By the beginning of the Byzantine tradition of the church year ("new year") is September 1.

Praznik new year was approved by the Council of Nicaea, and, according to tradition, is associated with the beginning of the preaching of Jesus Christ after His baptism and temptation of the devil in the desert. On this day Jesus Christ began to preach the kingdom of God and for the first time witnessed the execution of the Old Testament prophecies about the coming of the Messiah (the Son of God) and thus the end of the Old and the beginning of the New Testament.

The choice of date was due to the fact that the first preaching of Christ took place, according to the Byzantines, it was the first day of the Jewish harvest prazniki that celebrated from 1 to 8 September. Installation of this holiday, according to historians, was connected with the fact that the victory of Constantine over Maxentius in 312, which laid the beginning of the free profession and propagation of Christianity. Constantine I originally was set date new year September 23 - date of birth of the first Roman emperor Octavian Augustus, and only 462 had been transferred on September 1, for practical reasons.

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