{"id":33706,"date":"2022-09-29T16:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/top-flowers.com\/?p=33706"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T12:43:27","slug":"saint-simeons-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/en\/saint-simeons-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Simeon`s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On September 1st, we celebrate Saint Simeon`s Day. In the Christian calendar, the memory of St. Simeon Stulpnik and his mother St. Martha. This day marks the beginning of the new agronomic year and autumn plowing.&#13;\nSt. Simeon is considered the patron of plowmen and is often called \"Simeon the Plowman\".&#13;\nIn the past, the day was considered the beginning of the agricultural new year.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traditions and Rithuals<\/h4>\n\n<p>On the eve of Saint Simeon`s Day, women bring seeds to the church, for consecration. In the grain, they put basil, red thread with red peppers strung on it, fruits, walnuts, and silver coins.&#13;\nAccording to the tradition, in the early morning of the day, the housewives knead the dough and bake wheat bread, one of which was intended to be ritually given to the bulls and buffaloes used to plow the fields. Small pretzel-type bread is also prepared to hang the horns of the animals.&#13;\nThe plowmen and the sowers are dressed festive, and the women walk around them and sprinkle ember for good luck. They open wide the gates, hand their men a bag of boiled chicken, warm bread, and banitsa and send them off solemnly.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"846\" data-id=\"33696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb00c532cd4043deaa2e206c53959c5c.jpg\" alt=\"cb00c532cd4043deaa2e206c53959c5c\" class=\"wp-image-33696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb00c532cd4043deaa2e206c53959c5c.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb00c532cd4043deaa2e206c53959c5c-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb00c532cd4043deaa2e206c53959c5c-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"1002\" data-id=\"33692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5241adb3deff972ba4dbb48837ad58e8.jpg\" alt=\"5241adb3deff972ba4dbb48837ad58e8\" class=\"wp-image-33692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5241adb3deff972ba4dbb48837ad58e8.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5241adb3deff972ba4dbb48837ad58e8-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5241adb3deff972ba4dbb48837ad58e8-300x533.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"624\" data-id=\"33694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/e093905b62737634b00dcb65b763eba5.jpg\" alt=\"e093905b62737634b00dcb65b763eba5\" class=\"wp-image-33694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/e093905b62737634b00dcb65b763eba5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/e093905b62737634b00dcb65b763eba5-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.top-flowers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/e093905b62737634b00dcb65b763eba5-300x374.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p>As soon as they arrive at the fields and plow the first furrow, the plowmen break the bread in four parts. The first piece is thrown to the east towards the sunrise, the second is given to the bull, the third is buried in the ground like a gift for the invisible god of the fields, and the fourth is eaten by the man himself. 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