Volgograd residents were told about church and secular holidays celebrated on October 16
On October 16, 2026, the Orthodox Church will remember the Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens, and in the national calendar this day was called Denis Pozymnim
Orthodox calendar
On this day the memory of the Hieromartyrs Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens, Rusticus the Presbyter and Eleutherius the Deacon (96 years) will be celebrated. Also, the church will honor St. Dionysius Shchepa, the reclusive of the Pechersk, in the Far Caves, the hieromonk (XV century); St. John Hozevitus, Bishop of Caesarea (VI century); Blessed Isichius Horivit (VI century) and St. Agafangel (Preobrazhensky), confessor, Metropolitan of Yaroslavl (1928).
On the same day, the celebration of the Trubchev Icon of the Mother of God (1765) is celebrated.
On October 16, Angel Day will be celebrated by carriers of names: Denis, Ivan, Paul, Peter, Martha, Agafangel, Anton, Dionysius, Jan.
Secular holidays
World Bread Day, established in 2006 on the initiative of the International Union of Bakers and Bakers-Confectioners, coincides with the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 16 October 1945.
World Food Day focuses on hunger and food security.
Their professional holidays will be celebrated by anesthesiologists-reanimatologists and allergists. World Anesthesia Day is associated with a historic event: on October 16, 1846, the American dentist William Morton first publicly demonstrated the use of essential anesthesia in surgical operations.
On October 16, the Day of Inquiry Units in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as informal holidays - Networking Day (expansion of professional and business ties) and Chief's Day (Boss Day).
People's calendar
In the national calendar, October 16 is known as the Day of Denis Pozimnego. The saint received the nickname “Winter” because by this time the peasants felt the approach of winter: the first frosts, cold winds, low lead sky.
In Russia, this day was considered associated with protection from the evil eye and diseases. To protect the house from spoilage, onions and garlic were hung over the windows and doors. It was recommended to wear aspen bark with you - aspen was considered a talisman tree.
There were weather signs. If the day is warm and clear - there will be no frost for another two weeks, and the winter is expected to be mild. If the moon is dark or cloudy, it will rain. If the ticks gather in flocks and shout loudly - to clear and warm weather. If sparrows fussily fly from place to place - to bad weather.
