St. Nicholas pakati pa Akhristu akuonedwa kuti ndi woyera mtima wolemekezeka kwambiri komanso wamkulu kwambiri, pafupi kwambiri ndi Mulungu. Mwa ulemu wake, mipingo ndi mipingo yambiri imamangidwa, akupempherera thanzi la ana, kuthandiza, kupembedzera, ukwati, mwayi pa msewu. Chaka chilichonse, masiku a kubadwa kwake, imfa ndi kusamutsidwa kwa zolemba za dziko la Lycia kwa Bari, zomwe zinachitika mu 1087, zimalemekezedwa. Lero ndilo pa May 22, lomwe limatchedwa chilimwe cha Nikolay, ndipo zomwe zingatheke, zomwe sitingathe kuzichita lero, zidzanenedwa m'nkhaniyi.
St. Nicholas sichabechabechabe wotchedwa wochita zodabwitsa. Ngakhale pa nthawi ya moyo wake, anachita zozizwitsa, kupemphera kwake kwa Mulungu, ndipo atatha kufa, oyenda panyanja ndi oyendayenda, amalonda amatsutsa, ndipo amayi omwe amapempherera ana awo anayamba kuyang'ana kwa iye kuti awathandize. Akhristu lerolino amamuona iye kukhala mwini wawo, atate wa osauka, wothandizira mwamsanga. Dzina lake nthawi zambiri limapatsidwa kwa ana, kotero kuyambira nthawi zakale mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka zapitazo dzina la Kolya linali lodziwika kwambiri pakati pa anyamata. Malingana ndi kalendala ya anthu, tchuthiyi imatchedwa kasupe, nyengo, yotentha. Pa May 22, Kuyambika kunayamba pa Tsiku la Nikolay, lomwe linapitirira mpaka June 10, pamene maluĊµa aphuka, maluwa a mthethe komanso abalame obiriwira, komanso mitengo ya zipatso zambiri.
Zizindikiro ndi zikondwerero pa Nicholas chilimwe
Wopatulika uyu ankaonedwa ngati woyang'anira wa mlimi kuyambira nthawi yamakedzana, kotero kuti ku Nikolas anthu ambiri ankadya mkate wa kasupe. Ndipo pa tchuthiyi, adasankha kudzala mbatata. Amphawi amakhulupirira: "Funsani Nicholas, ndipo adzauza Spas." Anthu omwe akudzifunsa ngati n'zotheka kugwira ntchito ku Nikolas chilimwe, tiyenera kudziwa kuti lero akuweta nkhosa. Amphawi amapanga maulendo onse achipembedzo, ndipo atanyamula zizindikiro ndi mabanki m'manja, anapita kumunda, kukachita mapemphelo pazitsime, kupempha Mulungu mvula. Kawirikawiri, mvula ya Nicholas nyengo inali yochititsa chidwi komanso yokolola. Akristu adayankhula za ukulu wa chifundo cha Mulungu ndi chisomo, kuwonetseredwa mu madontho akugwa kuchokera kumwamba. Ndipo pa May 22 Nikolay chilimwe chikhoza kubzalidwa buckwheat.
Phwando limeneli linkatchedwanso kuti lija la holide, chifukwa Nikolai Vyshny ankayang'anira mahatchiwo. Patsikuli, msipu wa mahatchi unayamba, ndipo achinyamata onse anapita kumadzulo dzuwa litalowa. Iwo anati: "Anyamata nthawi yoyamba amapita usiku." Anatenga mahatchi pamodzi nawo, amawotcha ndipo ankakonda kudya: kuimba nyimbo, kuvina ndi kuvina mpaka m'mawa. Iwo anati: "Nicholas kavalo wamatsamba adzatenthedwa, ndipo autumn adzayendetsa bwalo". Akuluakulu ndi anthu okalamba adalamula kuti mapemphero aperekedwe ndi kuyeretsedwa kwa madzi kotero kuti Nikola adasungira ziweto kuchokera ku mimbulu ndi zimbalangondo ndikupereka mahatchi mphamvu ndi thanzi.
Kuchokera tsiku la Nikolin, "adayankha" madambo pogwiritsa ntchito nthambi ndi nthambi za mtengo. Iwo anali atakhala m'dzikolo kumalire ndipo motero analetsedwa kudyetsa m'maderawa. Amphawi amakhulupirira kuti ngati achule akugwedezeka pa St. Nicholas chilimwe, ndiye kuti padzakhala kukolola bwino kwa oats. Panthawiyi idayenera kutulutsa udzu, chifukwa "oats a Mikolsky sadzakhala ambuye kapena akavalo", ndiko kuti, anthu kapena nyama sizidzayandikira. Iyi ndi nthawi yabwino kwambiri yosonkhanitsa dandelions ndi kuyamba kokolola kwawo m'nyengo yozizira ngati kupanikizana, komanso ngati zowonongeka kwa mankhwala.
Kodi simungachite chiyani pa Nicholas chilimwe?
Kwa mimbulu sizinakhudze ng'ombe, lero lino sizinagwiridwe kuti zizitha. Ankaganiza kuti panthawiyi mimbuluyo inachulukitsa zonunkhira kwambiri ndipo iwo akhoza kudula nkhosa ndi mkwiyo. Kuwonjezera apo, palibe amene anapatsidwa zipangizo zojambula zokha ndipo sanachite nawo maloto. Pakati pa chikondwerero cha tsiku la St. George ndi St. Nicholas osabzala zitsamba, koma chifukwa chodya nyama, mfundoyo imatsutsana. Koma pali chizindikiro kuti tsiku lino pa tebulo ayenera kukhala msuzi wa bakha. Mpaka kasupe wa Nikola simungathe kuthira madzi mumadzi ndikusambira.