Let's start with the fact that the real Kasyan and the mythical Kasyan are very different. If the real hero built temples, led a reclusive lifestyle, spoke about the importance of observing the moral and moral foundations of the church, then the fictional hero among the people was associated with an evil, selfish and stingy person.

Legend #1

According to this legend, Kasyan was punished by the Lord for not helping the man. The situation developed as follows - Nikolai Ugodnik and Kasyan were walking together when one man asked them to pull the cart out of the mud. Kasyan was afraid to get his clothes dirty, while Nikolai Ugodnik, rolling up his sleeves, rushed to help the man. For this, God punished Kasyan with the fact that his name day would be only once every four years, but Nikolai Ugodnik, on the contrary, rewarded him with the fact that he would be remembered twice a year.

Legend #2

This legend says that Kasyan betrayed the Lord while still an angel. His betrayal was that he spoke of God's intention to cast out all satanic power. However, he soon realized that he had made a mistake and repented. The Lord forgave Kasyan, but nevertheless decided to punish him. To do this, he assigned an angel to him, who beat him on the forehead with a hammer for three years in a row, and on the fourth Kasyan rested.

Legend #3

In this case, according to legend, Kasyan served at the gates of hell and only once a year he could leave his post. And in Rus' he was generally considered a koshchei. The thing is that the name day of the saint coincides with the day when they remembered the most evil deity Chernobog or the more common name - Kashchei. The consonance of names also played a significant role.

Traditions on Kasyanov Day

Kasyanov's day, according to legend, was considered one of the most dangerous, when anything can happen. Therefore, on February 29, people tried not to do any work, as it would be useless, and sometimes even lead to fatal consequences. Moreover, they tried to hardly leave the house, so as not to bring any trouble. And it’s better to oversleep until dinner, so, according to our ancestors, nothing bad will happen.

Despite the bad attitude towards Kasyan, the people tried to go to the temple to pray. It was believed that he could save from trouble or bad luck not only on this day, but for the whole year. But they mostly prayed after sunset, in the evening, to protect themselves from the evil eye of Kasyan.

Since Kasyan was often called Koshchei, the following rite was practiced among the people. To do this, it was necessary on the night of February 29 to March 1 at 12 o'clock to take a raw egg and crush it in your hand. As we all remember, it was in the egg that Koshchei's life was hidden, and if you crush him, then he will end. And this means that troubles and hardships in the Leap Year can not be afraid. It also happened as a sign that winter was over, because Kasyan symbolized not only evil and misfortune, but also winter.

Livestock and poultry were also not allowed out on the street that day, otherwise “Kasyan will jinx it,” as they used to say.

Although it is undesirable to do something on this day, it was impossible to forget about name days, according to popular beliefs. So, the women prepared a gala dinner the day before, and the next day the whole family gathered for a meal. After all, otherwise Kasyan will be offended and bring trouble and discord in the family to this house.

Signs and beliefs on Kasyanov's day

Basically, all signs on February 29 are the same as on Leap Year, only on this day it was believed that the likelihood that bad superstitions would come true was much higher and the consequences were worse. So, in no case was it possible to start something new - if the wedding is on that day, then one of the spouses will either die or become seriously ill soon, and there will definitely not be family happiness. If you get divorced on Kasyanov's day, then this will also bring only torment and suffering for the rest of your life.

It was especially impossible to start building a house or repair something in the hut and in the yard, otherwise you would not be protected from trouble. At best you can get hurt, at worst you can lose your life.

If there were births on Kasyanov's Day, then women tried by all means to delay the moment of birth until March 1. Many believed that the person who was born on this day would be unhappy and unlucky.

On February 29, they tried to postpone all serious matters - purchases, deals, matchmaking, and so on. Do not expect anything good from such decisions, or everything will fall apart or be deceived.

Successful people born on February 29

Nevertheless, despite how they treated the birth on Kasyanov's day, there were people who claimed that on this day not unfortunate people were born at all, but on the contrary, special ones. It was believed that such children from childhood have some magical abilities and special insight, some receive special talents and have every chance of becoming famous as geniuses. Indeed, there are many examples of successful people:

• Gioacchino Rossini was born in Italy in 1792 and became famous as a talented and successful composer. Many of his works were recognized throughout Europe and are still popular today. It is worth noting that Rossini was not only successful in his career, but he was also lucky with his second wife, who supported him in all his failures and subsequently it was she who insisted that he go to Paris, where, after several failures, he again achieves resounding success.
• John Philip Holland was born in 1840 in Ireland. This man distinguished himself by designing the world's first submarine, which was adopted by the US Navy. This idea came to him in his youth, so he hoped that with the help of a submarine, Ireland would be able to win a future war with Great Britain and achieve independence.
• Herman Hollerith was born in 1860 in the USA, he is known to us as one of the founders of IBM and the inventor of tabulation machines. As a child, they said about him that he was a gifted boy, but lazy and with a bad upbringing. He did not like to write down anything by hand, and the first work of a copyist tired and depressed him. That is why he thought about the mechanization of this process. This is how the first tabulation machine appeared, and subsequently he opened production. Years later, the IBM company itself was created, which included Hollerith's organization.

Birthday February 29

More than once we wondered: how do people who were born on February 29 celebrate their birthday. According to the researchers, basically the birthday is simply transferred to any neighboring day. But there is also a special system that was invented by Heinrich Hemme:

1. Those who were born immediately after midnight on February 29, then not in Leap Year, the birthday is celebrated on the 28th.
2. Those who were born closer to the onset of March 1, the holiday is postponed to the first day of spring.
3. If a child was born between 6 am and 12 noon, then the first two years after the Leap Year, the birthday is celebrated on February 28, and the third on March 1.
4. In the case when a child was born between 12 noon and 6 pm, then in the first year after the Leap Day, the holiday is celebrated on February 28, and the next two on March 1.

Once every four years February 29, celebrated day of Kasyan the Terrible, or Kasyan Visokos . This date is celebrated in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

This one is named after Saint Cassian, who lived in Rome at the end of the 4th - beginning of the 5th century. He was a student of John Chrysostom. When he was forty years old, Cassian became a pilgrim. After visiting the monasteries, he organized two cloisters: male and female. He was the author of many spiritual enlightenments. For his deeds, he was called a Saint.

However, there is a legend according to which he received other nicknames - terrible, heavy or vindictive. Once, Saints Nicholas and Cassian saw a peasant whose cart got stuck in the mud. Cassian did not help the peasant, as he was afraid of getting dirty. Unlike him, Nicholas came to the rescue, for which he was awarded by the Lord - St. Nicholas Day is celebrated twice a year (and). And Kasyan - only once every four years, in a leap year. In addition, Cassian began to be compared with Koshchei.

Rites, rituals, traditions, conspiracies on Kasyanov Day February 29

Traditionally, on February 29 in Rus', Koshchei (Kasyan), whose death is kept in an egg, was "killed" by breaking it around the corner near the front door at dawn. The broken egg was not removed until dawn the next day. They slept that day until noon or did not leave the house so as not to meet Koshchei. Leaving the door, they were baptized three times.

The owners always threw everything old out of the house, because the evil spirits usually live in dilapidated things, which are especially active on this day. Today we tried not to swear, otherwise the quarrel will turn into enmity.

They also did not take a loan on the day of Kasyan the Terrible, because it was believed that after a year you would not return the money taken. The salt spilled that day was swept into the corner where the egg was broken, otherwise you will definitely quarrel with someone today.

Since February 29 is an unusual day, it is precisely today that you can give away all the bad evil spirits by writing everything that makes a person unhappy - loneliness, illnesses, troubles at work - on a piece of paper. At midnight, light a church candle and burn a “note with misfortunes” over it, and dispel the ashes.

Rite February 29 Kasyanov day for wealth In order to live in abundance for a year, you need to take 29 coins on Kasyanov's day, put them in a green bag. And put it where money or jewelry is stored. Let them lie there for 29 days. After they spend on buying bread for the whole family.

On February 29, they also performed rituals and conspiracies that cleansed from the negative - damage, curses and the evil eye. This is best done in the evening when the sun has set.

A conspiracy for clothes on February 29 on Kasyanov's day from damage to illness If the disease does not go away, it was believed that it could not have done without magic, so on February 29 they took the patient’s clothes and washed them in running water, saying these words: “You, Voditsa, take away all ailments, add strength to the servant of God (name). Carry them to distant lands, to Kashchei-Kashcheyushka, and he will take them to himself and take them to evil spirits. Let them take their gifts and go from (name of the patient) ”. Then dry these clothes in the wind and put them on the patient. He will recover soon.

Rite on the egg on February 29 Kasyanov day from the evil eye Take an egg from under a white chicken, pour a little salt into it and spit. Say these words: “Snow White the hen gave an egg, took the evil eye off me. Salt absorbed it, took away all the negativity from my body. So be it, so be it, remove the tricks of evil spirits from my soul ”. Then pour the egg under a dry tree. Leave without talking to anyone or saying hello until you cross the threshold of the house.

Signs on Kasyanov Day February 29

✦ Snow fell on February 29 - to a good harvest of root crops.
✦ It will rain on Kasyanov's day - spring is already knocking at the door.
✦ Icicles “wept” on Kasyan Visokos - in a couple of days it will get warmer, and for a long time.
✦ On February 29, you can’t go hunting - you can hurt yourself.
✦ Whoever marries Kasyan Visokos will soon be widowed.
✦ It is not recommended to get divorced on Kasyanov's day, it will only bring mental anguish.
✦ Born on February 29 will be "chosen" - he has developed the gift of foresight and other magical abilities.
✦ Do not start construction on this day.
✦ Cases started on Kasyanov's day bring misfortune.
✦ On February 29, it is better not to plan large purchases - they will quickly fail.
✦ If a cat crosses the black road that day, forty days you will not get rid of troubles.
✦ Whoever laughs a lot on Kasyanov's Day will soon cry.
✦ The dog growls at the person entering the house - it is worth considering, maybe he came with bad thoughts.

Divination February 29 Kasyanov day

Kasyanov's day was considered "dark", which means that predictions could have a negative connotation, so experienced people forbade February 29th. However, the girls did it secretly so that the older generation would not see them and would not punish them for disobedience.

Fortune telling on Kasyanov's day on eggs We went to the chicken coop and looked at how many eggs the hens laid. According to their number, they predicted what year it would be.

One thing - will pass alone and without bright events. Two - to meet your soul mate, who has not yet found her. Love and romance. Three is a family year that will be held in the circle of relatives and friends. Four - full of joyful incidents, travel. Five is a great period when everything will be lucky. Six - to be in a difficult financial situation. Seven - an addition to the family, not necessarily the birth of a child, perhaps one of the relatives will return home, or an animal will appear. Eight - boundless happiness, joy. Nine or more is a fun pastime.

Fortune telling on February 29 on egg cupcakes The girl needs to bake cupcakes on a large number of eggs and put different fillings in them to find out what kind of husband she will have.

With raisins - the owner of high intelligence, will reach great heights in his career. With poppy - rich and with a high social status. With cinnamon - grouchy and blaming everyone for everything. With cherry - a merry fellow, a lover of communication. He has a lot of friends. With apricots - loving and very sociable. With strawberries - a good lover. With raspberries - it will be easy to earn money, but it will also be easy to spend it.

Fortune telling on Kasyanov's day on coins Take 29 coins (Kasyan's favorite number), holding them in your hands, make a wish, saying it in a whisper to the coins. Then throw them up over the table and count which side they landed on.

If more tails - the plan will not come true, more heads - very soon the desire will come true.

Kasyanov Day is celebrated February 29 every leap year in honor of the saint John Cassian (Kasyan) . (The Russian Orthodox Church, which never recognized the Gregorian calendar and lives according to the so-called "old style", celebrates Kasyanov's Day on March 13).

Leap years among the Slavs were considered by the people to be extremely unsuccessful, rich in misfortunes, natural disasters and other troubles. It was believed that it was during these years that the loss of livestock, drought, crop failure, epidemics, wars and strife most often occur. Therefore, Kasyan himself had a reputation that was so-so: he was called Terrible, Envious, Resentful, Unmerciful, Miserly, Crooked. In general, Saint Kasyan, according to popular belief, made friends with the devil himself, as evidenced by his ugly appearance and disgusting character. According to legend, Kasyan had huge heavy eyelids, a deadly look, a vicious character, envy, and quarrelsomeness. Kasyan was considered the guardian of hell, sometimes in the East Slavic tradition he was called Viy or Kashchei.

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But how can a saint be envious? It turns out it can.

“Among the saints honored in Orthodoxy, Kasyan occupies a completely exceptional place. He is an unloved saint, unmerciful. There are many legends about him. One of them explains that his name day is celebrated only once every four years because he on his holiday he was completely drunk and only in the fourth year calmed down: that's why he is now supposed to be a birthday boy in three years.

In pre-revolutionary Russia, in some regions, Kasyan was not considered a saint and was not even recognized as Russian, and in the Penza province, for example, the very name Kasyan was considered shameful.

People believed that Kasyan's "black" eye was so dangerous that on February 29 it was preferable not to leave the house until sunrise. It was even desirable to oversleep until dinner, so as to wait out the most dangerous time.

On this occasion, there was a saying among the people: "Kasyan looks at the cattle - the cattle falls, on the tree - the tree dries."

However, despite all these passions, Kasyan's name day was still celebrated, fearing that otherwise the strange saint would sow family discord in the houses.

“Another legend about Kasyan says the following: Saint Kasyan was at first a bright angel, and God did not need to hide his plans and intentions from him. But then Kasyan was tempted by the promises and tricks of evil spirits and, going over to the side of the devil, whispered to him that God intends to overthrow all satanic power from heaven to hell. However, later Kasyan's conscience began to torment him, he repented of his betrayal and regretted his former life in heaven and his closeness to God. Then the Lord heeded the prayers of the sinner and took pity on him, but out of caution all the same, he did not bring him closer to himself, but assigned a guardian angel to him, to whom he ordered to put Kasyan in chains and beat him on the forehead with a heavy hammer for three years, and set him free on the fourth. on the back wall, that is, above the front door.

Another feature is often added to this characteristic, which draws Kasyan as a completely complete enemy of the human race. He can, at his own discretion, send epidemic diseases to people and cattle, and lower the wind to the earth, since all the winds are subordinate to him, which he supposedly keeps on twenty chains for twenty lands.

In this situation, it is no wonder that the leap year in the past and now is considered the most difficult, and February 29 the most dangerous day of the month ...

Signs on Kasyan

Kasyan obeyed all the winds, including pestilence, which brought epidemics, up to the plague and cholera. Kasyan also liked to look at someone or something with an unkind eye, which also did not bode well. The saint also amused himself by turning the heads of chickens, and they either died or became ugly.

On Kasyan it was better not to leave the hut at all, especially before dawn, all work on that day was banned. And in general, it was better not to wake up on Kasyan for a longer time in order to oversleep the most dangerous time.

The legend of Kasyan and Nikola

According to legend, Kasyan was so vicious and merciless with envy - he was offended that he was rarely honored, unlike Nicholas the Saint.

It was said:

• Kasyan has been drunk for three years, and sobers up on the fourth.
• The good miracle worker Nikola has two holidays a year, and the merciless Kasyan has one holiday every four years.

But, in general, the saint himself was to blame, according to the folk legend about Kasyan and Nikola. Once, a cart got stuck on the road at a certain peasant. Kasyan was walking past, the peasant asked for help, but the saint did not want to soil his clothes and refused to help. But Nikola was not afraid to get his clothes dirty, helped the peasant, and then appeared before the Lord covered in mud, while Kasyan was in a clean dress. God, having learned about this, said this: “Listen, Kasyan! You did not help the peasant - for this you will be served prayers in three years. And you, Nikola the saint, for helping the peasant, prayers will be served twice a year. Since then, prayer services have been served to Kasyan only in a leap year, and to Nikolai the Saint twice a year.

Sayings and signs on Kasyan

Sayings about this saint are relevant:

• Kasyan on the people - the people are hard, Kasyan on the grass - the grass dries, Kasyan on the cattle - the cattle dies.
• Kasyan looks at everything, everything withers.
• Kasyan is heavy both on people and on cattle.
• Hood offspring in a leap year.
• Kasyan squints everything (Kasyan squints with his eye).
• Whom Kasyan looks sideways at, it will be bad in a leap year.
• Kasyan came, went to limp, but to break everything in his own way.

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A rare, mysterious day ... It is considered unlucky. Even the damned. Why?

Leap years are generally considered difficult, full of adversity. The day that distinguishes a leap year from an ordinary one is even more so.

February 29 - Kasyanov day

The mysterious number appears in the calendar every 4 years. His name is Kasyanov Day. Many signs and folk rituals are associated with it, helping to protect from evil.

Who is Kasyan? Why bad?

The Bible says that Kasyan is punished. Nikolay Ugodnik with Kasyan. The travelers saw in a huge dirty pit a cart with a cab driver asking for help.

Nikolai Ugodnik rushed to help. And Kasyan stood aside - he was afraid to get dirty.

Therefore, the day of the arrogant Kasyan is only once in 4 years, and the good Nicholas the Wonderworker is glorified twice a year. That's why Kasyan is angry because they honor him less.

Among the Slavic peoples, February 29 was known as the day of Chernobog (later they began to identify him with Koshchei), the ruler of the gloomy underworld, dark forces and the souls of the dead. Koshchei's life is hidden in an egg. Well, then you know from Russian folk tales.

Koschei the Deathless. Illustration for the fairy tale "Marya Morevna". Hood. Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin. 1901

Russian Orthodox Church, which did not recognize the Gregorian calendar, celebrates Kasyanov's Day on March 13 (John Cassian's Day).

However, there is great confusion here. The identification of Saint Kasyan and Koshchei came from the fact that the day of the evil deity of the Slavic pantheon was also celebrated on February 29th. That is why the Slavs still confuse the righteous Cassian with Koshchei. Plus, the names are similar.

Saint Cassian, who has nothing to do with Koshchei

Folk omens

On this day in Rus' they were afraid to go out into the street. Kasyan sees - there will be trouble. Even the wind on February 29 was considered unkind. You need to hide from him. No wonder Kasyan was considered the patron of the wind. They identified him with him.

“Kasyan looks at everything - everything dries up and fades”, “Kasyan looked at the people - he sighed heavily.”

Koschei the Deathless. Hood. Sergey Vasilievich Malyutin. 1904

On the last day of winter, dark forces ruled the world. Since the time before sunrise was considered especially unkind, they slept for a long time on Kasyanov's day. Sometimes before noon, and sometimes before sunset.

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February 29 - Kasyanov day
(Kasyan the Unmerciful, Kasyan the Envious, Crooked Kasyan) is the popular name for the day of memory of St. Cassian the Roman, which is celebrated on a leap year.

Orthodox parable about Leap Year

Recently, an article was circulating on the Internet about what you can and cannot do in a leap year. This can be treated differently - who believes, who does not believe - everyone's business. I offer you the story of how the leap year came about.

Once, the Monk Cassian the Roman and Saint Nicholas the Pleasant were going to serve in the temple of God and saw a peasant with a broken cart by the side of the road. The poor man asked the saints to help him pull the cart out of the ditch - he alone could not do it. Saint Cassian thought: "It would be nice to help, but I will soil a beautiful robe" - and went on.

And Nikolai Ugodnik rolled up his sleeves and helped the peasant, they pulled the cart onto the road.
And suddenly the peasant disappeared and the Lord appeared in his place.
And He said: “Nicholas, because you helped me, who took on the image of a poor man, the Orthodox people will honor your memory twice a year - in winter and spring. And you, Cassian, spared the robe for me, and therefore people will remember you once every four years!"
Again, maybe this is just a beautiful legend, but I always liked it very much.

Saint Cassian lived in the 5th century and became famous as a preacher of the monastic life and founder of monasteries in Gaul. He organized monasteries for women and men in the city of Massilia (now Marseille), wrote 12 books about the life of Palestinian and Egyptian monks and 24 “Conversations” about the moral foundations of Christian doctrine.

In legends, beliefs, the image of St. Kasyan, despite all the righteousness of his life, is depicted as negative.
In some villages, he was not even recognized as a saint, and his very name was considered shameful. Usually, the image of Kasyan was associated with hell and assigned to him demonic features in appearance and behavior. One of the legends said that Kasyan was a bright angel, but betrayed God, telling the devil about the Lord's intention to expel all satanic power from heaven. Having committed a betrayal, Kasyan repented, God took pity on the sinner and gave him a relatively light punishment. He assigned an angel to him, who beat Kasyan on the forehead with a hammer for three years in a row, and in the fourth year gave him rest.

Another legend tells that Kasyan stood guard at the gates of hell and only once a year had the right to leave them and come to earth.

According to popular notions, St. Kasyan is unfriendly, mercenary, stingy, envious, vindictive and brings people nothing but misfortune. The external appearance of Kasyan is unpleasant, his slanting eyes with disproportionately large eyelids and a deadly look are especially striking. Russian people believed that “Kasyan looks at everything, everything fades”, “Kasyan mows everything obliquely”, “Kasyan on the people - it’s hard for the people”, “Kasyan on the grass - the grass dries, Kasyan on the cattle - the cattle dies.”

Some legends explained the malignancy of Kasyan by the fact that in infancy he was abducted from pious parents by demons, who raised him in their home. In addition, they told that St. Basil the Great, having met with Kasyan, put the sign of the cross on his forehead, after which Kasyan began to have the ability to burn demons approaching him.

However, all this could not whitewash the saint, and for everyone he continued to be Kasyan the Unmerciful, Kasyan the Envious, Kasyan the Terrible, Kasyan the Miser. Memorial Day of St. Kasyan was celebrated once every four years. Russian people explained this by the fact that God deprived him of his annual name day for his unkindness to poor people.

Saint Kasyan spreads his malignity throughout the year: “Kasyan came, went to limp and break everything in his own way.” A leap year was considered a dangerous year. According to popular beliefs, this year everything is “ugly and unarguable”. Cows are losing milk; livestock does not give offspring, and if it does, then it is unviable: “The offspring is thin in a leap year”; yields are usually low; marriages made this year are always unsuccessful. They believed that in the Kasyanov year, women more often than usual die from childbirth, and men from hard drinking.

In order to safely spend this terrible day and “not fall into the eyes of Kasyan”, it was recommended not to go out into the street, not to let cattle and poultry out of the yard, and to abandon all work.

But Kasyanov Day is celebrated on February 29 according to the old style.
We have yet to meet him on March 13!