The day of August 5 in the national calendar is called Trofim Insomnia. Associate such a name with two meanings. The first part of the name - Trofim - originates from the church record of the life of the holy martyrs, and the second part - from folk signs, prescribing on this day intensive work in the field until late at night.
On the Orthodox calendar, August 5 is a memorial day for the holy martyrs Trofim, Theophilos and 13 other preachers. They died during the persecution of the Roman emperor Diocletian (who ruled in 284-305) against Christians. On this day (according to the old church calendar - July 23) Trofim, Theophilus, and another 13 people who refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods and preached Christianity, were brought to trial. They were brutally tortured, their bodies were tormented with a sharp iron, they stoned the martyrs with stones, broke their legs and threw them into the fire. Holy martyrs, strengthened by faith, came out of the fire without a single mutilation. Desperate to break their will, the bloody emperor ordered the executioners to take the lives of Christians by beheading them. The punishment was immediately executed.
According to the national calendar, on August 5, intensive work in the field began in Russia. In the summer, while the crop was ripening, the workers rested. Now there are sleepless days with which many sayings and sayings are connected: "A good host and the day is small, " "If you are working, reluctance to sleep, " "August is preparing a pickle on the winter table, " "What you will collect in August, winter and fool around. " So it turned out that, having worked until midnight, it’s difficult to fall asleep from anxiety for the crop. With an early dawn, the farmers got up and again went to work in the field. Such sleepless nights were all August, for which he received his popular name - insomnia.
In addition, from this day it has already been recommended to collect wild berries, to go for raspberries and viburnum. In this regard, in August one could often hear the saying: “On Trofim there are raspberry-raspberry berries. From the raspberry, the bast leaves are not large, but the berries are sweet.
On this day, it is recommended to come to the service of the church, remember the holy martyrs Trofim, Theophilos and 13 more martyrs and ask the Almighty for help in harvesting.
