Volgograd residents told about holidays and traditions on October 10, the day of the Beekeeper

Orthodox calendar

October 10 is the day of memory of the Patriarchal Locum Tenens Hieromartyr Peter (Polyansky), Metropolitan of Krutitsky (1937). His life is an example of the perseverance of faith in the years of persecution and trials. Metropolitan Peter is one of those who remained faithful to the Church in the most difficult times, and his feat inspires those who seek the strength to remain faithful to the chosen path.

On the same day, the memory of St. Savvatius Solovetsky is celebrated – one of the founders of the Solovetsky monastery, whose life is an example of solitary feat, prayer and service to neighbors.

On October 10, Angel Day will be celebrated by people with the names Aristarchus, Victor, Herman, Dmitry, Ignatius, Mark, Michael, Peter, Savva, Sergey, Fedor.

Secular holidays on October 10

World Mental Health Day is a reminder of the importance of mental balance and access to mental health care.

World Day Against the Death Penalty was established in 2003 to draw attention to this problem, reduce the number of such sentences, remind of the value of human life and the need for humane justice.

On October 10, 2026, the Lumiere Brothers Film Festival in Lyon opens – an event that will bring together film lovers in the homeland of cinema. Feature of the festival: attention to the classics, demonstration of restored tapes, forgotten paintings, directorial versions of films.

Folk traditions

In the national calendar, the day of October 10 was called Savvaty Beekeeper or Beekeeper, since by this time the beekeepers were finishing the preparation of the hives for winter: insulated them, cleaned them away from drafts, watched whether there was enough food for the bees. It was customary to treat poor people, as well as relatives, friends and neighbors with fresh honey.

In houses and outbuildings, they also brought order and insulated them on the eve of winter, stocked up on food and firewood.

Housewives baked various products with honey, baked goods were eaten on an empty stomach in the circle of relatives, crumbs were given to birds so that there was prosperity in the family.

Since Savvatius was considered the patron saint of horses, it was a tradition to appoint equestrian fairs on this day, during which unmarried girls, in order to attract the groom, could quietly tie a red thread to the boy's clothes or throw wheat grains under his feet.

On October 10, there were certain bans. On this day, you can not sleep for a long time, so as not to get sick and miss luck, leave the house in a mess, swear and argue, and it is not recommended to make any money transactions and transactions.

People, carefully observing nature, tried to understand what the coming winter will be like. If there is a thunderstorm on October 10, the winter will be mild and short. A large number of cones on coniferous trees for this day means that in winter you need to wait for severe frosts. Dry and warm weather on Savvaty Beechnik - autumn will last a long time.