According to the folk calendar - Natalya Ovsyanitsa and Adriyan Osenniy

On September 8, in the folk calendar of the Eastern Slavs, the holiday Natalia Ovsyanitsa falls Sometimes it is called Adrian Tolokonnik, Fieldfare or Fescue This day is associated with the name of the Christian saint Natalia and her husband Adrian Saint Natalia is numbered among the bloodless martyrs This means that she died not from shedding blood, but from mental suffering She was born in Nicomedia into a noble and wealthy family At the beginning of the 4th century, Natalia, secretly professing Christianity, married the pagan Adrian The young woman had access to a prison where many Christians were imprisoned She helped the slaves in every possible way and secretly treated their wounds The fair and kind Adrian was obliged by duty to participate in the interrogations of Christians Seeing how stoically they endured torture, the man became interested in their faith After listening to Christian sermons, Adrian was imbued with love for Christ and renounced paganism His superiors found out about this and ordered him to be chained and thrown into the same prison Having learned about what happened, Natalia entered the prison Falling at her husband’s feet, she began to kiss his chains and talk about the bliss that awaited him in the Kingdom of God The woman tearfully begged Adrian to ask the Lord to take her away as soon as possible Natalia was allowed to be present during her husband’s torture She was worried that he would not be able to withstand the torture and would renounce Christianity The woman supported him in every possible way and prayed for the strengthening of his faith When the executioner struck at Natalia’s husband, she exposed his hand to the blow The woman took the severed limb for herself Adrian's death became a consolation for her, because he had reached the Kingdom of God After Natalia became a rich widow, matchmakers flocked to her She, being in constant prayer, refused everyone One day, a noble military commander approached her Natalia wanted to refuse him too, but the emperor strictly ordered her to agree Then Natalia took her husband’s hand, which was placed in the ark, and fled from Nicomedia by ship The would-be groom rushed after her The woman turned to Adrian in fervent prayer A storm immediately broke out and hid the ship from its pursuers Before the storm subsided, her husband appeared in a beam of light in front of Natalia Then she realized with joy that Adrian had finally reached the Lord Natalia wandered for a long time One day she learned that Adrian's remains were not burned, but hidden Having found them, she connected her hand to her husband’s body Fervently praying to the Lord and her husband Adrian, Natalia died near his remains from mental exhaustion The peasants associated this day with oats In some territories, by this time they had already finished cleaning it, in others they were just starting to do it Usually on this day, women and children also began picking rowan and viburnum berries A sprig of rowan was picked and placed in a hut to attract prosperity to the family and for protection from evil spirits According to tradition, the eldest woman of the family took the last or first sheaf of oats in this harvest and placed it in the red corner of the hut At the same time, she spoke special words to attract wealth and good luck to the house On this day, housewives treated workers harvesting the crops to pancakes, oatmeal jelly and a cold dish made from oatmeal and sour milk - dezhenem Horses were also fed with oats from the first harvest, because they were considered the constant helpers of the peasants Adrian and Natalia are considered patrons of the family They are prayed to to achieve family harmony and peace They are also approached with requests for protection when attacked by enemies In churches on this day, troparia and kontakia dedicated to the martyrs Adrian and Natalia are read Signs for Natalia Fescue:• Few rowan trees have been born - expect a dry autumn• The rowan tree has brought a rich harvest - autumn will be cold• If the birches on Natalia Fescue have not yet begun to shed their leaves, then the winter will be harsh• If birds do not appear on Natalia , then we should expect an early cold snap