Gregor's Day

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The St. Gregory (also Gregoriustag ) is the 12. March .

Gregory's Day is the day of remembrance for one of the four great Latin Fathers of the Church, namely for Pope Gregory I (the Great), who died on March 12, 604 in Rome . Since the reform of the Roman calendar (January 1, 1970), various denominations have been celebrating St. Gregory's Day on September 3, the day of his episcopal ordination 590. For the Orthodox Christians , the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the largest Lutheran denomination in the USA, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), March 12th is still regarded as St. Gregory's Day. In the Armenian Apostolic Church , March 13 is scheduled for this. The Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches as well as the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LC-MS) in the USA celebrate it on September 3rd.

The day has a symbolic meaning on the Faroe Islands . It is called Grækarismessa and is celebrated with flags as the beginning of spring on March 12th. An old saying used the image from Eisverbund dissolving lumps as a harbinger of spring. These should be seen for the first time on Gregory's Day. Likewise, the storks are expected to return from their southern winter quarters. The oystercatchers known as “Halligstörche” , whose first observation is a superstition , have been the island's national symbol since the 19th century . It is thanks to the local conservationist and writer Sverre Patursson that this memorial day was introduced in 1943.

The following weather rules apply:

  • "On St. Gregory's Day the ice floats into the sea."
  • "If the wind blows on Gregory's Day, forty days are still windy."

Individual evidence

  1. a b Peasant Rules March. In: wetter.de. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
  2. Joachim Schäfer: Gregor "the great". In: heiligenlexikon.de. July 18, 2016, accessed September 3, 2016 .
  3. ^ Gregor's Day. In: dertagdes.de. Onur Öneren, Yvette Pistor, accessed on September 3, 2016 .