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Kasyan's name-day
Kasyan
also: Касьяны
St. Kasyan's feast falls on 29 February in the Orthodox calendar, so those named Kasyan (traditionally deemed an unlucky name) properly mark their name-day only once every four years.
Reading notes
- A Contract for the Year 1884, Concluded with Mankind §2 Kasyan
St. Kasyan's feast day falls on 29 February in the Orthodox calendar, so those named Kasyan (traditionally considered an unlucky name) only truly celebrate their name-day once every four years -- the joke being the New Year's 'generosity' in providing it at all.