According to the folk calendar - Tryphon and Pelageya

Every year on October 21, the Orthodox Church and all believers remember all the righteous deeds of Saints Tryphon and Pelageya Tryphon Vyatsky lived in the 16th century in the Arkhangelsk province, was a simple and modest young man After the death of his father, he left his parental home and went to the Perm province, where he decided to serve the Lord in a local monastery and took monastic vows with the name Tryphon At the hour of his serious illness, Saint Nicholas appeared to Tryphon, accompanied by an angel, who helped him not only to heal, but also awarded him the gift of a miracle worker The news of Tryphon's miraculous abilities quickly spread throughout the area, but not wanting fame, and also in order not to arouse the envy of his fellow monastery members, the monk decided to leave the monastery In search of solitude, he preached the word of God to the remaining pagans, and by inspiration from above, Tryphon founded the monastery of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos in Vyatka Pelagia of Antioch, who is also revered on this day, lived in the 3rd century in Antioch The girl had a very beautiful appearance, but led a dissolute lifestyle The local bishop was very shocked by the inappropriate behavior of the young girl and prayed all night for the salvation of her soul, and in the morning an unprecedented force itself brought the girl to the temple After standing through the entire service and sermon, Pelageya had an epiphany, and she was horrified by her way of life and turned to the bishop with a request to baptize her After this, the girl decided to leave the city, distributed all her property to the poor and, disguised as a young man, took monastic vows She spent the rest of her life in solitude and repentance According to the folk calendar, at this time people began to prepare for real winter, since it was already becoming much colder, the peasants were preparing warm clothes for themselves They took out old fur coats and sheepskin coats and checked whether the old clothes needed repairs or whether new things needed to be prepared Before severe frost hit, barrels with pickles and other homemade preparations were sent to the bottom of the rivers According to popular legends, October 21 was also called Pochinki, since from that day on, trees were burned and cut down in the forests to build new huts and to prepare land for agricultural fields Based on the weather on this day, forecasts were made for the coming winter; if the clouds dropped too low, it meant that severe cold would soon come If mice dig holes in the warm side, you need to wait for a harsh winter And if the moon is in circles at night, then next summer will be dry It was believed that people who gave birth on this day would have a calm disposition and be inclined to shoe making