According to the folk calendar - Sign

On December 10 (November 27, old style) the Feast of the Sign is celebrated in the folk calendar It is dedicated to the Orthodox icon of the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos, which depicts the Mother of God with her hands raised to the sky, and in the center is the baby Savior This icon is considered one of the most revered in the Russian Orthodox religion The history of miracles associated with the icon begins in 1170, when the troops of Prince Andrei Bogolyubsky came to Novgorod with the intention of taking the due tribute The Novgorodians were inferior in the number of defenders, so the townspeople prayed to the icon of the Mother of God for three days And then they took it out and hung it on the walls of the fortress The opponents began firing arrows, and one hit the icon Then tears flowed from the eyes of the Mother of God, and she herself turned to the residents of Novgorod Seeing such a miracle, the attackers were shrouded in horror, unexpectedly from which they began to beat each other and retreated The Novgorodians caught up with the enemy and won the battle After such an incident, the Novgorodians treated the icon with special respect, and in 1357 the Cathedral of the Icon of the Sign was built Remembering this event, people have developed a tradition of peering into everyday things, looking for various signs of fate There was a ritual of getting rid of adversity It was necessary to stand facing north at dawn and wait for the wind to blow away all the problems and sadness But the signs on the day of the Sign helped people foresee the future Creeping smoke from the stove foreshadowed warming, and rising smoke foreshadowed severe frosts Windy weather was predicted by a red sunrise The audible snorting of cows from the barn promised a drop in temperature On this day, winter is increasingly spreading its rights Feeling its strength, animals prepare for winter The fish hide at the bottom, so fishing becomes unsuccessful Creeping reptiles and frogs also burrow deeply It's time for moose to shed their antlers The second patron of December 10 is Saint Roman of Antioch He led a reclusive life, devoting prayers to the Lord, for which he received the gift of healing Many infertile women came to him for a prayer service, and after that they were able to conceive a child Now they pray to Saint Roman for the resolution of infertility