nikon stands upright, it is no coincidence that the people called him... st. nikon the dry. demons roamed through villages, entered camps, and circled in farmsteads. men don't went hunting or fishing. superstition said that you could stay in the forest forever or go under water. and in the dark, the peasants did not leave their camp at all. women were forbidden to work in the evenings; it was believed that violators of this rule would face a hard time. and illness, and on nikonov’s day people wore clean, elegant clothes to show respect for the saint. it is wonderful that in the soul of a christian believer, the memory of the saints is organically combined with observations of living nature. let's remember december, the dark time of the year when we miss so much sunlight. that is why in the evenings on st. nikon’s day a candle was always lit in the homes of christians; a candle is a multi-valued symbol; it indicates that there is a spark of god’s grace in the soul of each of us. the candle spreads the light warmly and thus prompts us to take part in deeds of goodness and love