Holidays on this day
- Christmastide day 4
- Stepanov's works
- Hide and seek day with winter
- Static Electricity Day
- Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
- Apricot Day
- Hot air balloon day
- International Day of Choreographers
- Word Nerd Day
Significant events in history
1769 The first paper money was introduced in Russia – banknotes
1792 The Treaty of Jassy was concluded, ending the Russian-Turkish War (1787-1791).
1877 The All-Russian Theater Society was organized (today the Union of Theater Workers of Russia).
1878 Russian troops won the battle of Shipka.
1932 A 13th-century treasure belonging to the Zapotec people was discovered in the ruins of Monte Alban.
1951 The UN headquarters building in New York (USA) was officially opened.
1969 The first test flight of the Concorde aircraft took place.
Persons
On January 9, 1797, the Russian navigator, polar explorer, Admiral Ferdinand Wrangel was born.
On January 9, 1859, Russian psychiatrist and public figure Pyotr Kashchenko was born.
On January 9, 1908, the French writer and ideologist of the feminist movement Simone de Beauvoir was born.
On January 9, 1924, Soviet film director and screenwriter Sergei Parajanov was born.
Folk calendar
Stepanov day.
Stepanov Day was named in honor of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr who came from the Jewish Diaspora.
In Rus', this day was notable for the fact that shepherds entered into agreements with peasants who had livestock. Since then, several proverbs have been preserved: “Stepanov’s day feeds the shepherd for a year”; “If you hire yourself as a shepherd, the whole village is in your debt”; “Everyone is master of St. Stepan.”
In addition to shepherds, horses were also honored on Stepanov Day – it was customary to give them water from silver dishes (if there were any in the house). Also, aspen stakes were placed in the corners of the yard so that witches could not approach the house and stable.
Even on this day, the girls “buried” their sorrows. To do this, a “harmful cup” was placed in a certain place, and the girls, approaching one by one, poured water into it from the vessels they had brought with them – as if they were washing away the melancholy from their hearts.
Christmastide also continued – a time of fun and noisy games. Young people went from house to house, congratulated everyone on the holidays and sang songs, wishing their fellow villagers a generous year and a good harvest.
On this day we treated ourselves to “carols” – small pies made of unleavened dough with various fillings, as well as honey gingerbread cookies. A mandatory attribute of the holiday were dough figurines in the form of cows, sheep and shepherds. They decorated the table and gave them to relatives.
People said: “Stepan came – he was wearing a red jacket.” This meant that it was worth waiting for frost. But if it snowed on Stepanov’s day, this foreshadowed bad weather and wet weather.
Name day on this day
Antonina, Stepan, Tikhon, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
