).
January 19. Veles Winter. Water is sanctified in all reservoirs. Swimming in pro-ruby for health.
January 20 is the day of ritual feeding of animals for fertility.
January 21 is the day of the three faces of the goddess of Fate and the Moon (Karna, Dolya, Nedolya).
January 22 is a favorable day for rituals to evoke changes in fate.
On January 23, fortune telling was carried out about summer weather and the possibility of a harvest.
January 24 ritual work with the forces of the earth (as elements).
January 25 ritual work with the forces of the earth (as elements).
January 28 was considered the day when prophecies are good
January 29 is a good day for cleansing procedures (karma yoga).
January 30 is also a good day for cleansing procedures (karma yoga).
February
Gromnitsa was celebrated on February 1st and 2nd. The forces of Darkness and Light are balanced 2/3 to 1/3. Make wishes. On this day you can control the forces of thunder and lightning for the year ahead. Hence the name. Some Buddhists celebrate New Year on this night. On Gromnitsa, a candle was lit in honor of the Gods, which was then extinguished. This candle is called the Thunder Candle, and it is believed that it can ward off thunderstorms, lightning strikes and conflict situations from the clan or village. The meaning of the ritual is not difficult to understand. Perun, the god of thunder, thunder and lightning, was also considered the god of war. But war often brings ruin. And Veles was the god of peace, magic and trade, whose activities excluded war. The time of Veles's strength is winter, Perun's is summer. According to myths, there is a power confrontation between Veles and Perun. That is why a candle to Gromnitsa can ward off thunderstorms and conflicts.
On February 3, 4 and 5, protective magic was performed for all occasions.
On February 6, magical rituals are performed to strengthen families and protect them.
February 7, 8, 9, 10 are good for accumulating magical power and continuing protective rituals.
February 10 is considered a favorable day for magical actions with house and other elements. On this day the brownies were called. The easiest way. Take a chicken egg in your hands and stand on the porch. Say: “Stand in front of me like a leaf before the grass, I brought you an egg.” When it appears, give the egg away. On this day you can treat the brownie. The brownie is able to protect the house from thieves, damage, and sorcerers. Demons, as well as attract material wealth to the house.
On February 11, they celebrate the Star of Veles (Arcturus, the constellation Bootes). On this day you can ask Veles for whatever you want.
February 12,13. Any rituals calling on the power of Veles.
February 14 is the holiday of Zimobor, on this day the most successful rituals for attracting suitors are obtained. All girls do magic. Another part of the world's Buddhists celebrates the New Year on lunar calendar(the first part celebrated its New Year on Gromnitsa). In Europe, it was not for nothing that this day was chosen as Valentine's Day.
February 15 is a continuation of the Zimobor holiday, a spell of water for healing. Ritual actions with wells. It is believed that if a girl drinks water from a well in the first half of the day, which she has collected herself, then there is every chance of getting married this year. There is a similar belief (even the Koreans have wells; the latter also throw wreaths of dried flowers or herbs into the wells).
February 16th is the continuation of the Zimobor holiday, house-elfs ride horses and play with their pets.
February 17 is a favorable day for making protective talismans for pets, fields, and garden trees.
On February 18, the demon “Cow Death” often visits villages. It can not only harm pets with diseases, but also cause fires that are dangerous to human life. Therefore, on this day veterinary events (healing and magic) and fire protection rituals were carried out.
On February 19, Kolodiy was celebrated. Fertility magic through cow's milk,
On February 20, 21, 22, 23, Kolodiy continued. The magic of protection from
sudden deaths.
February 24 is also the great holiday of Veles, the holiday of Veles - the Slavic deity of abundance and fertility, the God of Navi and wealth
February 25th is a holiday called "Rotation". It was considered favorable for starting any ritual or starting a new business.
February 26 and 27 are the day of ritual cleansing.
On the 28th day of rams, rituals were carried out for the successful growth of herds of these animals.
February 29 (this date occurs once every 4 years, it will not happen in 2010) is the day of fears. On this day, people were afraid to go outside, go into the forest, or go down into the dungeons. They were afraid to die. On this day, everyone sat near the stoves and listened to scary stories.
March
March 1st is the day of kikimora - swamp spirits. They can be seen, summoned, cursed.
March 2 is the most favorable day for magic against theft.
On March 3 and 4, all elemental spirits are active. They are easy to call. Good materialization of spirits when called.
On March 5, they did not look at the sky, since on this day falling stars carry harbingers of danger.
March 6, 7 and 8 are good days for gaining strength and meditation. They drink herbal teas.
On March 9, birds begin to return from the south. Bird Holidays.
On March 10, the demon Kumah fever awakens and people begin to get sick.
On March 11, rituals of healers against Nava spirits that cause illness.
March 12th is the Day of the Two Woodmen. These are very mysterious forces of ancient Slavic mythology, their exact meaning has not yet been deciphered.
March 13 is the day of veneration of the goddess of Life (Yavdonya).
On March 14, the arrival of swallows, rituals for love in families.
March 15 and 16, continuation of love rituals.
On March 17, the arrival of starlings. Expulsion of kikimoras and other spirits that can be harmful. Verbnitsa.
On March 18, magic is done for the health of horses. According to tradition, the house-elf is always treated.
March 21-22. Feast of the Equinox. Day is equal to night. Many religions (for example, Zoroastrianism), as well as astrological schools, celebrate this day
their New Year (but we already know, they are actually moving the New Year celebration to March 22 from December 22).
On March 23, the demons of disease and their queen Marenica are exorcised. This action takes place near fires in the swamps. The ancient Slavs always visited swamps on this day.
March 24 healing rituals.
On March 25, the Radunitsa holiday begins.
March 26, 27, 28, 29 - Radunitsa holiday and rituals associated with it.
March 30 is the day of Mantika (fortune telling), people wonder about the weather.
April
April 1st. Day of flowers. The Fairy of Spring was revered
April 2. Day of the fairy of wells and underground waters. Cleanliness of wells
April 3. Continuation of the magic with wells.
April 4. People call it Solnechnik. Mantika at sunset.
April 5. The appearance of Dazhdbog. Great day (Great day). Light increased after the equinox and conquered darkness. The first herbs, flowers, buds on trees. Ritual actions: become a circle. Everyone is surrounded clockwise with red eggs. The eggs are eaten and the shells are placed in special bowls. Then, in a circle, breaking the loaf and treating it to cottage cheese. The egg shells are then thrown into the river to float for 25 days until they reach India. So that the rahmans (brahmins) would know that Great Day had come in their homeland. Then the ritual table. The birth of nature, which died on Rusalia. At sunrise the Sun “plays”.
April 6. The second day of the Great Day of the Appearance of Dazhdbog.
April 7. The third day of the Great Day of the Appearance of Dazhdbog.
April 8 Awakening of Perun. The first thunder and lightning.
April 9 and 10. The snow is melting, the last day of the elemental spirits of snow. Their exodus to the other world before next winter.
April 11. Wedding of Or and Dana.
April 12. Ascent to heaven. They made ritual cookies in the shape of stairs. In the evening of this day, brownies are very active.
April 13. Day of summoning the elemental spirits of the element “fertility”.
April 14. On this day, brownies gain strength from awakened nature. They eat ritual cabbage soup.
April 15 Favorable for mantic actions.
April 16. Activation of water elements. They were called and fed.
April 18. Activation of wind elementals. Warm winds. The crickets are singing.
April 21. The energies of the Sun and Moon meet within the waters of rivers.
April 23. Spring Yarilo.
April 24. On this day the rivers flood.
April 25. The earth is warming up.
April 26. Day of internal cleansing.
April 27. Fox hunting day.
April 28. The bees wake up.
April 29. Arina's nurseries. On this day cabbage is planted.
April 30. Beekeepers Day.
Red Hill. Rakhmansky (Brahmansky) Great Day. Nava Great Day. On this night, all the spirits of the elements come out of their worlds - navi and communicate with people in reality
May
May 1st. Red Hill. Rakhmansky (Brahmansky) Great Day. Nava Great Day. On this night, all the spirits of the elements come out of their worlds - navi and communicate with people in reality. A three-day cycle begins when the elemental spirits can be summoned.
May 2. Weavers begin to bleach fabrics. Second day of Nava Great Day.
May 3. The third day of Nava Great Day. The Trinity birch tree is being installed. The birch tree is decorated with decorations, like a Christmas tree during the New Year holidays. The ritual should cause rapid growth and harvest ripening.
May 4. Day of honoring the spirits of ancestors.
May 5. Day of veneration of the deity Lelya. Slavic Trinity. Rituals with the Trinity birch tree.
May 6. Day of veneration of the deity Yaril.
May 7. Svarog and Svyatovit are revered.
May 8. Day of veneration of the goddess Lada.
May 9. Day of Karma Yoga (doing work for the Deities and for the public good). Cleansing rituals.
May 10. Karma Yoga Day. Zelnik.
May 11. Rituals with spirits of medicinal herbs, training of herbal healers. Collection of the first medicinal plants.
May 12. Rituals with spirits of medicinal herbs, training of herbal healers. Collection of the first medicinal plants.
May 13. Second Radunitsa.
May 14. Day of Veles as the Deity of Wealth.
May 15. Profit of the day (trading people and banking)
May 16. Rituals with cow's milk. Communion of nature. Ritual “Accepting the Power of Veles.”
May 17. Rituals for gaining magical power, appealing to Heaven and Earth for Power. Rituals with the goddess Makosh.
May 18. Sitting in the gardens. Yarina. Her connection with Yaril is obvious.
May 19. The day of honoring the elements of dew and the spirits of other types of water in nature (dews, fogs are active). You can see them, call them, they answer the question. If you hang a branch on a string, they will swing the branch while answering questions.
May 20. Continuation of work with the elemental spirits of water.
May 21. Ivan - Pshenichnik. Ivan - witchcraft power. In Belarus, pancakes are baked on this day. Then they set the table so that one plate remains empty. And they invite Ivan for pancakes. Ivan is such a supernatural force that gives magical energy, knowledge and strength to witches and witches.
May 22. Day of the Sea King.
May 23. Mother Earth Day. Ritual with a rose bush. Bathing.
May 24 is the Day of Veneration of the Deity Perun.
May 25. Day of the daughter of the sea king Moryana.
May 26. Sowing buckwheat. Ate buckwheat honey.
May 27. Sowing cucumbers and flax.
May 28. Warm Bokograi.
May 29. Zhitnik. Last day for sowing spring crops.
May 30. A favorable day for the blessing of water. They offered the Gods water taken from springs and sprinkled it around the house and grounds. The lessons were filmed with water collected from three wells (springs).
May 31st. May Oak Festival. The land is taken for its kind.
June
June 1st. Ritual mysteries for the harvest. June 1 and 2 are also a continuation of the Mysteries of the May Oak.
June 2. Ritual mysteries for the harvest.
June 3. Day of veneration of the deity Triglav.
June 4. Summer holiday of Yaril. Yarilin's day.
June 5. Day of veneration of the “Great Deity” (Sanskrit Mahadivya). From this Deity the Universe was born and by him it is supported. The radiance of Mahadivya is believed to be egg-shaped, so on this day, when rolling out an egg, the most severe illnesses in a patient can be rolled out. In India, stone eggs of Brahma are consecrated on this day. The meaning of these eggs is the harmonization of energy and the transformation of the linear energies of human desires into spherical energies of divine light, which helps desires to be harmoniously embodied in the material world.
June 6. The day of expelling evil spirits from settlements and fields.
June 7. Severed Head Day (echoes the Celtic god Bran - and the Wiccan "Bran's head" ritual). Favorable for mantles.
June 8. Favorable for mantles.
June 9. Favorable for mantles.
June 10. Day of spirits - patrons of birds. Fairies turning into swans, fertility spirits in the form of geese, etc. On this day people can observe it.
June 11. The day when Dashing One-Eyed, Mara and other creatures of demonic properties walk, protective actions from the destructive moments of Navi.
June 12. Veneration of the Alatyr Stone. According to legend, from September 27. the snakes slept underground near him, and now they have woken up and are crawling out.
June 13. Day of deities - initiates into magic.
June 14. Day of mantic actions, including harvests.
June 15. Summer Saint's Day.
June 16. On this day, they call the spirits of the winds, speak to them and tell fortunes about the winds with their help.
June 17. Continuation of the Day of the Winds.
June 18. Continuation of the Day of the Winds.
June 19. Whit Monday. The spirits of the dead are allowed to visit the living on this day and vice versa. The spirits of all elements are also activated.
June 20. Spirits of all elements are active.
June 21. Holiday of the Priests - Dowsers seeking the gifts of the Earth.
June 2nd. Night of World Fire. Maximum Light Power. A burning wheel is being lowered down a hill. Mass celebrations.
June 23. Nature on this day gives signs of upcoming disasters.
June 24. Continuation of mantic actions - predictions based on weather phenomena.
June 25. Day of Honor of the Fairy of Flowers
June 26. The day of ritual treats for people and spirits with blessed food.
June 27. Weaving wreaths through which you can look and learn the secrets hidden by Nava forces.
June 28. The statues of deities are decorated with flowers.
June 29. On this day, by pulling through wreaths you can help find missing people and animals. Also on this day, the spirits of treasures make themselves known. The spontaneous spirits of treasures from all Slavic peoples are most described in the folklore of the Ukrainians. In some regions of Ukraine (Poltava, Kiev regions) they believe that there are many such spirits and call them “skarbniki”. In the Carpathian region, on the contrary, they believe in one single Spirit of Treasures, who is in charge of all treasures. The treasure trove protects treasures, reveals information about them, and prevents (or helps) digging. Many different legends are associated with it, it even appears in historical events, producing incredible chains of coincidences in events in the destinies of ancient families.
June 30. Day "Young Yarilo"
July.
July 1st. Day "Young Yarilo". The days begin when wise men and magicians perform many different rituals. A week of training for young magicians. Initiation, penetration into the secrets of nature. These days are called “Kupala Days” because they are located between the two Kupala holidays. Kupala is the ancient Slavic God of the Sun. On the night of July 21-22, he gains maximum strength, becomes super-powerful and mature. On the night from 6 to
On July 7 he marries the Goddess of Water. Both holidays are associated with Kupala, so they are often confused. Many wise men gained their strength from the Sun God, this is what their rituals during the Kupala weeks are connected with.
July 2. Continuation of the Kupala week, rituals are intensively carried out.
July 3. Continuation of the Kupala week, rituals are intensively carried out.
July 4th. Continuation of the Kupala week, rituals are intensively carried out.
July 5th. Continuation of the Kupala week, rituals are intensively carried out.
The evening before Kupala
July 6. The evening before Kupala. On the night of July 6-7, the greatest event in the Universe occurs - a surge in the wave of the Temporary Field of the Universe. Time is the very first of the elements, from it all the others were born. And although the boundary of the time field propagates in the Universe at the speed of light, quite slowly by the standards of universal distances, the internal time wave propagates within the time field several thousand times faster, almost instantly reaching from the center of the Universe to the most distant galaxies. This wave
reaches all stars and planets, including our Earth, and produces many natural phenomena, such as the flowering of ferns in Slavic countries, or black aconite in Tibet. The ancient books say that if you don’t want to sleep through your happiness, don’t sleep two nights a year - from July 6 to 7 and from December 21 to 22 - from sunset to sunrise. By the way, the fact that from a certain point in the sign of Cancer, corresponding to the day from July 6 to July 7, you can control time is also written in the books of ancient Arabic and Babylonian astrologers and magicians. On this night, the Gates of Time open, many researchers of arcane knowledge are still observing this grandiose light phenomenon.
July 7. Wedding of Marena and Kupala. The fluctuation of the Universal time field has introduced mystery into nature. Magic herbs. Marriage of Fire and Water.
July 8. Old Yarilo. The magical herbs continue to bloom. By the way, it is believed that ferns bloom three times a year: from June 21 to 22, from July 6 to 7 and on Rowan Night. There are so many types of ferns in nature - so many forms of their colors. Each color gives its own properties and has a mystical meaning.
July 9. Healing spirits of nature. Rituals with the Firebird and other Birds of Power. Strawberries are forest spirits who reveal places of great harvest of wild berries.
July 10. Controlling the weather to harvest the future harvest.
July 12. Funeral of Yaril. They baked ritual cookies “mandriki”.
July 13. Day 12 of the zodiac constellations and their spirits. Also the day of the 12 Gods of Navi. Rituals for the fulfillment of “impossible” desires.
July 14. Day of the Heavenly Blacksmith. Stribog Day.
July 15. Day of honoring and calling upon the Family and Women in Birth.
July 18. Day of the Moon Goddess and her spirits. At night the Moon “plays”.
July 19. Day of the Moon Goddess and her spirits. At night the Moon “plays”.
July 20. Day of the Moon Goddess and her spirits. At night the Moon “plays”.
July 21. The beginning of the harvest period. Ritual lamb. A feast in honor of the Gods, where specially prepared lamb was served on the table.
July 24. Day of Stozharov. Calling the Stozhar Bird. Healings. Summoning the Bird of Era. Appealing to other Birds of Power, as well as calling on the power of Svyatogor, is the personification of the energy column connecting heaven and Earth.
July 25. On this day, witches collect healing dew, there is a lot of it.
July 26. Day of protective magic.
July 28. Day of Kirik - the supreme deity of the winds.
July 27. Dazhdbog summer.
July 28. Rituals calling on the power of Veles and the spirits under his control.
July 29. Bring gifts to Veles
July 30. Feast of the goddess Marena, Beregini. Bereginya is celebrated as a Goddess (protector) and Bereginya kpak spirits (spirits of the banks of rivers, lakes and seas).
July 31st. Continuation of the Madder holiday. Bereginya.
August
August 1st. Days of Perun, god of lightning and thunder. First harvest festival (harvesting grain crops).
August 2. Days of Perun, god of lightning and thunder. First Harvest Festival.
Day of Perun (in India Indra), lightning, thunder and rains. Thick starfall, the first harvests have been harvested (Harvest Day).
August 3. Meteorological magic - that is, ritual actions. Aimed at climate and weather control.
August 4th. Day of veneration of the goddess Perunitsa.
August 5th. Working with the elemental spirits of the elements “Fire” and “Lightning”.
August 6. Day of fiery spirits of lightning and sun. On this day, ball lightning (elementals of higher fire, plasmiads) is often seen.
August 7. Day of Mercy.
August 8. Day of veneration of the goddess Mokosh - the goddess of Fate.
August 9. Day of protective rituals, fire and aspen stakes.
August 10. Continuation of protective rituals. A spell to prevent war. Lightning bolts are engraved on the shields of warriors for invincibility in battle.
August 11. Kalinov day. On the territory of Ukraine, viburnum was considered the embodiment of the great Mother Goddess. On this day, viburnum berries have special magical powers. The Kalinov Bridge connects this world and the other world. On this day, magicians crossed this bridge in both directions.
August 12. The day when milk becomes holy and kills evil sorcerers who have drunk too much milk.
August 13. Continued enhancement of the magical power of milk. Production of conspiracies against thieves.
August 14. Day of praise of the Goddesses of Nature and Stribog. Shuliki - ritual cookies with poppy seeds and honey. Self-sown poppy. This is a poppy that grew on its own (that is, it was sown by the Gods). This poppy is sprinkled in a circle around the house and not a single hostile or, in general, Nava force can cross this circle. Rituals against evil spirits (ghosts).
August 15. They revered the horse on which Perun rode across the sky.
August 16. The spirit of Malinnik-Vikrevey is active.
August 17. The seven spirits rot the hay.
August 18. Calling on the power of Mother Earth and the 4 elements from the 4 cardinal directions. We were looking for magical plants with 12 spikelets.
August 19. Spas. The ancient Slavs had many protector deities, they were called Spas. There were a total of 19 Chief Spas; they were venerated from 01.08. to 19.08. On August 19, all the Saviors were revered together (the Savior as a virat-rupa). On this same day, Christians have designated the veneration of Jesus Christ, and India especially honors Lord Krishna on this day.
August 23. Day of veneration of the deity Triglav. We burned three candles in the forest.
August 24. Day of revelry of ghosts, white horses galloping, howling, whistling
August 25. Day of revelry of ghosts, white horses galloping, howling, whistling
August 26. A day of rampant ghosts, white horses galloping, howling, whistling. All three days (24, 25, 26) magicians can summon spirits, rituals are easily obtained.
August 27. Ritual food made from vegetables, fruits and honey.
August 28. Day of veneration of the Goddess Matsva (matr - mother, sva - sky), the mother of all gods and the Universe. Matrsva is the female form of the Absolute deity (Svyatovit, Brahma), the Great Mother of the Worlds (in India Adishakti, Adidevi).
August 29. Day of Bread and Gifts of the Earth. The first bread from the new harvest is being baked.
August 30. Magic rituals in fields and meadows - for good luck and harvest in the coming year.
August 31st. The second day of veneration of Perun's horse.
September.
September 1st. The day when young wise men were initiated into secrets. Other worlds are open. People have epiphanies.
September 2. The secrets are still out there.
September 3. Secrets are still out there
September 4. On this day, foresters come to people from the forest to play.
September 5. Day of deities and spirits - patrons of berries.
September 6. Harvesting berries and storing them.
September 7. Harvesting berries and storing them.
September 8. The day of the deity of death and mushrooms, as well as the funeral fire of Znych (in India, Shiva). Start of harvesting mushrooms.
September 9. Scarecrows were made. The manufacturers were generously treated. They said that there were masters who could make scarecrows alive.
September 10. On this day, conspiracies against drunkenness are made. October.
October 26. Dida's holiday.
October.
October 1st. The day when tree spirits (dryads) play with people
October 2. A day on which many weddings took place
October 3. Manic actions, the beginning of grinding flour on windmills.
October 4. Favorable for mantic actions.
October 5. Favorable for mantic actions.
October 6. The day when the gods reveal secrets. Day of Open Secrets.
October 7. They call upon all elementals (genus of brownies: brownie, basement, attic, barn, barn, bannik and others). Ritual fire in the barn under the stodol).
October 8. Day of communication with the elements of fire.
October 9. Rituals with the rooster as the bird of fire and the Sun.
October 10. Day of honoring beekeepers. Dishes with honey hide the hives.
October 11, 12 and 13. Favorable for any magical actions.
October 14. Day of honoring Mother Nature as the embodiment of the Great Mother of the Worlds, protective magic
October 15. Continuation. Wreaths of leaves were hung in houses.
October 16. Continuation. Wreaths of leaves were hung in houses.
October 17. The elemental spirits of the forests are deactivated until spring. There is a lot of noise in the forests. The spirits of fading leaves and grass move into evergreen trees (spruce, pine) for the winter.
October 18. Weaving work begins.
October 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 - intensive training in all kinds of crafts. Any magical actions are favorable.
October 26. Dida's holiday.
October 27. The day when you can summon elemental fairies Time
October 28. Ritual actions with fairies.
October 29. Food was brought to the spirits of the ancestors. The spirits between and borders are strong.
October 30. Rituals with spirits between and borders.
October 31st. The beginning of the Autumn Rusalia holiday.
November.
Night from October 31 to November 1, day November 1. Rusalia. Mother Nature dies and goes into the other world to be resurrected on High Day on April 5th. Because of this, the gates to the world of the dead are open and the spirits of ancestors come to their descendants. On this day, all religions celebrate the departure of nature into the world of the dead, call on the good spirits of ancestors and scare away evil spirits from the world of the dead (hence the Celtic pumpkins with candles, etc.). On the same night, gifts to the ancestors, including for the sake of helping their descendants from the other world, are lowered into rivers. The Slavs omit pumpkins, the Hindus omit coconuts. It's a good night for necromancers - they've been waiting for it for a very long time.
November 2 and 3. Svarog Autumn.
November 4. The final day of the Rusalia week is the commemoration of the Ancestors.
November 5th. From Nivenna (the other world where the elemental spirits of ice and snow live, ruled over by the one familiar to us from fairy tales Snow Queen) elements of snow and ice come to earth.
about, November 07. Days conducive to meditation and trance states.
November 8. Makosh covers the earth with keys until spring.
November 9. Autumn tours.
November 10. Day of veneration of the Goddess Alive.
November 11. Day of honoring shepherds of domestic animals.
November 12. Day of Honor of Birds. They were fed from feeders.
November 13. They practiced rituals with the forces of Navi.
November 14. Day of veneration of Kur - the symbol of world fire.
November 15. We communicated with the elementals of the brownie family.
November 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 - better days for magical Volkhov practices. Nature itself helps any rituals, as well as teaching rituals.
November 20. The rivers are frozen. Day for the Ritual of Bridges. There is a legend in Transylvania that you can get across these crystal bridges physical body to other worlds and return back.
November 21st. The forces that create the structures of statehood. Vision.
November 22. Severe frosts begin.
November 23. Favorable for mantic actions.
November 24. Favorable for healing. Goddess of Fate (Shares).
November 25. Favorable for healing. Goddess of Fate (Shares).
November 26. Favorable for healing. Goddess of Fate (Shares).
November 27. Day of veneration of the deities Triglav and Karachun with three candles.
November 28. Day of veneration of the deities Triglav and Karachun with three candles.
November 29. Day of veneration of the deities Triglav and Karachun with three candles.
November 30. A good day for performing any rituals that use all three forces that create the universe (Rule. Nav, Reality).
December
December 1st was the day of the Winter Fairy. The Slavs, like other peoples of the Eurasian continent, have a concept of fairies. Fairies were thought of as elemental spirits of the element Time. And since all other elements emerged from the element of Time, fairies are endowed with power over them. Legends recorded by ethnographers say that the Fairy of Winter on this day can easily be met in the forest as a rider on a white horse. She can even stop, talk to a person, find out his desire and fulfill it. Slavic magicians knew how to summon the Winter Fairy with a ritual. Also on this day, gifts for the Fairy were taken to the forest and field. It was believed that whoever took the gift would easily survive the winter cold without loss.
On December 2, activities continued with the Winter Fairy in particular and with Fairies in general.
On December 3, restraining spells are practiced against harmful demons.
December 4th is the Day of Lightning of the Great Mother. Zarnitsy in ancient Slavic mythology were considered independent intelligent beings, DU "khami, which is confirmed by the constant appeal to them for help in conspiracies and whispers. On this day, magical actions for harmony and healing rituals were carried out.
December 5th is road laying day. Rituals to open paths are dedicated to it. Obviously, this is also related to the fact that New Year’s fortune-telling is opened on the night of December 5-6. In those regions where rivers froze, roads were built using sleighs.
December 6th was the Day of the King of Time, the 4 fairies of the 4 seasons and 12 months. The Time King subsequently transformed into the Father Frost we know. The great God Veles was also honored. The fairy tale 012 months gives an idea of the ritual for this day. 12 people sitting around the fire change seats clockwise until they take their original position.
On December 7 and 8, Bereginya was venerated. Bereginya is known to us in two forms: as a guardian Goddess and as a spirit of the elements (feminine), living along the banks of rivers and lakes.
On December 9, magical actions are performed with the Great Serpent of Gravity. Remember the Indian snake Ananta-Sheshanga, on which Krishna and Vishnu swim in the world ocean, and who is responsible for the law of attraction in the Universe, and which gives yogis the ability to fly. Also remember about the same ancient Slavic snake Yusha (later transformed into the Miracle Yudo Fish-Whale? Here
On December 9, ritual actions are carried out with this power.
The day of December 10 was considered favorable for rituals to fulfill wishes. They lit candles to make wishes come true.
On December 11 and 12, rituals with candles continued.
December 13th is the best day for fortune telling. A lot of mantles. On this day the church celebrates St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle. The entymology of the name of this Apostle is easily traced. The Indo-Iranian god of thunder, lightning and thunder Indra turned into Andre, just in the process of moving the name to Europe capital letter And in the name it turned into A. Since it is believed that many events are written in heaven, then who else, if not the heavenly 6oiy, can reveal them?
The 14th is a favorable day for the start of any teaching.
On December 15 and 16, we developed the skills acquired on the start day of training.
On December 17, all Goddesses (feminine) were venerated. 7 loaves of bread were prepared for them. The bread was offered to the Gods and then eaten by believers. During the entire action, 13 candles should have been burning on the table.
On December 18, all Gods (masculine) were revered. 7 loaves of bread were prepared for them. The bread was offered to the Gods and then eaten by believers. During the entire action, 13 candles had to burn on the table.
On December 19, the Great God Veles was venerated. It was believed that on this day Veles could take the form of a person, come as a guest to the house and give gifts. On the same day, the goddess of fertility (and witchcraft) Vala was revered. The church sets aside the same day for the celebration of St. Nicholas, however, during the time of dual faith in Rus', the images of Veles and Nicholas merged so much that in the popular imagination they became one supernatural being (as evidenced by the signs of Veles, painted by icon painters on the cloak of St. Nicholas).
On December 20, they honored both the Gods and Goddesses together as a Single Whole, constituting the Absolute Deity (Roda among the Slavs, Adibrahman in India).
For days from December 21 to January 31, see the beginning of the text.
Almost all holidays have pagan Slavic roots. Our article will discuss both pagan holidays that are celebrated throughout Russia and Orthodox ones.
The latter are most often celebrated not only here, but also in Europe. In Slavic culture, there are four main holidays, according to which days and weeks are counted.
Let's look at them in more detail below.
What is paganism?
First of all, let's understand the concept of paganism. Scientists do not give an unambiguous interpretation of this word. Previously, it was believed that paganism appeared thanks to the New Testament. In Church Slavonic, this word meant other peoples, i.e. those who had a religion other than Christian.
Philologists who study pagan holidays and Slavic culture believe that the meaning of this concept is hidden in the word “paganism” - respect for clan, kinship and blood ties.
In the distant past, our ancestors revered family ties, they considered themselves to be one completely existing whole, and were in kinship with Mother Nature herself.
Pagan holidays
The concept of the Sun in pagan culture
All Slavic pagan holidays boiled down to one goal - honoring respect for the forces of nature and the earth.
The Slavic people deified the Sun, because the very process of life depended on its light. The main festivities and celebrations related to the position of the sun in the sky and its changes in position.
Solstice holidays among the pagan population
It's no secret that the Slavic holidays were held using the solar calendar. It showed the position of the Sun relative to other astrological bodies.
The year was calculated not by days and weeks, but by four main astronomical events:
And the main pagan holidays were directly related to these natural changes.
Types of Slavic holidays
- In ancient times, the Slavic calendar of holidays began with spring equinox. This holiday identified victory over winter time year, and was called Komoeditsa.
- Summer Solstice Day- a holiday called Kupaila Day.
- Veresen was a holiday autumn equinox.
- Kolyada The holiday was celebrated at the time of the winter solstice.
As a result, the four main pagan holidays in Rus' were carried out by the Sun and its changes during the astronomical year.
The Slavic people sincerely believed that the sun, like man, changes throughout the year.
The deity, which died the night before the winter solstice, was reborn in the morning.
Holiday Kolyada or Solstice
December 21 was considered the beginning of astronomical winter, and was dedicated to the rebirth of the Sun. The Slavic people identified this holiday with a baby who was born at the dawn of the winter solstice.
The fun and celebrations continued for two weeks, and it all began at sunset on December 19th. All relatives, friends and acquaintances came to celebrate the Christmas of the sun. To scare away evil spirits and evil spirits, the wise men lit bonfires.
On the eve of the birth of the Sun, evil forces were most active, due to the death of old Svetovit and the birth of Kolyada. The Slavs believed that on the magical night of timelessness, ancestors helped resist evil forces by gathering together for a common celebration.
In order to help the Sun to be born, the Slavs lit ritual fires at night. They cleaned the house and yard, washed and washed. They threw old things into the fire to get rid of the past, and in the morning to meet the Sun clean and renewed.
The winter sun was called Kolyada. The Slavs rejoiced that every day now the sunny day would increase, and the Sun itself would grow stronger. The cheerful pagan holiday was celebrated on this day until sunset on January 1st.
Yule Night
The Slavs considered the twelfth night of Yule, that is, from December 31 to January 1, magical and fabulous. It was customary to celebrate it with funny disguises, dances and songs.
Currently, we also celebrate this night, and children joyfully await the arrival of the pagan god in the person of Santa Claus.
The ancient Slavs invited this god to appease him and protect all crops from freezing.
When preparing a house for an ancient pagan holiday, we, as a rule, decorate the Christmas tree and apartment, and put sweets on the table in the form of logs or logs, as Christian tradition suggests. All these holiday decorations borrowed from the god Yule.
In winter, the Honoring of Women and Christmas Carols were also celebrated. All these celebrations were accompanied by dances, songs, festivities and fortune telling. The Slavs glorified the young Sun during all these holidays.
Holiday Komoeditsa
March 20-21 is considered the vernal equinox. The spring pagan holiday is a farewell to winter, the beginning of a new year, welcoming spring and leaving the cold.
As soon as Christian culture appeared, this holiday was shifted in time according to church calendar at the beginning of the year. In the modern world, we all know this holiday as Maslenitsa. The pagan holiday was usually celebrated for 1.5 or 2 weeks.
The Slavs glorified the growing strength and strengthening of the Sun. And having replaced his first childhood name Kolyada with the adult name Yarilo, the sun god became strong and could melt the snow and awaken nature from hibernation.
Celebration of Kupala pagan holiday
June 21 is the summer solstice. At the festival, the Slavs glorified the pagan god Kupail, who gave an excellent harvest and fertility.
According to the solar calendar, the beginning of summer began on this day. The Slavs enjoyed fun and rested from hard work. During this period, girls could tell fortunes about their betrothed and float wreaths.
A symbol of fertility was a tree decorated with ribbons and various festive attributes. On this holiday, all the elements of nature have healing powers.
The Magi, knowing the healing properties this holiday provides, collected roots, herbs, flowers, morning and evening dew in the forest.
The meanings of Orthodox and pagan holidays
Celebrating and having fun, our great-grandparents burned an effigy of winter. Spring was coming, and the fear of cold death in winter was receding.
In order to win over spring, on the thawed patches in the field there are treats, sweets and pies for Mother Spring. At the festive feast Slavic men ate only nutritious food.
This was necessary in order to gain strength before the summer. The Slavs, celebrating pagan folk holidays, danced in circles and prepared delicious dishes, for example, pancakes, which resembled the spring sun.
Since the Slavs lived harmoniously with Mother Nature, they also glorified her plant and animal worlds. The bear was a respected and deified animal. It was to him that the ancient Slavs brought pancakes at the beginning of the celebration.
Komoeditsa- this is a name associated with the bear, since its ancestors called it “com”. There is a proverb: “The first pancake is compulsive,” that is, intended for the bear.
Magical pagan holidays and rituals
For the positive location of Kupaila, the Magi performed many rituals. On a night of fun, they walked around the field in a circle, reading conspiracies from evil spirits, people and animals.
There is an old legend that all the people gather in the forest on Kupala in search of a flower. He is able to work miracles, heal and point to treasure. But this ancient plant cannot bloom.
And the lucky ones who see a suspicious glow in the garden are due to a phosphorescent organism present on the leaves of the fern. But despite this, young people still go looking for the magic flower.
Veresen holiday
September 21 is the autumnal equinox. Represents the harvest and the beginning of autumn. The holiday was celebrated for two weeks.
The first time was celebrated two weeks before the equinox, in Indian Summer - they calculated the harvest and planned expenses.
The second time was celebrated after the autumn equinox. On such days, the Slavs honored the aging and wise Sun. They burned bonfires, danced in circles, lit a new fire to replace the old one.
The house was decorated with bouquets of wheat, and pies were baked from the harvest. This holiday was always celebrated on a grand scale, and all the tables were simply bursting with a variety of dishes.
Pagan holidays in Russia
When Christianity came, many Slavic traditions disappeared. But thanks people's memory and some traditions, managed to recreate some elements of the celebration.
But, despite the passage of time, Slavic holidays continue to be celebrated, albeit in a distorted form. If you care about the history of your people, you can easily recreate these holidays.
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