Old Style Date: May 23. Saint Leontius, whose memory is commemorated on this day, lived in the 12th century and was the bishop of Rostov and Suzdal. Leontius was well-educated and well-read, and from a young age, he felt drawn to monastic life. For further education, he went to Constantinople, where he took monastic vows. After returning from Constantinople, Leontius was ordained as a bishop. In Rostov, he fought for the Christian faith but met significant resistance. There are different accounts of Leontius's death: according to one version, he died peacefully, according to another — he was killed by a crowd of pagans. On Levon (Leontius) it was customary to plant cucumbers. Attention was paid to signs: if many horseflies appeared, it foretold a good vegetable harvest. This day was also called hemp day, as in many places, hemp was sown on Levon. A Paschal egg was usually placed in the seeds prepared for sowing, and the shells were scattered across the field during sowing. People would say: "Grow, God, white hemp, like an egg." Hemp was revered by the people as an extremely useful plant: hemp fiber was obtained from its stem, oil was made from its seeds, and they were used in folk medicine. It was said: "Whoever has hemp has double money"; "Sow hemp and look at the rowan tree — if the flowers are round, the hemp will be long." Name Days on this day Adrian, Alexander, Alexei, Andrew, Athanasius, Boris, Vasily, Gennady, Daniel, Dmitry, Eudoxia, Euphrosyne, Ivan, Ignatius, Constantine, Leontius, Maria, Michael, Nikita, Peter, Roman, Sebastian, Fyodor