November 15, 2026: how our ancestors thanked the land for bread

According to the national calendar, November 15 is celebrated the holiday Zhitnitsa, or Akindin day. The Orthodox Church on this date remembers the martyrs Akindin and Pigasius, who lived in the IV century under the Persian king.

Akindin, who held a high court position, secretly professed Christianity and was executed for refusing to worship pagan gods; his comrade Pigasius shared the same fate.

The day got its name because by mid-November the bins were filled with grain of the new harvest, and people gratefully remembered the land that gave bread.