According to the folk calendar - Silouan and Sila

On August 12, people celebrate the holiday of Silouan and Strength Silouan and Silas are the assistants of the Apostle Paul Sometimes they are called the apostles of the seventy, because these men were among the seventy people who were close to Christ The Apostle Silas, together with Judas, accompanied Paul and Barnabas, who went to explain to Christians the essence of the laws of Moses For their sermons that caused disturbances among the pagans, the apostles were subjected to severe persecution In the Macedonian city of Philippi, the men were arrested In prison they prayed day and night Soon there was an earthquake, and the chains fell off the prisoners, and the doors of the prison opened The guard, frightened by the retribution of his superiors, wanted to commit suicide However, Paul restrained him Then the man took the recent captives to his house, washed their wounds and, together with all the household members, received baptism from them The preachers went on their way Many pagans, imbued with their faith, accepted Christianity from them So they reached the Greek city of Corinth Here Silas was consecrated bishop Silouan, a disciple of the Apostle Paul, was a bishop in the Greek city of Thessaloniki Being an ardent Christian, he experienced a lot of grief from the pagans The Apostle Peter also mentioned him in his second Epistle, calling him a faithful brother It is worth noting that the name Silouan is considered to be the Latin version of the name Silas This fact gave rise to ongoing disputes that the apostles Silvanus and Silas were one person Icon painters depict these saints together with Criscus, a former bishop in the Roman province of Galatia There is also an icon illustrating the Force with shackles in his left hand and an unrolled scroll in his right In the popular consciousness, the Apostle Silas was associated with a hero On Silin Day, according to legend, he was able to transfer his power to all living things only by touching them It was believed that from this moment on, sick and weak people could gain strength Also, from August 12, the plants and roots gained strength From Silina day onwards, the peasants began knitting aspen brooms A bath broom made at this time was capable of expelling damage and sickness Since Silin's day, people have looked at the wheat and noted whether it becomes drunken, that is, whether it bends to the ground or not On August 12, we began sowing winter rye August 12 was considered the only day when witches who milked cows could be punished According to legend, on this day witches drank milk to such an extent that they fell asleep This is where the peasants had the opportunity to punish them for theft Signs for August 12:• Cloudy weather does not mean it will rain Most likely, bad weather will only arrive in a couple of days• Stifling weather on Silin predicts that there will soon be heavy rain• Gusty winds on Silin day foretell calm, windless weather for the next few days• A rich harvest of rowan means that the autumn will be stormy• Evil insects that attack and bite portend imminent rain• The twinkling of stars at the end of the night predicts rainy weather• If precipitation falls towards the evening of the day of Power, it will last for a long time