The holiday takes its name from the church date of honoring the faith of St. Apostle Peter, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, the first Pope. The second part of the name Peter the Half-Kord received from the folk tradition of checking deposits of leftovers in cellars and barns, as the middle of winter was approaching. On the day of Peter the Half-Fed, they prayed to the Apostle Peter with a request for an excellent harvest of grain in the summer. Signs of the weather for this day: a bright month in the sky promised the coming cold, and frost was also predicted by a crimson sunset.