The holiday is celebrated from the church date of honoring the martyr Agafangel the Roman, Bishop of Ankirk. Particular attention was paid to Agathia the Half-Bread Farmer to take care of the house. Women washed floors, walls, ceilings and furniture, and men repaired houses, barns and stables. Signs of the weather for this day: singing tits in the morning meant the onset of severe cold, and squirrels emerging from the hollow and running on the ground foreshadowed warming.