Church New Year's Day or Semenov's Day: signs, what can and cannot be donetranslated

According to custom, on September 14, our ancestors said goodbye to the warm summer and celebrated the new year. This day marks the Church New Year, or the beginning of the indictment. From this date, the church calendar counts the new church year. On this day, it is customary to go to church to pray to God and receive a blessing for the coming year. Even on this day, Orthodox Christians honor the memory of St. Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha. Semenov's day marked the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

Church New Year: what kind of holiday is it?

This day symbolizes the beginning of a new church year and is associated with centuries-old traditions rooted in the history of the Byzantine Empire.

The tradition of celebrating the beginning of the new year in September originated in the Roman Empire and was associated with the tax cycle called the indict. The holiday is also called “The Beginning of the Indict.” That is, for the Romans, the beginning of the year of indictment was the beginning of the financial year. The indict was a 15-year period during which taxes were collected.

Emperor Constantine the Great defeated the Roman usurper Maxentius in 312 and issued the Edict of Milan, ending the persecution of Christians. Byzantium, which became the center...