January 3 – Half-feed. You can “sweep” happiness

January 3 – this day was also popularly called Half Feed, since by this time half of the feed stored for the livestock for the winter had run out. They also considered whether there would be enough hay and straw until spring; they ventilated the barns and barns, stirred up the grain, chased away the mice, calling this activity “feeding the barns and turning the grain.” They wondered, putting their ear to the grain: if you hear a buzzing sound, expect a restless summer, they called it “listening.”

The girls did not leave their houses that day, tirelessly sweeping the floors from the very morning, so as not to miss a grain, because if you sweep a lot, there will be a lot of happiness. The harvested grain was ground into flour and jelly was cooked and a lean pancake was baked. They had to be eaten by herself, not shared with anyone, and besides, the girl had to remain silent throughout the entire ritual, from sweeping up the grain to the last crumb of the pancake. While expecting happiness, you could also make a wish during the meal.

You can make this jelly today. To do this, dilute wheat flour in cold milk, then add boiling milk and, season with sugar and salt, cook until the jelly looks like porridge.

They also took note of the weather on this day, expecting a snowstorm after the scarlet sun at dawn, and believing that Prokopyev Day reflected the weather of September with a clear mirror.

The church honors the memory of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow

Orthodox holiday January 3, Memorial Day of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, miracle worker. On January 3, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus’, a miracle worker who, one of the first Russian metropolitans, lived not in Vladimir or Kiev, but in Moscow. Even during his lifetime, Saint Peter was ranked by his contemporaries on a par with the famous saints John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian and Basil the Great. After the death of Metropolitan Peter of Moscow, Russian chronicles often mentioned him. In the old days, not a single government undertaking was complete without prayer at the tomb of St. Peter. Russian High Hierarchs were named and elected there

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