According to the folk calendar - Tikhon Tikhy

Tikhon the Quiet, according to the folk calendar, is celebrated on June 29 (June 16, old style) The date received its name from the church date of honoring Saint Tikhon of Amafunt, who suffered for his faith in the Lord The saint lived in the 4th-5th centuries in Cyprus in Amafunta, was raised by Christians, and therefore began to serve the Lord from an early age At church he read the Holy Scriptures, after which he was appointed deacon When the Bishop of Amafunt died, Tikhon was chosen in his place Until the end of his days, he converted Gentiles in Cyprus to Christianity and cared for the poor, hungry and disadvantaged The people called Tikhon Quiet for the consonance of his name with silence It was believed that from this day onwards the Earth slows down its speed of rotation around the Sun In addition, residents observed a lull in birds in the area; only the nightingale could break the silence with its singing Even forest animals scattered into their holes This behavior was associated with the time of birth of offspring and the coming summer heat From the day of Tikhon, a mature summer replaced a young one Residents believed that now all the planted plants would quickly grow, and they were waiting for the harvest The sowing period was coming to an end in the fields; later-sown spring grains had the risk of not having time to ripen On Tikhon the Quiet, fellow villagers voluntarily organized a cleanup This was the name given to people's mutual aid for residents in need of help when one person is unable to accomplish what a group of workers can do On Tikhon, a cleanup was organized to supply the fields with manure for the winter fields After work, the owner treated the assistants to lunch, served beer or kvass, and in the evening the gatherings turned into folk festivities On this day, a ritual was secretly performed to increase the yield in the garden To do this, at midnight, chaste girls stripped naked and, while no one was looking, ran along their beds On this day it was possible to get rid of toothache In addition to praying to Saint Tikhon, they washed the teeth with a warm decoction of herbs and berries, and applied garlic or salted lard They also asked the saint to get rid of nervousness, to become calm and quiet Signs on Tikhon the Quiet predicted the future Seeing bright stars and a clear Milky Way, residents prepared for fine days Curled fern leaves promised heat during the day, and closed dandelion flowers or low-hanging spruce branches announced a future thunderstorm If it rained and the rainbow gradually faded, it meant that the bad weather was receding