According to the folk calendar - Agathon Ogumennik

In the folk calendar, Agathon Ogumennik falls on September 4th This holiday is associated with the Orthodox day of remembrance of the passion-bearers who suffered martyrdom from the pagans Coming from a noble family, Agathonikos lived in Nicomedia at the end of the 3rd century The man had the gift of exhortation, thanks to which he was able to convert many pagans to Christianity Having learned about this, Emperor Maximian sent the mayor Eutholmius to bring the preacher to him for trial Eutholmius captured Agathonicus, his faithful disciple Pricips and some other Christians The mayor subjected his captives to cruel torture Eutolmius killed someone on the way to the imperial court The emperor sentenced Agathonik to beheading Before his execution, the martyr was again tortured, forcing him to renounce his faith People called this day Ogumennik It was believed that on the night of Agathon, the goblin comes to the threshing floor before a long winter hibernation There he plays with the hay stored for the winter, scattering it Therefore, in the evening the men, having prayed to Saint Agathonikos, went out on patrol to the threshing floor They put on the sheepskin coat inside out and took a poker in their hand They drew a circle with a poker and sat in it The goblin, in the form of an ordinary man in a sheepskin coat, belted with a red sash, and in shoes put on backwards, could not cross the circle and harm the threshing floor guards On this day they especially watched beautiful young girls, not letting them go into the forest alone Otherwise, the goblin could take them to be his wives In general, on Agathon they tried not to go into the forest unless absolutely necessary It was believed that the owner of the forest could spin and confuse travelers They also tried to baptize babies by September 4th There was a belief that instead of unbaptized babies, the goblin throws his own children into the cradle On September 4, housewives baked pies and laid them out in utility rooms to appease the brownies There was a belief among young girls: if you do not touch food all day, but only pray, then beauty and youth will not be abandoned for a long time On Agathon it was forbidden to give or accept gifts Gluttony and stinginess were also not recommended Otherwise, you could invite misfortune and illness upon yourself It was believed that good done on this day would be returned a hundredfold People believed that the weather pattern on Ogumennik would not change until October People were happy if September 4 turned out to be clear and cloudless, because in this case one could expect clear weather without rain If at sunset the sky was clouded from the north, then strong winds were to be expected