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Feast of St. Alexis, Man of God

St. Alexis's day

also: Алексея, божьего человека, 17 March O.S.

An Orthodox feast (17 March Old Style) traditionally associated in Russian folk reckoning with the spring thaw and the breaking of river ice; Savely cites it as the date the river broke up during a storm that brought a constable to spend the night.

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