On the night of January 13-14, many of us will refill our glasses with champagne and make a seemingly a little strange toast: “”. How and why do we continue to do this and why is this holiday interesting?
history of the holiday
This is not at all someone's whim or invention - but exactly the same New Year, only according to a different calendar. The Julian calendar was in use in the Roman Empire in the first century BC - it reached Russia only by the 15th century and was good for everyone, even taking into account the extra days that come every 128 years: they did not bother anyone much and formally did not make any difference.
Another calendar, the Gregorian one, took this difference into account, by the 20th century it was already 14 days - and the whole country was transferred to a new timeline by the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in 1918, so this year the holiday celebrates its centenary.
Vasilyev's Day, or Generous Evening
Before the transfer of the conventional clock hands on this day on January 14, another holiday was always celebrated - Vasilyev's Day, or Generous Evening. It was customary to show generosity and treat guests with especially plentiful food. According to tradition, it was a solemn porridge - kutia, but it was seasoned not with vegetable oil, as on Christmas, when the fast was still going on, but with meat, lard, or abundantly sprinkled with sugar and fruit.
Pork was generally considered a particularly significant dish on the Generous Evening - the saint by the name of Basil especially favored the swineherds, so he had to be better humiliated so that the cattle would not get sick during the year and regularly bring offspring. It was believed that luck would be extremely favorable to business in general, not only in pig breeding, if the table was laid with pomp.
Signs of the Old New Year
It was customary to dress solemnly and smartly in new and beautiful clothes - luck, as you know, a capricious lady - also meets by dress. As you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it, this fully applied to the meeting of the Old New Year.
It was considered a good omen to see a young man from a strong and friendly large family on the doorstep immediately after midnight - this meant that he would bring prosperity and wealth to the house. For this reason, they tried not to let the women out of the house on Vasilyev's day, but the young men gladly walked around the guests, singing cheerful congratulation songs and, of course, not giving up the abundant and satisfying treats.
Old New Year bans
A company of only women on this day was considered unhappy - therefore, if the gender balance was disturbed in the family, some of the girls simply went to visit to engage in fortune telling and fortune telling, there are also many interesting details. Or, specially for the celebration, special “ordered guests” were invited - men who spent two or three hours with the owners, wishing the house prosperity and blessings.
It was impossible to clean up and generally take anything out of the house on that day - it was believed that it was possible inadvertently to sweep away the luck that had just settled in the room.
Borrowing and lending was also considered a completely inappropriate business, they tried to solve financial issues either until the very holiday, or not to stutter about money for another day or two.
It was highly discouraged to put dishes from aquatic animals or fish, birds on the festive table - so that luck could not float away or fly away. Animals that walk sideways or backwards - obviously, we are talking about crayfish and crabs - were also considered undesirable, so that the old problems and difficulties did not decide to come back.
When making a toast, in no case should it be possible to say the particle “not” - so that all the same luck would not leave the hospitable house, but would remain longer. Perhaps, even if such beliefs can cause an involuntary smile, it is worth taking these ancient methods into service - it is not harmful to anyone to think before making a toast, and who will disassemble this luck? What if it works?
Where else is it customary to celebrate the Old New Year?
For some reason, it is generally accepted that this date is exclusively for “strange Russians who have little reason to have fun”, but this is not at all the case, it is customary to celebrate the Old New Year in many countries, and this is not only the countries of the former Soviet Union, which would be understandable ...
In Serbia, for example, thousands and thousands of people on this day perform rituals that are very similar to ours, after visiting the church - the Serbian Orthodox Church, like the Russian one, continues to live according to the Julian calendar, and in Macedonia, tables are taken out on the street and celebrated by the whole world.
Montenegrins call this day “Prava Nova Godina” which translates as “Correct New Year”, and on this day they prepare basilitsa - insanely delicious round pies made of corn dough with kaymak - this is cream curdled into soft tart cheese. In Macedonia, the celebrations are almost identical.
In Morocco, Japan and some German-speaking cantons of Switzerland, this day is also considered a holiday - however, it cannot be called strictly a celebration of the Old New Year, but the fact remains - people also sit at a rich table. The Swiss celebrate Saint Sylvester's Day, which, according to legend, rid the world of a terrible monster back in the 4th century, the Japanese celebrate the Spring Festival called Rissun, and Moroccans, like some Muslims, rejoice at the New Year according to their own Berber calendar.
In Greece, it is Saint Basil's day - children leave their shoes for gifts by the fireplaces or hearths and often find them filled with sweets or toys.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year
It is believed that the results of fortune-telling on this day will be especially accurate, since the day is permeated with the special energies of a holiday and a miracle. It was often customary to sculpt dumplings into which certain small symbolic objects were folded, the same could be done with a pie.
A button - for a new thing, a coin - for a gift or win, a fruit seed - for a rich harvest, a key - for a new home or moving, a ring - for an imminent marriage, pink or blue small buttons - for the birth of a daughter or son. Actually, as you can see, they tried to reduce all the signs to the positive - and no one bothers us either to carry out this cute ceremony, which promises everyone something pleasant and bright in the new year.
On this day, the girls planted the bulbs in an open saucer, marking them - the one who fires the arrows faster will be the happiest. The sprouted onions were then taken home and stored until the onset of real spring - it was believed that any disease would go away, one had only to chew some juicy greens. Well, against the background of the traditional pre-spring vitamin deficiency, it is a fairly common practice.
Fold rolled pieces of paper under the pillow with male names- is also a very common way to find out the name of the betrothed-mummer in the morning immediately after waking up.
Old New Year 2018: what date is celebrated, customs and traditions, congratulations in verses, and also much more read in the material.
On the night of January 13-14, the Old New Year 2018 begins. As a rule, in Russia this holiday is celebrated in large companies of friends and loved ones with a rich feast and stormy fun.
The people called the holiday Vasilyev's Day in the part of St. Basil the Great, whose memory the Church honors the next day - January 14.
Old New Year is celebrated mainly in the CIS countries. The holiday appeared after the change of chronology in 1918, when the new government decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The difference between the calendars was 13 days, and the New Year according to the old style falls on the night of January 13-14, according to the new style. This was the reason for the celebration.
This day in the old days was called Vasilyev's Day, and was of decisive importance for the whole year. On Vasilyev's Day, the holiday of agriculture was celebrated, which was associated with the future harvest, and a sowing ceremony was performed - hence the name of the holiday "oats" or "avsen". This rite was different in different regions of the country: for example, in Tula, children scattered spring wheat around the house, while saying a prayer for a rich harvest, and the hostess then collected it and kept it until sowing time. Ukrainian rituals were distinguished by fun, dances and songs.
And there was also a kind of ritual - boiling porridge. On New Year's Eve, at 2 o'clock, the eldest of the women brought cereals from the barn, and the eldest man brought water from a well or a river. It was impossible to touch the groats and water until the stove was overheated - they just stood on the table. Then everyone sat down at the table, and the eldest of the women began to stir the porridge in the pot, while uttering certain ritual words - the cereal was usually buckwheat.
Then everyone got up from the table, and the hostess put the porridge in the oven - with a bow. The finished porridge was taken out of the oven and carefully examined. If the pot was just full, and the porridge was rich and crumbly, then one could expect a happy year and a rich harvest - they ate such porridge the next morning. If the porridge came out of the pot, or the pot cracked, this did not promise the owners of the house anything good, and then trouble was expected, and the porridge was thrown away. That was such a program - either for troubles or for prosperity, and it is not surprising that it was often realized - after all, they believed in it seriously.
An interesting ritual of going home to treat yourself to pork dishes. On the night of Vasily, the guests certainly had to be fed pies with pork, boiled or baked pork legs, and in general any dishes that include pork. A pig's head was also placed on the table. The fact is that Vasily was considered a "pig shed" - the patron saint of pig farmers and pork products, and they believed that if there was a lot of pork on the table that night, these animals would reproduce in abundance on the farm and bring good profits to the owners. This omen is much more positive than the cereal with porridge, especially for zealous and hardworking owners. An amazingly sonorous and folding proverb: "A pig and a boar for Vasilyev's evening" also contributed to the mood of the owners for economic prosperity and abundance.
But the tradition of making dumplings with surprises for the Old New Year appeared not so long ago - no one remembers exactly where and when, however, it is followed with pleasure in many regions of Russia. In some cities, they are sculpted in almost every home - with family and friends, and then they arrange a merry feast and eat these dumplings, looking forward to who will get a surprise, writes the Rosregistr website. This comic fortune-telling is especially popular with children. They even bring dumplings to work to amuse friends and colleagues; and local food enterprises often produce such dumplings - just for the Old New Year.
It is believed that on the night of January 13-14, higher forces descend to Earth, therefore fortune-telling during this period is especially accurate. On this night, it is customary to make fortunes for the future, for the fulfillment of wishes, for the betrothed, for the date of the wedding.
People conduct magical rituals in which they turn to higher powers for help. It is believed that all the predictions of this night will come true in the near future.
- It is believed that if it snows or is foggy on the Old New Year, the year will be fruitful.
- On the eve of the Old New Year, you should ask forgiveness for insults from all relatives and friends and forgive your own.
- According to legend, if a man enters the house first on the Old New Year's morning, then this is considered a good omen, and if a woman, then be a misfortune.
- If there are large banknotes in the house for a holiday, then the coming year will pass in wealth.
- On Old New Year's Eve, you need to put on new clean clothes so that the year will be accompanied by good luck and prosperity.
Here comes the Old New Year -
A holiday, but vice versa!
And still we say:
Happy New Year!
We wish you different benefits:
To live richly, not to be ill,
And good, and peace in the world,
And there are more smiles, wider.
And in hearts - love and happiness,
Despite all the bad weather.
May miracles be done
So that life is a fairy tale.
Celebrates all the people
Holiday - Old New Year!
I wish you joy, fun,
And a groovy mood
So that all dreams come true
Reach height in your career
Health, money, a lot of strength,
The New Year began to be celebrated in 1700 by order of Peter I (“Because in Russia the New Year is counted in different ways, from now on, stop fooling people and counting the New Year everywhere from January 1.”) That is, for more than 300 years the New Year has been celebrated 1st of January.
But in 1918, Russia was transferred to the Gregorian calendar. According to the Old Calendar, it fell on January 1, and it became in a new form on January 13. Those who were against the introduction of the Gregorian calendar celebrate the Old New Year on the night of January 13-14.
The modern New Year falls on Christmas fast, since the Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7 - it turns out that it is impossible for Orthodox believers to celebrate New Year in fasting. Thus, true believers also celebrate the Old New Year. Decorating Christmas trees is a tradition not only for Russia, but also for many European countries.
The Old New Year is celebrated not only in Russia. In which countries is Old New Year celebrated?
The Old New Year is also celebrated by Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, it is celebrated in some German-speaking cantons of Switzerland, they continue to be celebrated also in Moldova, as well as Slavs and residents of other former Soviet republics and countries of near and far abroad. In general, it is celebrated by all peoples who do not agree with the transition to the Gregorian calendar.
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Old New Year: when is it celebrated?
On the night of January 13-14, the Old New Year 2018 begins. As a rule, in Russia this holiday is celebrated in large companies of friends and loved ones with a rich feast and stormy fun.
The people called the holiday Vasilyev's Day in the part of St. Basil the Great, whose memory the Church honors the next day - January 14.
Old New Year 2018: the history of the holiday
Old New Year is celebrated mainly in the CIS countries. The holiday appeared after the change of chronology in 1918, when intcbatch the new government decided to switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The difference between the calendars was 13 days, and the New Year according to the old style falls on the night of January 13-14, according to the new style. This was the reason for the celebration.
Old New Year: traditions and rituals
On the eve of the Old New Year, the hostesses clean the houses and prepare treats for the festive dinner. Celebrating the Old New Year begins on the evening of January 13th. Everyone gathers at a rich table, on which there are pies, pancakes, dumplings, cabbage rolls, sausages, aspic, cutlets, salads and other dishes. For dessert, gingerbread, cookies, cakes and rolls with cream fillings are served, while wine and champagne are popular among alcoholic drinks.
At midnight, people light sparklers, set off fireworks and make a wish.
In some regions, after sunset and until midnight, it is customary to carol. Generous people go around the house and sing ritual songs with wishes of happiness to the owners. For this they are presented with sweets and money.
Fortune telling for the Old New Year
It is believed that on the night of January 13-14, higher forces descend to Earth, therefore fortune-telling during this period is especially accurate. On this night, it is customary to make fortunes for the future, for the fulfillment of wishes, for the betrothed, for the date of the wedding. People conduct magical rituals in which they turn to higher powers for help. It is believed that all the predictions of this night will come true in the near future.
Old New Year: signs and beliefs
- It is believed that if it snows or is foggy on the Old New Year, the year will be fruitful.
- On the eve of the Old New Year, you should ask forgiveness for insults from all relatives and friends and forgive your own.
- According to legend, if a man enters the house first on the Old New Year's morning, then this is considered a good omen, and if a woman, then be a misfortune.
- If there are large banknotes in the house for a holiday, then the coming year will pass in wealth.
- On Old New Year's Eve, you need to put on new clean clothes so that the year will be accompanied by good luck and prosperity.
Congratulations on the Old New Year are short and in verse
Here comes the Old New Year -
A holiday, but vice versa!
And still we say:
Happy New Year!
We wish you different benefits:
To live richly, not to be ill,
And good, and peace in the world,
And there are more smiles, wider.
And in hearts - love and happiness,
Despite all the bad weather.
May miracles be done
So that life is a fairy tale.
Celebrates all the people
Holiday - Old New Year!
I wish you joy, fun,
And a groovy mood
So that all dreams come true
Reach height in your career
Health, money, a lot of strength,
So that every moment gives happiness!
May the Old New Year
Will bring you happiness
Calm a little bit.
Shows the right path
Make all your dreams come true
Add beauty
Will pour love into hearts
Health will drip into the blood.
And every moment and hour
Tries for you!
Olivier, feast, toasts,
The mummers go to visit.
Deja vu? Or maybe not?
Old New Year is one of the unique holidays, celebrated on the night of January 13-14 in many countries, including the post-Soviet space
Many generations from year to year arrange a feast for the Old New Year and do not even think about the history of its origin.
For many believers, it symbolizes the end of fasting and is a good occasion to celebrate it from the bottom of their hearts.
Story
Old New Year is a holiday that is celebrated unofficially. This holiday arose as a result of a change in chronology. The tradition of celebrating the Old New Year is associated with the divergence of two calendars: the Julian - "old style" and the Gregorian - "new style".
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Almost all the states of Europe switched to the Gregorian chronology back in the 18th century, removing several extra days from the calendar. By the twentieth century, the Russian calendar was 13 days behind Europe, which had long since switched to the Gregorian calendar.
To close this gap, in 1918, by decree of the Council of People's Commissars, a transition was made to the Gregorian calendar - a new style. In fact, after January 31st, it immediately came on February 14th. As a result, January 14 - St. Basil's Day turned out to be the old New Year.
The Orthodox Church continues to celebrate all church holidays according to the Julian calendar. Modern New Year falls on the pre-Christmas fast - an Orthodox forty-day fast in honor of Christmas.
Santa Claus is photographed with children at the New Year tree in one of the parks of the Georgian capital
Focusing on the Julian chronology, one can trace the natural order of the holidays - the Nativity Fast preceded the Feast of the Nativity of Christ, after which, six days later, people celebrated the New Year.
The discrepancy between the old and new chronology in the XX-XXI centuries is 13 days, so the New Year according to the old style is celebrated on the night of January 13-14. The difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars is gradually increasing and from March 1, 2100 it will be 14 days, so from 2101 the Old New Year will be celebrated a day later.
Where they celebrate ...
For many years in the countries of the post-Soviet space, including Georgia, the custom of celebrating the Old New Year, which, as it seemed to us, was incomprehensible to the rest of the world, has been preserved.
In fact, the Old Style New Year is known and loved in different parts of our planet and there are countries that also celebrate the arrival of the New Year twice a year.
This custom can be found among the inhabitants of the former Yugoslavia. The reasons are also similar - the ministers of the church count all significant dates according to the Julian system of chronology.
Serbs call this holiday "Serbian New Year" or "Little Christmas". In Montenegro, it is customary to call this holiday "Prava Nova Godin", which means "Correct New Year".
The inhabitants of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria have a similar custom. They live in their own way, the Berber calendar, similar to the Julian one. As a result of many deviations and mistakes, they celebrate the second New Year on January 12th.
January 14 is considered a fabulous night in Romania and some cantons of Sweden. In Greece, this night they gather at the festive table to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. This Greek holiday is called St. Basil's Day, known for his kindness.
Old-style New Years Eve is celebrated in a small Welsh community in Wales in western Britain, where they celebrate "Hen Galan" on 13 January. "Hen Galan" - a holiday of good neighborliness and "open doors" according to the traditions of ancestors, is greeted with songs, festivities and local home-made beer.
And then, two New Years is an excellent occasion to once again gather all family and friends at one table and have a good time.
Customs and traditions
On January 14, the Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea of Cappodacia. In the folk calendar, it is called Vasilyev's Day and was of decisive importance for the whole year.
Many traditions and customs are associated with the old New Year in Russia. On Vasilyev's Day, they celebrated the holiday of agriculture, which was associated with the future harvest, and performed the sowing ceremony - hence the name of the holiday "oat" or "avsen".
On this day, the children scattered grains of wheat, oats, rye around the house, saying: "Goddamn, God, every living in the bins, which is great in the bins, and the baptized one would live for the whole world." The hostess of the house collected grain from the floor and stored it until sowing.
And there was also a kind of ritual - boiling porridge. On New Year's Eve, at about two o'clock, the eldest of the women brought cereals from the barn, and the eldest man brought water from a well or a river. It was impossible to touch the groats and water until the stove was overheated - they just stood on the table.
Then everyone sat down at the table, and the eldest of the women began to stir the porridge in the pot, while uttering certain ritual words - the cereal was usually buckwheat. Then everyone got up from the table, and the hostess put the porridge in the oven - with a bow.
The finished porridge was taken out of the oven and carefully examined. If the pot was just full, and the porridge was rich and crumbly, then one could expect a happy year and a rich harvest - they ate such porridge the next morning.
If the porridge came out of the pot, or the pot cracked, this did not promise the owners of the house anything good, and then trouble was expected, and the porridge was thrown away.
On the night of the Old New Year, the girls wondered about their betrothed - after all, the Christmastide period continued, the best time of the year for all kinds of fortune-telling and predictions. The people believed that fortune-telling on the night of January 13-14 is the most truthful and it is at this time that you can see your future spouse in a dream.
Christmas tree toys and decorations
Celebrate the New Year and stay alive!
To do this, the girls combed their hair before going to bed, put a comb under their pillow and said magic words: "betrothed-mummer, come and comb my head."
The ritual of going home to treat yourself to pork dishes is also interesting. On the night of Vasily, the guests certainly had to be fed pies with pork, boiled or baked pork legs, and in general any dishes that include pork.
A pig's head was also placed on the table. The fact is that Vasily was considered a "pig shed" - the patron saint of pig farmers and pork products, and they believed that if there was a lot of pork on the table that night, these animals would reproduce in abundance on the farm and bring good profits to the owners.
But the tradition of making dumplings with surprises for the Old New Year appeared not so long ago - no one remembers exactly where and when, however, it is followed with pleasure in many regions of Russia. In some cities, they are molded in almost every home - with family and friends, and then they arrange a fun feast and eat these dumplings, looking forward to who and what surprise will fall.
Signs
On New Year's Eve, they did not lend money, so that there would be no shortage of them during the year. To receive money on this day was considered very successful - this foreshadowed profit in the new year.
In order to dress well all year round, on Vasilyev's Eve, to celebrate the New Year, one should wear good new clothes.
One of the women's and men's clothing stores in a shopping center in the capital of Georgia
In the old days, there was a belief that if you spend the old year and meet the new one as happily as possible, then it will pass happily.
The clear, starry sky on Vasilyev's day foreshadowed a rich harvest of berries. A fierce snowstorm on January 13 in the evening indicated a bountiful harvest of nuts.
Also, fluffy snow on the branches of trees in the morning and thick fog on Vasilyev's day indicated a bountiful harvest in the new year.
According to popular belief, Saint Basil protects gardens from worms and pests. On the morning of the Old New Year, you need to walk through the garden with the words of an ancient conspiracy: "As I shake off (name) belpushist snow, so will Saint Basil shake off every reptile worm in the spring!"
In the old days, it was believed that on January 14, a man should be the first to enter the house, then the year will be successful, if a woman enters, it will lead to trouble.