Saint Sylvester served as Pope of the Western Church from 314 to 335. The feast day is held on 31 December, a date that has coincided with New Year’s Eve. Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate the feast on a different day from the Western Churches.
About Saint Sylvester’s Day in brief
Saint Sylvester’s Day is the day of the feast of the saint who served as Pope of the Western Church from 314 to 335. The feast day is held on 31 December, a date that, since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, has coincided with New Year’s Eve. Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate the feast on a different day from the Western Churches, i.e.
on 2 January. Many Christian households in Germany mark the custom of Bleigiessen using Silvesterblei, in which a lead is melted over a flame in an old spoon and dropped into a bowl of cold water. In Austria, Vienna, people walk pigs on leashes in hope to have good luck for the coming year.
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