Old Style Date: June 6. According to the Orthodox calendar, this day commemorates the memory of Saint Hilarion of Dalmatia, also known as "the New". He was born to devout parents, Peter and Theodosia, who raised their son in piety. At the age of 20, the young man took monastic vows at the monastery of Isychia near Byzantium, and from there he moved to the Dalmatian monastery, where he took the schema and became a disciple of Saint Gregory of Decapolis. After the abbot's death, the brothers elected Hilarion in his place, and he peacefully managed the monastery for eight years. When the imperial throne was taken by the iconoclast Leo the Armenian in 813, the abbot openly opposed him, accusing him of heresy. For this, the future saint suffered many tortures but did not renounce Orthodoxy. As a reward for his deeds, the saint was honored to see the angels who were raising to heaven the soul of the deceased Saint Theodore the Studite. On Larion’s day – as Saint Hilarion was called in Russia – it was customary to go out to the field and weed it. "Larion has come – the bad grass is out of the field" – the peasants would say. It was known among the people: if you don't deal with the weeds in time, they will ruin you. "To weed the field – to prick your hands, but if you don't weed – you won't mill the grain" – they would say during this unpleasant work. However, it was believed that weeds should only be weeded when the moon is waning. Weeding during the full moon is useless, even on Larion’s day – the weeds will soon regain their strength. Name Days on this Day Visarion, George, Hilarion, Raphael, Susanna, Thecla