Almost all holidays have pagan Slavic roots. Our article will focus on both pagan holidays, which are celebrated throughout Russia, and Orthodox.

The latter are most often celebrated not only in our country, but also in Europe. In Slavic culture, there are four main holidays, according to which the days and weeks are counted.

Let's consider them in more detail below.

First of all, let's deal with 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 the Church Slavonic language, this word meant other peoples, i.e. those that had a different religion from the Christian.

Philologists who study pagan holidays and Slavic culture believe that the meaning of this concept is hidden in the word "yazhism" - reverence for family, kinship and blood ties.

In the distant past, our ancestors revered family ties, they considered themselves to be a single whole, completely complete, and were in kinship with mother nature herself.

Pagan Holidays

The concept of the sun in pagan culture

All Slavic pagan holidays were reduced to one goal - reverence for 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 firmament and its changes in position.

Solstice festivals among the pagan population

It's no secret that the holidays of the Slavs were held using the solar calendar. He showed the position of the Sun relative to other astrological bodies.

The reckoning of the year went not by day or week, but by four astronomical main events:

And the main pagan holidays were directly related to these natural changes.

Types of Slavic holidays

1. In ancient times, the Slavic calendar of holidays began with vernal equinox... This holiday identified the victory over the winter season, and was called Komoeditsa.
2. Summer solstice- a holiday called the Day of Kupaila.
3. Veresen was a holiday autumn equinox.
4. Kolyada the holiday was celebrated at the time of the winter solstice.

As a result, the four main pagan holidays in Russia carried out the Sun and its changes during the astronomical year.

The Slavic people sincerely believed that the sun, like a person, changes throughout the year.

The deity that died on the night before the winter solstice was reborn in the morning.

Holiday Kolyada or Solstice

December 21 was considered the beginning of the astronomical winter, and was dedicated to the revival 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 celebration lasted for two weeks, and it all began at sunset on December 19. All relatives, friends and acquaintances came to celebrate Christmas of the sun. To scare away evil spirits and evil spirits, the Magi lit fires.

Evil forces on the eve of the birth of the Sun were most active, due to the death of the old Svetovit and the birth of Kolyada. The Slavs believed that on the magical night of timelessness, their ancestors helped to resist the evil forces, gathering together for a common celebration.

In order to help the Sun to be born, the Slavs kindled ceremonial fires at night. We cleaned the house and yard, washed and washed. Old things were thrown into the fire to get rid of the past, and in the morning to meet the Sun pure and renewed.

The winter sun was called Kolyada. The Slavs were glad that every day now the sunny day would increase, and the Sun itself would grow stronger. A merry pagan holiday was celebrated on this day until sunset on January 1.

Yule night

The Slavs considered the twelfth night of Yule to be magical and fabulous, that is, from December 31 to January 1. It was customary to celebrate it with funny disguises, dances and songs.

Currently, we are also celebrating this night, and the children are looking forward to 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 a Christmas tree and an apartment, put sweets on the table in the form of logs or logs, as the Christian tradition suggests. All of these holiday decorations are 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 day of the vernal equinox. Spring pagan holiday - farewell to winter, the beginning of the new year, meeting spring and the departure of cold weather.

As soon as Christian culture appeared, this holiday was shifted in time according to the church calendar to 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 replacing his first childhood name Kolyada with the adult name Yarilo, the sun god became strong and could melt snow and wake nature from hibernation.

Celebration of Kupala pagan holiday

June 21 is the day of the summer solstice. At the holiday, the Slavs glorified the pagan god Kupaila, who gave an excellent harvest and fertility.

According to the solar calendar, the beginning of summer began on that day. The Slavs rejoiced in the merriment and rested from hard work. Girls during this period could guess at the narrowed ones and put wreaths on the water.

The 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 what healing properties this holiday gives, collected roots, herbs, flowers, morning and evening dew in the forest.

Meanings of Orthodox and pagan holidays

Celebrating and having fun, our great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers burned the effigy of winter. Spring was coming, and the fear of cold death in winter receded.

In order to win over spring, treats, sweets and pies for Mother Spring are on thawed patches in the field. During the festive feast, Slavic men ate only nutritious food.

This was necessary in order to gain strength before the summer. The Slavs, celebrating popular pagan holidays, danced in round dances, prepared delicious dishes, for example, pancakes, which resembled the spring sun.

Since the Slavs lived in harmony with Mother Nature, they also glorified her plant and animal worlds. A respected and deified beast was the bear. It was to him at the beginning of the celebration that the ancient Slavs brought pancakes.

Komoeditsa- This is the name associated with the bear, as the ancestors called it "com". There is such a proverb: "The first pancake is coma", that is, it is intended for a bear.

Magical pagan holidays and rituals

For the positive disposition 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 people gather in the forest on Kupala in search of a flower. He is able to work miracles, heal and point to the treasure. But this ancient plant cannot bloom.

And the lucky ones who see a suspicious glow in the garden are justified by the phosphorescent organism present on the fern leaves. But, despite this, young people still go to look for a magic flower.

Veresen holiday

September 21st is the autumnal equinox. Indicates harvest and early fall. We celebrated the holiday for two weeks.

For the first time, they celebrated two weeks before the equinox, in Indian Summer - they calculated the harvest, 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, played round dances, kindled a new fire to replace the old one.

The house was decorated with bouquets of wheat, baked pies from the harvest. This holiday was always celebrated on a wide scale, and all the tables were simply bursting with a varied amount of food.

Pagan holidays in Russia

When Christianity came, many traditions of the Slavs disappeared. But, thanks to folk memory and some traditions, it was possible to recreate some elements of the celebration.

But, despite the past tense, 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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1-6 - Hair days. Otherwise called wolf days. On these days, you need to pray to the animal patron - God Hair and Cattle. Protect the herd these days from the outrage of wolves, bring gratitude to your animals for feeding us from time immemorial.

3 - Day of memory of the legendary princess Olga... Today is a toast in honor of the great pagan Olga. She glorified her name for centuries with her deeds, worthy of memory and glory - she avenged the Drevlyans for her murdered husband, gave birth to Prince Svyatoslav the Great and united Russia.

6- Turits... The holiday of Yar-Tur, the bull symbolizing fertility and vitality. On this day, people put on masks of bulls, lead round dances. Young people play turitsi - fun games. This day is the end of the New Year holidays.

8 - Babi Porridge... Day of midwives - midwives. In Russia, it was customary to go to the midwives on this holiday, treat them with vodka, pancakes, and give gifts. It was believed that if a young woman makes a present to the midwife, then she (the girl) will have a healthy and strong child.

18-Day Intra(the lord of snakes). Intra in Slavic is the god of clouds, snakes, wells, springs. Identified with Navu (spirit of the dead). On the night, the sorcerers were supposed to speak the chimneys - pipes through which Nav could enter the house. Intra is a resident of the underground, so it was necessary to say: "If the Sun is in the sky, then Intra is in Navi." Intra patronizes warriors, personifying courage, strength and valor.

21 - Prosinets... The middle of winter, the return of the sun's heat to the earth. Prosinets was celebrated with blessing of water. The Slavs swam in cold waters, laid rich tables. Among other foods, dairy products should certainly be on the table - milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, cheeses and others.

30 - Day of Santa Claus and Snegurochka's merrymaking. The symbolic end of winter. On this day, it is customary to tell stories about Santa Claus and his daughter, Snegurochka.

February (cut)

10 - Kudesy, Velesici... Day . Brownie in on this day, offerings should be made to appease him. A pot of porridge was left behind the stove, having previously wrapped it up and overlaid with hot coals so that the food would not cool down before the arrival of the brownie. “Grandpa is a neighbor! Help yourself, eat porridge, yes! Eat pies, but take care of the master's house! " The brownie helps the family, where he is appreciated. It is a kind spirit, sometimes a little harmful. On the contrary, if you do not feed your “owner”, he starts to rampage and causes a lot of trouble for the tenants.

15 - Meeting... Border between winter and spring. If it's warmer on Presentation, wait for early spring. On the contrary, a cold day leads to a cold spring. At the Meeting, commoners set fire to each other's hair on their heads, believing that this was a good remedy for headaches. The hair should be set on fire in a criss-cross pattern using Sretensky candles. On this day, round golden pancakes are baked, symbolizing the sun, bonfires are burned, dancing and having fun.

18 - Winter Trojan... Day of Military Glory. On this day, something heroic is done, fraught with danger, but for the benefit of the Motherland or the family. They remember the fallen soldiers at the table.

29 - Day of Kashchei Chernobog... Kashchei is the ruler of Navi (dead), Hell and Darkness. God of death, destruction, hatred and cold. The embodiment of everything black, crazy and evil. The world of the Slavs is divided into two halves, good and bad.

March (dry). Spring Holidays

1st Naviy day (vyunitsy)... Day of the dead among the ancient Slavs. Today the people invite their ancestors to the festive table, making sacrifices. Vyunitsy - one of the four prayers to ancestors.

3 - Day of memory of Prince Igor... The pagan prince kept Byzantium - the center of Christianity - in fear, went to Constantinople. The Varangians helped him fight enemies and rule the principality. Their cruel and greedy actions ruined Igor - he was killed by the Drevlyans during the polyudya.

21 - Shrovetide... Today people celebrate the Spring Equinox, the end of winter, the ancient Maslenitsa. On this day, one should have fun, feast, and dress up. Pancakes, pancakes and pancakes, symbolizing the Sun, are baked on Shrovetide.

24 - Komoeditsy... One of the oldest holidays of Paganism. Today they pray to the Bear God and offer sacrifices to the Big Honey Beast - the bear. It is believed that this day was a continuation of the week of Olives.

April (berezozol)

7-Day of Goddess Karna... The second day of prayer to deceased ancestors, the day of the goddess of lamentation and lamentation. At the gates of houses on this day, it was customary to burn fires and burn rags, old things and so on on them. "... at that fire, passing souls are warmed up ...". There should be kutia and water for the dead on the table.

22 - Lely's holiday... Lelya was one of the main ancient Slavic goddesses. On this day, toasts are made in her honor.

May (grass)

1 - Rodonitsa... This day is named after the god Rod, the patron saint of the family and the universe. Memorial day and third prayer to the ancestors. The dead are given vodka, beer and food today. The memorials invite their dead to the table - to drink, to eat at the memorial feast.

20-30 - The chest is dewy... These days they brought sacrifices to the Family, praying for a good harvest.

June (crescent)

4 - Yarilin Day... Day of fertility, Yarila - the sun god. On this day, the Slavs staged massive games and dances, which were accompanied by voluptuous body movements and a loud cry.

19-24 - Merry week... The deities of reservoirs and rivers are glorified -. Many legends and legends are associated with this week. It is customary to tell fairy tales. It is believed that the spirits of the drowned can fly freely over lakes and fields at this time.

24 - Bought... This day is celebrated as the holiday of the Summer Solstice and human sacrifice to the Lizard (Yashche) - the master of the underwater world. It is customary to gather in a crowd at night, have fun, sing songs, guess, and dance in circles. Bonfires are kindled by the reservoirs, ceremonies are carried out and Kupala is drowned in the river. The victim was later replaced with a doll made of straw.

Most of the holidays of the ancient Slavs were magical rituals (ceremonies), realizing the unity of man and nature.
Holidays were key for the ancient Slavs, with which the seasons were associated (spring, summer, autumn and winter), that is, the transition from one season to another. On such days, people pledged business or some kind of program for the entire subsequent astronomical year. In addition, these days served as a fulcrum for the beginning of harvesting or sowing crops, construction of important buildings began.
The ancient Slavic holidays were pagan, after Christianity spread to these lands, many of these rituals were slightly converted into Christian holidays.
The ancient tribes of the Slavs lived according to the solar calendar, as a result of which all the rituals of the Slavs were connected and focused on the activity of the Sun.

Pagan Holidays

The main pagan Slavic holidays were:
- Kolyada or the birth of the Sun, celebrated on the day of the winter solstice;
- Christmastide - coped after December 21;
- Shrovetide served as a symbol of the winter time wire;
- The day is great - the day of the vernal equinox and the beginning of spring;
- Merry Week - seeing off spring, held before June 21;
- Ivan Kupala Day - summer solstice;
- Indian summer - farewell to summer;
- Harvest Festival - Autumn Equinox;
And now it is necessary to consider each of the holidays of the ancient Slavs in more detail.
A special place was played by the Kolyada holiday.

Kolyada

December 21 has long been considered the day of the beginning of the astronomical winter. After December 21, the god Kolyada was born and on his day a holiday was organized, accompanied by rituals. The people sang songs, glorified the deities. The ancient Slavs were glad that starting from December 21, the Sun would shine longer and longer, for which they thanked him. When Christianity became the state religion, they began to celebrate Christmas on that day. In the pagan circles of the ancient Slavs, this day began to bring about the birth of the gods.
On December 21, the ancient Slavs got rid of everything old, from all remnants and made wishes for the new year. Three days before the winter solstice and three days after were considered especially energetic, therefore, on this day, desires played a special force, it was believed that they could be fulfilled with a greater probability.

Other pagan holidays

Christmastide

Christmastide was celebrated immediately after the winter solstice, for a total of two weeks. During Christmas time, it was customary to guess.
Kolyada and Christmastide were the winter holidays of the Slavs.

Pancake week

This holiday was considered a wire of winter, and was held from 12 to 20 March (the week before Great Day). During the week, people make pancakes with honey and other sweets.
In pagan mythology, Shrovetide is a character symbolizing death, as well as a cold winter. Shrovetide is the last week when winter still has power over the world. The forces of darkness are having fun for the last time.
We greeted the day with singing on the hills and hills. The Slavs made a stuffed animal of straw, representing the character of Maslenitsa, then they dressed up the effigy of Maslenitsa in women's clothing. Next to this stuffed animal, the Slavs baked pancakes and had fun, moving down from these hills.
Throughout the week, people visited guests and spent their evenings at the table. For entertainment, they also arranged fist gods, various staged performances, skated on ice, threw snowballs, walked and had fun at fairs. In recent days, people have been calling for spring with the help of clay whistles. These sounds were something like birdsong, arriving with the onset of warmth, that is, with early spring.
Children made small stuffed animals from straw, although they were rather dolls, they were thrown into the fire in recent days. A large effigy of Maslenitsa was burned on the last day.

The day is great

It was celebrated on March 21, it is at this time that the day is equal to the night - the vernal equinox. On March 21, it was customary to lead round dances, various games, glorify the pagan gods, on this day, a wheel engulfed in flames was launched from a mountain or any high point in the landscape. It was considered a symbol of the Sun, and tongues of flame carried tongues of light.
The birds on March 21 had a special meaning, since it was believed that the souls of those who had departed entered the birds. To appease the ancestors of the birds, they were fed cereals and bread crumbs. Towards evening, people gathered on the hills and feasted with the souls of their ancestors.
The holiday played a special role for those who decided to get engaged. March 21 in ancient times was considered the most popular in order to get married. In addition, even now, this day is the most popular day for tying each other by marriage. There is one old Russian proverb about this, which reads as follows: "He who gets married on the Great Day will never get divorced."
Also the holiday was called Krasnaya Gorka. Most likely, this name was due to the fact that the ancient Slavs celebrated rituals exclusively on various heights: hills, hills, hills.
On March 21, no one worked, people were resting all day, work was considered a sin. The whole day had to be spent outdoors with a cheerful company.

Russian week

It is believed that the period from June 14 to 20 was a time for the revelry of the forces of darkness, which meant fortune-telling. They wondered mainly for the future and for the narrowed \ narrowed. In addition to fortune-telling, the ancient Slavs made wishes and prayed to the forces of nature to give generous gifts. This week was especially special for girls, because it was she who was most favorable for guessing about her marriage.
This week it was strictly forbidden to swim in lakes and rivers. The whole reason that these days were dedicated to sea deities: mermaids and other small gods.
Merry Week was celebrated merrily, mainly on the banks of rivers, lakes, and also in forest groves.

Kupalo

June 21 is considered the beginning of the astronomical summer, besides this, this day is the longest of the year, and the night is the mildest. After Kupalo, the day turns in favor of the night.
The summer solstice was celebrated quite splendidly, with many pagan rituals. They made a big fire, over which they jumped all night, danced around the fire.
Jumping over the fire, people cleansed themselves, and in addition, such a rite served as a talisman against evil forces.
On June 21, it was already allowed to swim - such bathing had a ritual character. For unmarried girls, Kupala was a special day, since right now it was possible to find a betrothed. The girls made wreaths of flowers and let them flow along the river. The guy who caught the wreath must become the husband of the girl who launched the wreath.
Swimming in rivers and lakes was allowed. It was believed that the bathing night was magical, at this time the line between the real world and the other world was the thinnest. People believed that on that night, animals talked to other animals, just like plants to plants. They even believed that the trees could walk that night.
Sorcerers on Kupalo prepare special potions, mostly love potions. The herbs in Kupalo were especially strong.

Babino's summer

This holiday lasts from September 14 to 20. At this time, the ancient Slavs were harvesting and counting it, and also making supplies for the next year.

Harvest festival

September 21st was the autumnal equinox. The ancient Slavs celebrated rituals on this day, made big fires, and led the so-called autumn round dances around them. People greeted autumn and saw off the warm summer. We spent the day very merrily, preparing delicious dishes. There were mainly large pies, which meant a good harvest next year.
People wished each other all the best and hoped that everything they wish would come true in the new year. In addition, in their huts, the Slavs renewed the fire: the old one was completely extinguished, the ashes were raked out and a new one was made.

Other holidays of the Eastern Slavs

Sunny holidays were described above, but besides them, the Eastern Slavs celebrated other significant days. They were dedicated to pagan gods. On these days, pagan rituals and ceremonies were carried out.
Rites and rituals were performed for such gods: Veles, Yarilo, Perun and others.
The Eastern Slavs have always celebrated such holidays in the open air. Mostly the Slavs gathered in the forests, on the lawns. Uplands - a hill, small hills, hillocks were considered special places for holding such holidays.
For the Slavs, rituals served as a kind of means for conversation, communication, communication with deceased relatives, ancestors and with the spirits of nature.

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Ancient Slavic holidays

Back to the roots

In the distant past, people lived in unity with nature. The change of seasons influenced the entire way of life and was the basis of mystical (religious) rituals - holidays.

The main holidays for all ancient peoples were: the arrival of winter, spring, summer and autumn. These four days are the solstice and equinox days, the astronomical beginnings of the seasons.

These days were the base points of the calendar Year. On these days, the program was laid for the entire season. They served as reference points for farming, construction and other important matters.

Currently, there are two main religions in Russia - pagan and Christian. The Christian religion came later and supplanted the pagan one. In order for Christianity to take root in Russia, new Christian holidays were imposed on pagan ones. Therefore, now there is a lot of confusion - what is where it comes from - what is pagan and what is Christian.

In order to gradually change the people's faith in their gods and plant a new religion, it is necessary not only to replace ancient folk holidays with new ones (change names, names, replace historical events associated with these holidays), but also add your own (new) rituals from another religion. Gradually, new holidays are fixed in the minds of the people. The people forgets their history, their gods and begins to worship other gods.

This is how peoples are deprived of their past - their history, their roots. Feuds begin within the people themselves, because a single religion that has historically developed over thousands of years is no longer there. A split occurs. Some people forget their past, culture and traditions of their ancestors, while others do their best to revive the original traditions of their ancestors.

Any nation is strong as long as it has traditions, historical memory, and a single faith. And it is better if this faith was the faith of their ancestors. This is how the continuity of generations is preserved. Such a people cannot be defeated.

Over time, any faith, any religion needs to be improved. Epochs change, people change. Religion must meet the new conditions. But this does not mean that one religion should be replaced by another. Religions should not crowd out each other... They can coexist peacefully, giving people the freedom to choose. because all religions have one common basis - love of God.

Religion should be understandable to the people, support their spirituality and traditions. There should be no confusion in religion.

To destroy a people, you must destroy their culture

How is knowledge lost?

Undoubtedly, the ancient people, including the ancient Slavs, possessed very great knowledge... Wise, intelligent, educated people have been in spiritual search for thousands of years and shared their mystical experience with others, passed on the accumulated knowledge from generation to generation.

But in the last few centuries, events have taken place that have turned out to be destructive for the entire world culture and the entire spiritual heritage of the ancients. The ancients - they knew, now - much is irretrievably lost.

Over the past centuries, a huge gap has been created, most of the ties with ancient knowledge and wisdom have been severed. What now exists in the world is a completely new civilization that has nothing or almost nothing in common with the previous civilization. People think that their culture is very ancient, but in fact it is only the remnants of ancient knowledge.

There have been many wars on Earth. It is not so dangerous and destructive if the conquerors are looking only for material wealth, new lands and raw materials. If the people manage to preserve their inner life (way of life, traditions, culture), then they will survive. The main thing is to preserve the vital core, your essence.

But when the religious wars began, their goal was not material wealth, but the conquest of the souls of nations. New religions were implanted by destroying the inner life of peoples, destroying their traditions. Books (chronicles) that reminded of past traditions were seized and destroyed.

The easiest way to conquer any people- is to separate the country from its centuries-old history, to destroy its past, its heroes. When a gap is artificially created between a people and its history, such people are deprived of their roots and their strength.

A real disaster for any nation is when it loses touch with its ancient knowledge.

The real foundation of all cultures is the sources of their knowledge.... If the history of two or more generations is removed from the history of a country, it loses the possibility of further development.

Currently, some figures are intensively rewriting history. By destroying the past, they are destroying the future. This is very important to understand.

Continuity of knowledge must be maintained... The progress of mankind directly depends on the transfer of knowledge accumulated over millennia from generation to generation. The continuity of generations is not an empty phrase. When the chain of knowledge is broken, people become ignorant.

This also happens with the holidays.... People celebrate them not because they know and understand their meaning, but because it is so accepted. They don't know what it is for.

When the connection with genuine knowledge is destroyed, people continue to mechanically observe the rituals for some time. These rituals will last for some time and will disappear forever.

But there is also a reverse line. If educated people want to restore ancient knowledge, they will carefully study the rituals that are now mechanically performed by the illiterate and ignorant masses. These rituals are symbols (remnants) of ancient knowledge. Using symbols, you can try to restore ancient knowledge, give it a new life, restore lost traditions.

The past cannot be corrected, but you can try to restore what is possible and no longer repeat the historical mistakes.

Ancient Slavic holidays

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 ancient Slavs lived according to the solar calendar and the holidays of the Slavs were oriented towards the Sun(the rotation of the Earth around the Sun, the change of seasons). These days (two solstices and two equinoxes) served as starting points for farming, construction and other matters.

Over time, the exact dates of the equinoxes and solstices shift slightly. Therefore, the date of the holiday is shifted by several days. So, once the summer solstice (the longest day of the year) fell on July 7th. Centuries later on June 23-24. It is now June 21st. This can be seen in any astronomical calendar, even a tear-off one.

The modern calendar has long since 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.

So the main Slavic holidays:

Christmastide

Pancake week

Shrovetide is the farewell to winter. Classic Shrovetide, as it was in pagan Russia, lasts a week from March 14 to 20, until the vernal equinox - March 21.

It is a constant holiday - the last week of the astronomical winter. Its date does not change and only moves with the vernal equinox, that is Shrovetide is directly related to the movement of the Sun.

Great day (Red Hill)

March 21 - Great day (Red Hill) - celebrated on the vernal equinox, when day is equal to night. This is the celebration of the meeting of Spring, the beginning of the astronomical spring.

The ancient Slavs celebrated the arrival of spring on a hill called Krasnaya Gorka. They danced in circles, glorified the gods, rolled a burning wheel from the mountain into the river - the symbol of the Sun.

On this day, the souls of dead ancestors flocked to Krasnaya Gorka (hill) in the form of birds. The Slavs fed the birds, scattered grains and bread, set festive tables on the mountain, brought food and feasted along with the gods and the souls of their ancestors.

Green Christmastide - Merry week

Green Christmastide (Rusal week)- the last week of the astronomical spring. Lasts a week from June 14 to June 20, until the summer solstice - June 21.

These days were considered by the Slavs days of rampant darkness and were favorable for fortune telling... On these days, as well as on the winter Christmastide, the ancient Slavs wondered, made wishes, turned to the Forces of Nature with requests. The sky is open these days. The girls wondered about marriage.

We didn’t swim during the Rusal Week. These days are dedicated to the goddesses of rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

Indian summer - seeing off summer

Indian summer- the last week of the astronomical summer. It lasts a week from September 14 to 20, until the day of the autumnal equinox - September 21.

At this time, the harvest was harvested and counted, stocks for the next year have already been made. In the bins there is an abundance of the harvested crop. The harvest festival was celebrated with wide hospitality.

Autumn meeting. Harvest festival

September 21 - the day of the autumnal equinox- the beginning of the astronomical autumn. Harvest Festival.

Oat, Tausen, Usen, Avsen - epithets of the sun (depending on the dialect of the area, they were pronounced differently). These are the ancient Slavic names of the Sun or the name of the holiday in honor of the Sun.

The sun is a source of light, warmth and fertility. The ancient Slavs celebrated this holiday with bonfires and autumn round dances - they said goodbye to summer and met autumn. We had fun, baked big pies so that we could harvest a good harvest next year.

On this day, the fire in the huts was renewed - the old one was extinguished, and the new one was lit. Large sheaves were placed in the house. We wished each other that the next year would also be fertile.

In addition to the main sunny holidays, there are holidays dedicated to the Slavic gods - Yarila, Perun, Veles and others.

Holidays were always held outdoors. People gathered in the forest, in the meadow, on the hills, hills, hills. They had fun, sang and danced in circles. In folk dances, people walk in circles a lot, since the circle saves energy. Rituals were used to establish a spiritual connection with their gods.

Summarize. Previously, people worshiped one God, the Sun and the elements - Fire, Earth, Water, Wind. And now they worship people. Worshiping one God and the elements is expedient, but worshiping people?

You cannot give up the faith of your ancestors. Otherwise, the people will lose themselves.

If you set a goal, you can restore and compile the Unified Slavic Calendar, which will undoubtedly be a contribution to Slavic culture.

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Ancient Slavic holidays. Back to the roots

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"SUBSTITUTE" CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS ESTABLISHED BY THE CHURCH TO REPLACE THE FORBIDDEN GREAT LANGUAGE HOLIDAYS

1) The current Maslenitsa (cheese week) is a holiday Russian Orthodox Church, which replaced the great Slavic Solar celebration and does not have any pagan roots.
The churchmen fought the Slavic holiday of Komoeditsy for a long time and cruelly, at times bloody, but unsuccessfully. When they failed to win the Slavic celebration, the churchmen used a well-known Jesuit technique - if you cannot defeat the enemy, unite with him and destroy him from within.

The 7-day Maslenitsa (cheese week, the last week of preparation for Great Lent) was introduced by the churchmen in the 16th century to replace the ancient Komoeditsa, the 2-week celebration of the Day of the Vernal Equinox and the beginning of the Slavic New Year.

Because the former pagan Komoeditsa fell on Great post When holidays and fun by the Church are strictly prohibited, the churchmen "shifted" their Maslenitsa holiday in time from the vernal equinox almost a month closer to the beginning of the year, allotting it a week before Great Lent, i.e. made a fake substitution of what was bestowed by Heaven itself. In addition to the temporary "shift", the previous popular celebration was reduced from two weeks to one.

This was not a "transfer" of the Slavic spring holiday of Komoeditsa (Komoeditsa cannot be transferred, since it is associated with an annual astronomical event, over the date of which the priests have no control), but the establishment for the people of a new church holiday to replace the old pagan, in order to destroy and erase past traditions from the memory of the people. And they quite succeeded - nowadays few of us remember Komoeditsa, a cheerful spring holiday of their Slavic ancestors. Jesuit techniques always work well and efficiently.

Found this wonderful photo in the profile of a believer ..... Once again. Memo to believers.
Shrovetide is a pagan holiday, ancient Slavic. The second name of this holiday is Komoeditsa, they celebrate it when the day becomes longer than the night, when nature awakens and the Sun-child Khors becomes a young man Yarila. Honoring the holiday of the ancient Slavs and cajoling their gods, you very much offend Jesus, because he is young and green, and has not even managed to create the earth and people (according to the Bible), and they have already walked Shrovetide with might and main .. So do not sin and instead of frying pancakes and burning a poor straw woman - pray and repent. Aluminum.

2) The second "substitute" holiday is the Orthodox day of Ivan Kupala, which replaced the Slavic Day of Kupaila, forbidden by the churchmen (the day of the entry into the rights of the mighty summer sun, Kupaila), a pagan celebration of the Day of the Summer Solstice.

The ritual part of the Christian holiday of Ivan Kupala (John the Baptist, who baptized Christ bathing in the Jordan River) is dedicated to the birthday of John the Baptist - June 24th.

Since the Russian Orthodox Church lives according to the old style, the date of birth of John the Baptist (June 24, O.S. style) falls on July 7, according to the new style.
The current admirers of the past paganism declare that the Christian day of Ivan Kupala is a Slavic pagan holiday, while not thinking where the Hebrew name Ivan (John) could have come from the Slavic god of the summer sun Kupaila.

3) The third is the one-day celebration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, replacing the previous 2-week Slavic Veresen, a pagan celebration of the entry into the rights of the aging wise autumn sun-old man Svetovit on the Day of the autumn equinox, an ancient holiday of the harvested harvest.

The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated on September 21 according to the new style (September 8 according to the old style).

4) The fourth is the Nativity of Christ, in the year 273 A.D. NS. replacing the pagan celebration of the Nativity of the baby sun Kolyada on the morning after the Winter Solstice Night (the longest night of the year).

The Nativity of Christ is celebrated in the world on December 25. Russian Orthodox Christians living according to the old Julian calendar also celebrate this holiday on December 25, according to Art. style, i.e. January 7 in a new style.

Why did this happen?

At the time when a new faith, Christianity, was introduced, two calendars continued to be used in all Slavic lands.
In Russia, two calendar systems existed in parallel - the old and the new.

But the church and secular authorities were not satisfied with the fact that the people celebrated holidays on both calendars. ... But most of all, I was not satisfied with the confusion created by the chroniclers, because the Russian chroniclers used the dates of the old, Slavic calendar, and the invited Greek chroniclers used dates from the new calendar, where the New Year was counted from the first spring full moon.
For example, the date is March 1, 1005 A.D. according to the Slavic calendar, it fell on Summer 6513 from S.M.Z.H, and according to the Christian calendar, it fell on Summer 6512 from S.M. Thus, the difference between the Slavic calendar and the calendar from the Nativity of Christ was 5508 years, and in the Christian calendar - 5507 years.
In order to somehow streamline the inconsistency of the new calendar, in Summer 6856 (1348 AD) by decree of Tsar Ivan III, the New Year in the new calendar was fixed on March 1, and the number of the year was taken from the old Slavic calendar.

The adjustment of the new calendar to everyday life began, some holidays were prohibited, others, who celebrated despite the prohibitions, the Christian church began to adapt to themselves. In particular:
- The Day of God Veles was replaced by the Day of Blasius;
- Maslenitsa-Marena Day was declared simply Maslenitsa;
- The Day of God Kupala became the day of John the Baptist, or as it was called in the Russian manner - Ivan Kupala, i.e. Ivan, who bathed everyone in the river;
- Day of Triglav (Svarog-Perun-Sventovit), turned into Trinity;
- The Highest Day of God Perun was replaced by the Day of Elijah the Prophet ... and so on.

But most of all, the church and secular authorities were not satisfied that the people use two calendars, celebrating two New Years - the Christian New Year on March 1 and the Slavic New Year on the Day of the Autumn Equinox.

None of the prohibitions of the Slavic calendar helped. And the adoption of tough measures, up to executions, backfired - in many cities and villages, unrest began and uprisings arose, everywhere there was a complete destruction of Christian priests and their assistants. It got to the point that many thousands of “God's people” were destroyed, and then Tsar Ivan III had to “go to the people”, because only in this way the authorities were able to calm the rebellious people.

To avoid confusion and discord in the future, the Dvoverie and two calendars were officially legalized on Russian soil. The church calendar began to be considered official, i.e. state, and the old calendar - folk.

The next change in the official calendar took place after 1 Circle of Years (144 years). With the approach of Summer 7000 from the Creation of the World (1492 AD), apocalyptic sentiments grew among the Christians of the Russian lands. Everyone was waiting for the end of the world and did not even make up Easter for the following years. But when all the expected dates for the end of the world passed, the Moscow Church Council in September, Summer 7000 (1492) approved a new Easter and decided to postpone the beginning of the year from March 1 to September 1. This regulation is in force in the Christian Church still.
In the Summer of 7090 (1582), the Catholic Church, at the direction of Pope Gregory XIII, introduced a new calendar that received his name. In the new calendar, dating was no longer from the Creation of the World, but from the Nativity of Christ.

In ancient times, this day was a holiday - insemination day.
The white glaze on the coulis is sperm, the colored dust is sperm. Our neo-pagans interpret this cake as the phallus of God Fuck. Initially, before Christianity, it was the holiday of the first seedlings. In early spring, a strict fast was established before sowing, for the grain had to be saved for sowing. Whoever broke the fast - that is, ate the grain of the future harvest - was condemned. Then the grain was buried - the actual sowing. Then it died in the ground. It was the most tragic period - everyone was waiting - will it be reborn - will it sprout? When the first shoots appeared, this was the resurrection of the grain, the return to the cycle of eternal life. Osiris is resurrected. Since there will be a new harvest, it means there will be no hunger, which means you can eat the supplies and have fun. Including conceiving children.
This is the original meaning of this holiday.

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