According to the folk calendar - Andrey Naliva

According to the folk calendar, Andrey Naliva is celebrated on July 17 (July 4, old style) The date received the first part of its name from the names of two saints - Andrei of Crete and Andrei Rublev, whose memory is honored by the Orthodox Church on this day Andrew of Crete was born on the territory of Syria in Damascus in the 7th century He suffered from muteness until he was seven years old, but after joining the church he was able to speak The boy received a good education, but his love for the Lord led him to take monastic vows at the Jerusalem monastery For his clear mind and meekness, the monk was elevated to the rank of bishop on the island of Crete The saint wrote many church works and preached sermons about Christ Andrei Rublev lived in the 14th and 15th centuries in Rus' Since childhood, I grew up in an educated family and studied painting Afterwards he became a monk and worked in the Moscow Spaso-Andronikov and Trinity-Sergius monasteries He had a talent from God, so he was engaged in painting icons and painting monastery walls Some of his icons had miraculous powers And among the people, Andrei was nicknamed Nalivoy, since the period of ripening of winter grains was approaching, their ears were filled with grains, after which the harvest began Plants sown in the soil from August to October were called winter plants Their advantage was that they tolerated wintering normally, and in early spring they sprouted immediately after the snow melted Unlike spring crops, winter crops produced harvests much earlier On Andrei Naliva they honored oats Its grains were used for their own food and to feed livestock The green part of the oats was mowed and dried for the winter for livestock The plant had quite useful properties and was often used in folk medicine On this day, you should cook and eat porridge from peeled oats and jelly Oats were also shared with horses to keep them healthy and strong If the yellowing crown of trees was noticed on Andrei Naliva, then summer ended early A lot of wasps or an abundance of wild berries meant a harsh winter Frequent thunder signaled an imminent thunderstorm with possible hail Chickens hiding from the rain promised prolonged bad weather What the weather was like on a given day, this was what was expected on Kalinnik by August 11th