On November 23, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the seventy apostles Erastus, Herodion, Tertius, Quartus, Sosipater and Olympus.
In the folk calendar, November 23 is Rodion and Erast, Rodion the Icebreaker, Erast – strong crust, Rodion’s day.
According to folk signs, on Rodion's Day you can determine whether to expect a warm winter.
Weather signs for November 23
If there is a lot of snow on this day, the winter will be warm.
If the rivers are covered with ice, the winter cold is just around the corner.
The loud chirping of sparrows foretells a thaw.
Another harbinger of warming is fog creeping along the ground.
For reference
A sign is a stable connection between two phenomena of objective reality, one of which is understood as a sign, and the second as its interpretation, usually in the form of a forecast for the future; a linguistic (in the form of an aphorism, paremia) representation of this connection.
