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Only a few days left until the New year. Today, most of us are used to celebrate this holiday on December 31, although for thousands of years such a tradition in Russia was not in sight. It arose a little more than three hundred years ago, when, by the decree of Peter I, the New year began to be celebrated on the night of January 1, and not as usual, in September. According to the calendar at that time it was Summer 7208. Peter's decree ordered henceforth to consider the 1st of January 7208 as The 1st of January 1700 according to the new chronology. Thus, at least 5508 years were erased from the people's memory.
We will definitely devote a separate issue on our channel to the existence of such seemingly shockingly ancient Chronicles.
The question may arise - is it so important when to celebrate the New year? Well, just think, before celebrated at one time, today in a different way. What does this change?
It turns out, a lot.
The main feature of the festivals of our Ancestors is that they acted as a common harmonizing basis, providing a link between the Family and Ancestors, native Nature and the Cosmos.
The fact is that space processes directly affect the human body, there is a restructuring of many systems and changes in their mode of operation. And the task of the ancient holidays was to properly tune in to the rhythms of the Universe, the Planet, the native Nature.
So when did our Ancestors celebrate the New Year? And what event is it connected with?
First of all, with the autumnal equinox, one of the most important astronomical phenomena of the year, when day becomes equal to night. After the autumnal equinox, the light day begins to literally melt and shorten until the winter solstice.
But why did our Ancestors celebrate the beginning of the new annual cycle in the fall? After all, there are as many as 4 key points in the year - the autumn and spring equinoxes, as well as the summer and winter solstices. Today, many believe that the beginning of the year should be celebrated on Kolyada, because at this time the Sun itself is reborn. There are also supporters of the celebration of the spring equinox. At this time, the earth is released from the snow, spring sowing begins, nature is reborn. Yes, and the Romans, for example, also began the year with spring. The logic in these arguments is certainly there.
But let's remember a few important points:
First, in the calendar of our Ancestors, the day did not begin in the morning, but in the evening. We can observe an echo of this in Russian Christianity, where the Church day also begins in the evening. And only in it, at Catholics in this plan everything corresponds to the present. Looking at this logic on the annual cycle, we can say that autumn is the evening of the year. From which it should begin.
Second, the autumnal equinox had a special place in the entire annual cycle. It was considered Priestly. If in the spring a new agricultural cycle began, which required intensive physical work, then the autumn equinox is the beginning of a new Spiritual cycle, the cycle of Knowledge, here mental and Spiritual work comes to the fore.
No wonder that today the new school year in schools and universities begins in the fall, in September.
It is not surprising that in an Ancient, much more Spiritual society, the Starting point of cognitive activity had the most significant significance for choosing the time of the beginning of the Year.
It was only with the loss of knowledge and the loss of understanding of the importance of all Spiritual things that the autumnal equinox began to lose its position as the starting Point of the annual cycle.
Sometimes you can find this opinion: it is necessary to celebrate the new year in the spring, because at this time the warm quarter of the year begins, a new Summer begins.
But then it's time to remember that the Ancestors had 9 months in the calendar and only 3 seasons: Winter, Spring and Autumn. But
here is "Summer" was called already the entire year.
We still ask: how old are you? We speak-ten-year-old, twenty-year-old. Centenary. In memory of the former name of the year there are such words as longevity, chronicle, chronology…
So, at least, more than seven and a half thousand years ago (and actually-much earlier) New Year at our ancient Ancestors was called novoletiem, a holiday of New Summer, and celebrated it in one of the first days of the autumnal equinox.
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