On the Annunciation, do not give anything to anyone - otherwise poverty will come to the house. It was believed that the one who gave from home on the Annunciation was wasting family peace and peace on strangers.
If on the Annunciation from morning to midnight you call your husband “dear” forty times, the whole year the husband will love and groom.
On the Annunciation, you should not go to the hairdresser, and it is also not recommended to do anything with your hair and even comb your hair, “The bird does not nest, the girl does not weave braids
You can’t wear new clothes on the Annunciation, otherwise you will tear or ruin it
On which day of the week the Annunciation falls, do not start any new business all year round. For example, if the Annunciation fell on a Friday, then things do not start on any Friday throughout the year.
Since the Annunciation, no one will ever sow, so as not to invite a crop failure. There is even a belief that on what day this holiday happens, that one is supposed to be unfortunate for crops and plowing, and the next one after it is the most successful and happy ...
They try not to light a fire either on this day or the day before, and in general, from this day it is considered a sin to sit and work with fire in the evenings, otherwise the holiday, offended and irreverent, will punish by sending a smut on the wheat, lazy swarming on the bees, and lucky will be the one who guesses on this day to burn a few pinches of salt in the oven, as well as the one who starts sleeping in the cage from the Annunciation, since burnt salt has healing power in fevers and fevers, and sleeping in the cold, in general, provides health, strengthening it ...
If the hostess [on the Annunciation] takes a broomstick between the festive matins and mass and drives the chickens off the perch, then by the Bright Holiday they will already try to rush in order to prepare fresh eggs for the feast for Christ. "What you spend the Annunciation, such is the whole year; on this day - for happiness. They don’t look at harsh yarn ...
They don’t sit under the smoke, that is, they don’t cook hot food and don’t heat the stoves.
On which day of the week is the Annunciation, on that whole year, do not start any business.
On the Annunciation, frost is for the spring harvest. On the Annunciation, frost is the harvest for cucumbers.
Rain on the Annunciation - rye will be born. Thunderstorm on the Annunciation - by the warm summer and the harvest of nuts. They take the bees out of the omshenik. The Annunciation without swallows is a cold spring.
On the eve of the Annunciation, peas are sown. In Moscow, this rite [was performed] ... against Okhotny Ryad. People come here in the morning, buy birds and let them out of the cage with their own hands. Previously, people flocked from all sides to fulfill this custom, and only one dark night stopped the gathering.
On the eve of the Annunciation evening, our villagers come to the cellars with a head of cabbage and put it on the ground secretly from everyone. This head of cabbage should be the first one plucked from the ridge in autumn. The next day, returning from mass, they examine the head of cabbage. They say that the lucky ones find seeds in it, from which no frost kills the born cabbage.
From this evening, young settlers move with new beds in cold cells; old people, the sick and children remain in the huts.
Elderly women find it necessary to burn salt in the oven on this day. This salt, in their opinion, renders miracles in various diseases. With this salt, they bake pastries from bread dough, small rolls, which they prescribe to heal livestock.
If there is a red day on the Annunciation - ... this year will be a fireman. If it rains - ... it will be a mushroom year, and anglers hope for successful fishing.
“On a sunny day on the Annunciation, wheat will be born; if there are few stars in the sky, then there will be few eggs. You cannot put on new clothes on the Annunciation, otherwise you will tear or ruin it.
Under the Annunciation, the fires in the huts are not extinguished all night - flax will be born better, otherwise the lightning will burn everything.
Annunciation ash is saved for cabbage and other garden plants, when they deteriorate, they sprinkle them with this ash. Among some peasants there was a belief that "the day of the Annunciation is an unfortunate day: quarrels, scandals and all sorts of misunderstandings occur." The icon of the Annunciation is put "in a tub with spring grain intended for sowing, saying at the same time: "Mother of God! Gabriel the Archangel! Bless, bless, bless us with a harvest: Oats and rye, Barley, wheat And every inch a hundredfold!" will win money in this game."
The Annunciation is a great Christian holiday.
According to the Scriptures, on this day (April 7, NS), the Archangel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the Savior of the World.
Many traditions and customs existed on the Annunciation!
Everyone greets the Annunciation with joy, and nature also rejoices.
They say that the Sun plays 3 times a year at Christmas, the Annunciation and Easter.
According to legend, the Annunciation is celebrated even by angels in heaven, and sinners in hell cease to be tortured.
On this day, it is customary not to start work, any work was prohibited. Even the girl on the Annunciation did not braid her hair. The cuckoo was left without a nest, because tried to twist it on the Annunciation.
It was believed among the people that as you spend the Annunciation, the whole year will pass.
According to tradition, the Annunciation is considered the day of the discovery of the earth, the awakening of nature from its winter sleep.
Therefore, it was customary to perform cleansing rites: they jumped over a fire, burned straw beds, washed themselves with melt water to remove all ailments, fumigated winter clothes.
To protect cattle from predators, they made noise on the Annunciation, rang bells, rumbled basins. It was believed that at what distance the sound would spread - on that the forest beast would hold on.
Snakes and rodents were scared away by burning garbage from the garden.
There was a custom to put the icon of the Annunciation in a tub of water and pray for the harvest. And pieces of Blagoveshchensk prosphora were buried in the corners of the field and taken with them to the sowing.
The water, illuminated at the Annunciation, could raise the patient to his feet, was considered healing.
In some places on the Annunciation, birds were released into the wild.
In the Annunciation, it is better not to pay special attention to the hairstyle, hair will climb.
It is said:
"The bird does not nest, the maiden does not weave braids."
Signs:
Annunciation ash is kept for cabbage and other garden plants, when they deteriorate, they are sprinkled with this ash.
Annunciation - release of birds.
The Annunciation is the biggest holiday of God.
Annunciation without swallows - cold spring.
In the Annunciation frost - under the bush oats.
A bucket in the Annunciation - to fires.
Spring before the Annunciation is either not worthy of a week, or it will stand for a week.
Spring overcame winter.
Badgers and raccoons come out of their burrows, hedgehogs out of rotten stumps, forest ants out of heaps.
If the Annunciation is cold, expect forty frosts in the morning.
If on the day of the Annunciation there is wind, hoarfrost and fog - by the harvest year.
If wind, frost and fog - by the harvest year.
If a chicken or a goose lays an egg on the Annunciation, a freak or a cripple hatches from the latter.
If on the Annunciation the sky is cloudless and the sun is bright, then the flight will be thunderous.
If the Annunciation is a red day, then the year will be formidable and fire.
If the night is warm, then spring will be friendly.
The winter path collapses a week before the Annunciation or a week later.
What is the Annunciation, such is the holy one (Easter).
Whatever you celebrate the Annunciation, such is the whole year.
If there is snow on the roofs in the Annunciation, so it will still be on Yegorye in the field.
If the night on the Annunciation is warm, then spring will be friendly.
A cuckoo without a nest for curling it on the Annunciation.
Wet Annunciation - mushroom summer.
On the Annunciation, spring overcame winter.
On the Annunciation, a thunderstorm - to a warm summer and a harvest of nuts.
On the Annunciation, the bird does not build a nest, the girl does not weave braids.
Rain on the Annunciation - rye will be born.
On the Annunciation and Easter, sinners are not tormented in hell.
On the Annunciation, frost is the harvest for milk mushrooms.
On the Annunciation, they do not look at the harsh yarn (prohibition of work).
On the Annunciation they burn winter beds (straw) and move to sleep in a crate.
It is a sunny day on the Annunciation - wheat will be born: if there are few stars in the sky, then there will be few eggs.
On the Annunciation, a good catch of fish.
You can’t wear new clothes on the Annunciation, otherwise you will tear or ruin it.
Fumigate clothes from winter with smoke.
The first mushrooms grow on a hillock - to summer rains, settled in a hollow - to land.
Under the Annunciation, the fires in the huts are not extinguished all night - flax will be born better, otherwise the lightning will burn everything.
They don’t sit under the smoke (that is, they don’t cook hot food and go out to sleep in the hallway, in the crate).
The cover is not summer, the Annunciation is not winter.
From the Annunciation they do not blow fire (the day has arrived, in the morning and in the evening it is light).
Third meeting of spring.
Gypsy on the Annunciation takes off his fur coat (sells).
April 7 (March 25 old style). Annunciation; a holiday dedicated to the day of the Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
In Christian religious and mythological concepts, the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos was perceived as "the initial moment in the history of the humanization of God, i.e., the earthly life of Jesus Christ"; it was one of the great twelfth holidays and was dedicated to the day when the archangel Gabriel informed the virgin Mary about the future birth of Christ.
According to the gospel narrative (Luke 1, 26-38), the arangel Gabriel, sent by God to the virgin Mary in Nazareth (where Mary led a virgin life in the house of Joseph the Betrothed), told her that her son Jesus would be born, and this would be the messiah and son of God: “In the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God to the city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to the Virgin, betrothed to a husband, the name of Joseph, from the house of David; the name of the Virgin is: Mary. The angel, having entered to Her, said: Rejoice, Gracious One, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women. But when she saw him, she was troubled by his words and wondered what kind of greeting it would be. And the angel said to her: Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God; and behold, You will conceive in the womb, and you will bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus, He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of David His father, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end. ". When Mary heard this, she asked the angel how this was compatible with the observance of the virginal way of life she had chosen; Gabriel explained to her that the baby would be miraculously conceived “by the action of the Holy Spirit” without destroying the mother’s virginity, and then Mary answered with humble consent: “Mary said to the Angel: how will it be when I don’t know my husband? The Angel said to Her in response: Spirit The Holy One will find upon You, and the power of the Most High will overshadow You, and therefore the Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. word. Then Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done unto me according to thy word, and an angel departed from her."
The gospel text does not say directly, but it is assumed that the moment when Mary expressed her consent was the moment of the virgin (immaculate) conception: just as at the creation of the world the word of God "let there be" led to the creation of being, so her word "let there be brought God down into the world. In the church tradition, the obedience of Mary, her acceptance of the will of the Lord, was opposed to the disobedience of Adam and Eve, which resulted in the fall of mankind. The Virgin Mary as the "new Eve" atoned for the sin of the "first Eve" and began "the return journey to the lost life in union with God"; Therefore, the Annunciation was for Christians the "summative anticipation" of the salvation of people.
Among the Slavs, the Annunciation was considered the third most important and largest holiday, the main one after Christmas and Easter. In accordance with this, the peasants assured that everyone in heaven, on earth and even in the underworld celebrates the feast of the Annunciation (according to legend, on this day, like on Easter, sinners in hell are not tormented, giving them rest), and the sun itself , rejoicing at the good news, "plays" (i.e. shimmers with different colors) at sunrise. According to popular belief, even every unreasonable creature honors this great holiday, and birds especially joyfully meet it (because they, by virtue of their heavenly nature, are closest to God); therefore, at the Annunciation, it was customary to "give freedom to the birds," i.e. release them from their cages to freedom, "so that they sing to the glory of God" and bring happiness to the one who freed them.
In the folk calendar, the feast of the Annunciation was one of the four key points of the year and corresponded to the spring equinox, marking the beginning of spring and the day of the "opening of the earth", its awakening from winter sleep. The Russians said: “On the Annunciation, spring overcame winter,” “Gypsies sell fur coats on the Annunciation,” “The cover is not summer, the Annunciation is not winter,” etc. The Serbs believed that winter lasts until the Annunciation, and the Czechs - that the Annunciation "heralds spring, but does not drive away winter"; app. Ukrainians believed that winter on the Annunciation met with spring for the third time (the first two times - on the Candlemas and on the day of the Forty Martyrs) and that on this holiday "we will overcome winter". According to popular belief, "on the Annunciation heat comes out of the earth" (Macedonia) and the day increases so much that a bird can "twist and develop a nest nine times" (Montenegro). Almost all Slavs also believed that reptiles (snakes, frogs, mice, insects, etc.) come out of the opened, "dissolved" earth on the Annunciation; the appearance of evil spirits on earth was also associated with the same day, as well as the time for the arrival of spring birds (it was previously believed that they arrive on this day from paradise, Iria) and the awakening of insects (flies, bees, etc.) and a bear.
By the day of the Annunciation, numerous rites of the meeting of spring were timed everywhere. So, for example, in Belarus, young people on this day climbed to elevated places, on the roofs of baths, barns, on woodpiles of firewood and "hooted", "called spring". Especially for this ceremony, pies were baked in every house in the morning, and after dinner, the guys and girls took a piece for themselves, chose somewhere in the sun (most often - at the bathhouse, on a fire or on logs) a place and prayed to God, and then someone someday he would sing: “God bless us, gukati spring!” spring, on the testicle! .. "etc. After this long song, everyone sat in a circle and drank (often strong drinks - beer, and even vodka), ate pies and began new, circular songs: / You take the keys, fly to the sky. / Ai leli-leli, fly to the sky! / You lock the winter, unlock the summer. / Ai leli: "etc.
For all the Eastern Slavs, the custom of kindling ritual bonfires, symbolizing the rebirth of the sun and spring warming, was timed to coincide with the Annunciation (this was called "burning the winter" and "warming the spring"). These bonfires, an indispensable element of the ritual of "calling spring", were usually kindled on hills, on the hills outside the village, and then they danced around, sang songs and jumped over the fire. In addition, in many places they "set fire on the water" - they lit fires from straw, old bast shoes, etc., laying them out on a harrow, and then they launched this harrow into the water and floated down the river.
From the Annunciation they began to sing spring songs; in Bulgaria and Serbia they were performed by lazarks who walked around the yards. Russians of the Penza province. they laid out pies on new canvases for the Annunciation and left them overnight with the words: "Here you are, Mother Spring"; and in the Tula province. On this day, young people arranged dances and games, during which they called out to spring-well: “Spring is red! What did you come with?”, etc. In the Saratov province. early in the morning on the Annunciation they turned to the sun: "Sunshine, bucket! Enlighten, look: your children in the world want to eat, ask to drink." In Ukraine, in Belarus and in Poland, on the Annunciation, "they met storks" carrying spring with them, for which they baked special cakes in the form of stork paws (galeps, beaded paws), which the children then took out into the yard, threw up and called the stork , urging him to try the treat and asking him to send a good harvest; then they either ate the cakes themselves or threw them into the nests of storks, believing that this would bring prosperity to the house.
The Annunciation was represented by the people as a day of complete rest and complete freedom from all kinds of affairs. On this day, the easiest work was considered the greatest sin, even leaving or leaving on the road to work. Any work on the Annunciation, according to popular belief, could arouse the wrath of God and bring all sorts of troubles to the perpetrators: for example, among the Ukrainians and Belarusians on the Annunciation, in order to avoid drought and hailstorms, it was strictly forbidden to bake bread and, in general, to heat the oven and cook food, so that "not bake the earth." Women on this day avoided combing their hair so that chickens would not “comb” the beds in the summer; and the girls did not weave braids so as not to get lost in the forest in the summer. In some places it was forbidden to work even on the eve of the Annunciation: for example, in some Russian regions it was believed that if you rush to the Annunciation, then you can "rain the rain" for the whole summer - "the clouds will scurry, the thunderbolts (lightning) will strike"; in the same places on the Annunciation, a circle was drawn around the house so that lightning would not strike. According to popular belief, "on the Annunciation even a bird does not curl its nest"; according to an old legend, the cuckoo does not have its own nest precisely because it curled its nest on the Annunciation and God punished it for working on that day when "even a stupid chicken does not start up such work." According to another version, the Lord turned a girl into a cuckoo, who was spinning for the Annunciation.
In some places, other prohibitions were observed on the Annunciation, in addition to the taboo on work. For example, the Serbs on Thursdays from the Annunciation to the Intercession did not wear white linen, so as not to bring hail; in Polissya it was forbidden to lend anything and touch seeds on the Annunciation; in the Vitebsk region, on this holiday, they avoided moving reeds from one village to another, so as not to bring fires; in the Ryazan province. they said that "they do not look at the Annunciation at the harsh yarn - a sin"; in the Chernihiv region, it was forbidden to take off your shoes on the street on the Annunciation, eat in the yard, etc. In the Moscow province. there was a belief that on the Annunciation it was impossible to sleep during the day in a house "under the ground" (i.e. in a house in which earth was poured over the beams of the ceiling), otherwise the seeds would "fall asleep" under the ground.
It was very strictly observed on the Annunciation and the ban on sexual intercourse, marital intimacy, etc., since this "unclean process" could offend the Lord on his bright holiday. Actually, sexual intercourse was forbidden on all more or less significant holidays; at the same time, it was believed that those guilty of violating the prohibition would be severely punished by higher powers: crop failure, disease, infertility, etc. would fall on them. In many places, it was believed that a child conceived on the eve of the Annunciation or another great holiday would become a sorcerer, and a child born on the very holiday would be a loser, "unlucky" or villain all his life, or be born with some kind of bodily handicap. An unfortunate fate in such cases threatened not only people, but even animals: for example, the Ukrainians believed that a lamb, calf or piglet born on the Annunciation would be flawed (“Do not expect good from a good-looking calf”), but in Belarusian I believe that such a calf "will not leave the wolf's teeth."
In ancient Russian life, from the feast of the Annunciation, which was perceived as the beginning of spring and the revival of nature (and, consequently, field work, that is, as if a new stage in the life of a farmer), they considered the beginning of the year (which in some places was called “Annunciation "). Accordingly, popular beliefs said that the Annunciation, like Christmas or the New Year, foreshadows and magically determines the entire coming year: "Whatever the Annunciation you spend, such is the whole year." In this regard, many rituals and signs associated with the "magic of the first day" were timed to coincide with the day of the Annunciation. So, for example, in Bulgaria and Macedonia, and among the Eastern Slavs, too, on the Annunciation, as well as on New Year or Christmas, they tried to be well-fed, healthy, well-dressed, have money with them (which they were supposed to count or ring with them at the first cuckoo cuckoo), etc.; then, according to popular belief, the whole year you will be full, healthy and rich. To be fast, "easy" and healthy all year round, in Polissya on the Annunciation early in the morning they ran around the house, and in the east. Serbia and Southwest. Bulgarians swung on ropes tied to trees, and they always ate fish "for health". From the Bulgarians, Poles and Russians, thieves "stole" from the Annunciation, i.e. they tried to carefully and imperceptibly steal at least some trifle, so that later they could enjoy good luck in their craft all year (since if the thief was not caught that day, it was believed that he would not be caught in the future and would be lucky in theft). In some places, from the evening before the Annunciation, the peasants with the whole family moved "to the summer position" in cold cages, in summer huts, in the canopy or even on the street, and only the sick, old people and small children remained in warm huts.
As with the "starting point" of the agricultural year, a variety of "household" rituals were associated with the Annunciation. For example, Russian housewives on the Annunciation, between the festive morning and mass, drove chickens from the perch with a broom, believing that from this they would begin to rush by Easter in order to prepare fresh eggs for Christ for the Bright Holiday. In the Tula province. in the evening on the Annunciation, the housewives secretly from everyone put the first head of cabbage, taken in the autumn, on the ground in the basement, and when they came back from the festive mass the next day, this head was broken and carefully examined, because. there was a belief that miraculous seeds could be found in it: if you sow seedlings mixed with them, then for the cabbage grown from it, it would seem that no frost would be terrible. On the Annunciation, the Luzhans tried to sow flax, and the southern Slavs planted garden crops so that they would be "good", i.e. sweet and juicy. In Macedonia, teenage girls kneaded bread for the first time on the Annunciation, so that they would always succeed in "good", i.e. soft and tasty; in addition, the girls' ears were pierced that day for earrings, believing that the wound in this case would be "good" and heal quickly. Among the Eastern Slavs, on the Annunciation, poppy and flax were consecrated along with grain for crops. In the Carpathians, the first cattle pasture was timed to coincide with this holiday, and it was carried out even if there was no grass yet. The Serbs on the Morava burned a fire on the dunghill in front of the barn on the Annunciation, so that the cows would give a lot of thick and fatty milk.
Some beliefs and customs of the Annunciation were similar to the rites and beliefs of other major holidays - Christmas, Kupala, etc. For example, in some places in Macedonia they believed that at midnight before the Annunciation the heavens open, the Lord himself comes out of paradise and all the trees bow to him to the ground; in this bright moment, you can ask God for anything, and he will certainly fulfill the desire. Among the southern Slavs, the day of the Annunciation, like the feast of Ivan Kupala, was considered the time when treasures came out from under the ground: for example, the Bulgarians believed that on the night before the Annunciation, “candles” were burning over the places where treasures were hidden, and the Macedonians believed that at this time snakes bring treasures to the surface of the earth.
Since the Annunciation was considered the day of the awakening of bees, a number of rites of this holiday were closely associated with these insects. For example, the Serbs on the Annunciation went to the bees with a key to the door, with a plow or wheel pin, and let the bees out of a notch smeared with honey. Ukrainians in the Kharkiv region put the skull of the Annunciation pike into the notch so that the bees would crawl out between the pike teeth; it was believed that then the bees "will not let themselves be offended." In Transcarpathia, the owner did not leave the house for the Annunciation, so that the bees would not leave the hives; and in the Polish Pomerania, bees were consecrated on this holiday. On the Annunciation, the Bulgarians and Serbs fumigated the beehives with smoke from smoldering rags and manure so that snakes or mice would not climb into the bees. Among the Eastern Slavs (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians), beekeepers fed the bees with prosphora powder mixed with honey, and at the same time they prayed that "the Lord commanded the bees to start holy honeys, yellow and white, and frequent swarms in the possessions and the Christian world for pleasure ".
Among the Eastern Slavs, many Annunciation rites were associated with prosphora (special ritual loaves), which, along with seeds for sowing, were traditionally consecrated on the eve or on the very day of the Annunciation; then these prosphora were placed on the goddess, and later they were used in various ceremonies. Each person tried to stock up on at least one such consecrated bread, believing that it brings happiness, good luck and health. In many places of the Annunciation, prosphora were baked in each family, according to the number of households, and at the same time a penny was baked in one of the prosphora; the person who got such a prosphora was considered happy and lucky, therefore, throughout the year, he was instructed to start various important works, and first of all, plowing and sowing.
Annunciation prosphora (both received in the church and consecrated, and not consecrated, baked at home) were used throughout the year for a variety of purposes. For example, they were widely used to treat fevers and various diseases in general, both in people and in livestock (for example, prosphora crumbs were sometimes mixed into livestock feed to protect against pestilence). However, most often prosphora, as a sign of the visible blessing of God, was used in rituals associated with the harvest: pieces of them were buried in the corners of the field from hail and drought, they were placed in seeds intended for sowing (for good growth and fertility of the fields), or in the first sheaf, in the bottom of the barrel (so that the mice do not eat the grain), etc. In many places, prosphora was necessarily taken with them when sowing, tied to a seeder or put in a seeder to ensure the well-being of seedlings, crops, etc.; it was also believed that this protects the fields from any "field midge". They treated other ritual Annunciation cookies in a similar way - “galeps”, “beaded paws”, “birdies”, “harrows”, “sickles”, “ploughs”, etc.: for example, he gave the “sickles” to the girls so that they quickly reaped, and "harrows" and "ploughs" - par-yum, so that they quickly and cheerfully plowed and sowed; in addition, baked "ploughs" and "harrows" were taken with them to plowing to ensure the harvest. The Slavs also fed cattle and poultry with ritual cookies.
In general, the feast of the Annunciation in the popular mind was universally associated primarily with the future harvest, since, according to popular belief, it is on the Annunciation that the earth “awakens” from its winter sleep. Touching the earth, "disturbing the earth" before this holiday was considered by the people a great sin and was strictly forbidden, and violation of the ban, according to legend, threatened with drought, hail, crop failure and other troubles. On the Annunciation, according to the peasants, "the Lord himself blesses the earth and opens it for sowing"; on this day, according to one of the folk legends, the archangel Gabriel drives a plow with a white horse harnessed to it, and the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos scatters rye from a golden box in handfuls, praying to the Lord for the blessing of the future harvest. That is why it was once customary in the Little Russian provinces on the Annunciation to put the image of a “holiday” in a tub with spring grain intended for sowing, and pray before it: “Mother of God! Gabriel the Archangel! rye, barley, wheat, and every living thing a hundredfold!"
From the feast of the Annunciation, the Eastern Slavs traditionally began plowing. At the same time, they usually did not start sowing at the Annunciation, believing that this could be called a crop failure; there was even a belief that the day on which this holiday fell would be unlucky for crops and plowing, but the day following it would be the most successful and happy for the harvest. Probably, the prohibition to start plowing on the very day of the Annunciation was associated with a general ban on work on that day; in addition, the peasants, apparently, considered it necessary to let the earth on the Annunciation finally wake up from sleep, accept the blessing of heaven and, possibly, release from the depths of their all creatures that had taken refuge there for the winter (not only reptiles wintering underground, but also impure force, which, according to popular belief, with the first frosts falls through the earth - into hell or underground caves - and in the spring, during the "opening" of the earth, it jumps out again). Therefore, instead of plowing on the Annunciation, they usually engaged in fortune-telling about the future weather, harvest, etc., relying on various signs, for example: “what is the Annunciation, such is the Holy One”, “it rains on the Annunciation - rye will be born: thick and eared, yes threshing!", "Wet Annunciation - mushroom summer, disputable run of red fish", "Annunciation without swallows - cold spring" (southern), "if wind, hoarfrost and fog are on the Annunciation - for a harvest year, thunderstorm - for a warm summer and harvest of nuts", "frost on the Annunciation - harvest for milk mushrooms", "a bucket on the Annunciation - to fires", "if there is snow on the roofs on the Annunciation, it will also be on Yegorya in the field", "on the Annunciation a sunny day - wheat will be born", "if there are few stars in the sky on the Annunciation, then there will be few eggs", "if the night on the Annunciation is warm, the spring will be friendly", "on the Annunciation frost - and oats under the bush", "on the Annunciation the sun from morning to evenings - there is nothing to grieve about spring: good news - there will be something to eat! etc.
The feast of the Annunciation, as the feast of spring and the "discovery of the earth", was timed to coincide with many different cleansing rites (similar in nature to the Kupala ones). Among them, for example, was the traditional and universally known washing at dawn in a spring or on a river, near "running water", as well as whitewashing a house (uko., Bel.), washing a bread bowl (Polesie), etc. However, the vast majority of cleansing rituals were rites of exorcism or neutralization of all the "evil spirits" awakening and activating from the Annunciation - reptiles, harmful insects, evil spirits, diseases, wild animals, etc.
So, for example, among the Eastern and Southern Slavs, on the Annunciation, the peasants beat metal dishes or shutters, etc., rang bells and bells, shouted and fired from guns, cracked whips, etc., believing that this would protect cattle during summer grazing from wolves, and generally drive wild animals away from the village. Such rituals could be both public (mainly among the Eastern Slavs) and individual: among the Hutsuls, for example, each owner ran naked around his hut three times, ringing the bell and saying: “How far this ringing is heard, so far away that the wolf kept away from my cattle."
Snakes were driven out in approximately the same ways: for example, in Bulgaria, on the Annunciation, women and children walked around the yard with a copper basin before sunrise or at sunset, beat it with a spoon and shouted: “Blow, snakes, Blagovets shcha va zatisne (i.e. crush)!"; and in Serbia they walked around the village and hit metal objects, believing that snakes in summer would stay at such a distance from houses as the clanging of metal would spread. In addition, fire was also used to expel and neutralize snakes: for example, among the Eastern Slavs, for this purpose, garbage, various rags, worn-out bast shoes and winter straw beds, horse and cow dung, etc. were set on fire in the yards (Belarusians called this custom "clean the land "); the same method was used by the Serbs, who threw lighted rags on every building in the yard, and also kindled public bonfires, around which the youth danced all night. Ukrainians in the Carpathians drove away snakes by going around the house in the sun and throwing a burning rag behind them three times. In many regions of Bulgaria, the owners on the morning of the Annunciation broke the yard and set fire to the collected garbage in front of the house or in the garden, and then jumped over the fire barefoot to protect themselves from intrusion and snake bites; at the same time, in some places, in addition to this ritual, the hostess took a lit torch and went around the house three times with it, shouting: "Beat, zmi and thickets (lizards)!" In Homolye on the eve of the Annunciation or early in the morning on this holiday, one of the household members threw smoldering coal over the threshold, and the first person who left the house stood on this coal and conjured the snake: “Highly praha preho, ama, the heat is not possible!” (i.e. "I'll go through the threshold, but I can't go through the coal!").
In some cases, they tried not to expel snakes, but to appease them: for example, in some regions of Macedonia, something sweet (“good”) was specially prepared for snakes on the Annunciation, so that the snakes were “good” (“good”) and did not bite. In addition, everywhere among the Slavs, certain prohibitions were timed to coincide with the feast of the Annunciation, which were observed to protect against snakes: for example, it was forbidden to mention snakes and lizards on this holiday (Bulgaria), go out into the garden or bring greens (especially green onions) into the house, stretch ropes or dragging something on the ground (Serbia), sewing new shoes (rev. Serbia), threading a needle (Bosnia), generally picking up a needle and spindle (Polesie) or even looking at the spindle, yarn, etc. ( Penza region), walking with a stick or bringing firewood into the house (Carpathians), giving something from the house (Volyn region), etc. Actually, the very ban on any work on the Annunciation was observed, including for protection from snakes and wolves.
To protect themselves from various harmful insects, the Vitebsk peasants on the Annunciation tried not to spill a drop of water on the floor while washing and not to drop a crumb during the festive meal; in addition, in the same places, to protect against fleas, one of the household early in the morning, taking off his shirt, secretly from all the chalk hut, took out the garbage and, taking with him snow and ice, scattered them on the floor, and then I put on my shirt again and went to bed. In Zakarpatsya on the Annunciation, they also swept the hut to protect against fleas, and then broke and threw away the broom. In some regions of Serbia, it was forbidden to kill fleas and lice on the Annunciation, and women did not pour a single drop of water from the house into the yard so that the flies would not annoy the cattle. The Russians of Transbaikalia burned a rag in the underground to protect themselves from fleas. In Bosnia and the West On the Annunciation, Serbians swept the house and yard, collected garbage and set fire to it in front of the house (to protect against fleas, etc.) or under fruit trees (to protect against caterpillars), and also jumped over the fire (to protect themselves for the whole summer from all kinds of harmful insects). In Polissya, garbage collected for the Annunciation was also burned on the road or on the border to protect against insects and snakes; but there was another explanation for this custom: it was believed that the garbage swept up on the Annunciation and thrown into the field or garden causes a violent growth of weeds, and they burned it to avoid "spoilage", or even forbade dwellings on the feast of revenge and take out a rubbish.
A prominent place in the Annunciation rituals was also occupied by rituals that were supposed to protect people and their environment from evil spirits, which were especially dangerous at that time. So, for example, among Russians, Belarusians, Serbs, Bulgarians, etc., there was a custom to scare away unclean spirits at the Annunciation with shots, beating on stove dampers, shouting and noise, ringing bells, etc.
In addition, various prohibitions were also timed to coincide with the Annunciation, which had to be observed to protect against evil spirits. So, the Bulgarians believed that at the dawn of the feast of the Annunciation, the samodivs and samovils returned from their homes (where they had been from the day of the Beheading) and bathed in rivers, lakes and even wells; therefore, in the morning on the Annunciation, it was forbidden to approach the water, so that the disturbed samovils would not cast their spell. It was also believed that on the day of the Annunciation, a house-serpent appears, which counts all the household members, and the one whom he does not see and count will die within a year; therefore, by this holiday, all household members tried to return home from absence. The Ukrainians in the Carpathians had a belief that an "osinavets" (an unclean spirit akin to fire snakes) could hatch from an egg laid on the Annunciation, so the hostesses threw the Annunciation eggs into the river; Byelorussians, on the other hand, believed that crippled chickens would hatch from eggs laid on the Annunciation, and in order to prevent this, the eggs were placed in a mortar and "threatened" him, pretending to be pounded with a pestle. The Ukrainians of Volyn did not advise hunting and generally coming to the forest for the Annunciation, believing that on this day the devil or the goblin (who just comes out of the ground at that time) "leads" hunters through impassable thickets; and the Belarusians believed that the gun "does not kill" the game on the Annunciation or the goblin does not allow the hunters to aim accurately, so the hunter should not go into the forest - all the same, there will be no luck.
Many rituals of the Annunciation were dedicated to the recognition and neutralization of witches (bosorok, veshtits, etc.). So, for example, to protect against witches, Ukrainians on the Annunciation drew a circle with an ax or a scythe on the ground around the hut, "so that the witch would not start." In Transcarpathia, in order to prevent the "bosorkans" stealing milk from cows, on the night of the Annunciation they put turf on the gates and painted crosses on the doors, and also tried not to give anything from the house on the day of the holiday, "so that the bosorka would not take away from the cow milk". On the Annunciation, the Ukrainians of Transcarpathia drove cattle through the water and stretched a twig along the ground from the house in order to "show all evil spirits for themselves." The Slovaks of Transcarpathia believed that on the Annunciation witches (bosorkans) collect dew in a sieve, thus taking milk from cows; therefore, they tried to drive them away, scaring them with ritual noise, bell ringing, etc. Serbs east. Herzegovinas, to protect themselves from witches, went around the houses with lit candles from left to right and poured millet. In Volhynia, on the Annunciation, they swept and mowed a slanting house, and also guarded in barns, and if a toad or other animal was found next to cattle, they mutilated it, believing that it was a witch who came to take milk from cows. The Hutsuls believed that on the Annunciation "cheredinnitsi" (witches) enter the cattle pens and try to take manna (fat content) or milk from the cows, therefore, protecting the animals, people bypassed houses and outbuildings with fire. For protection from witches, on the Annunciation, Russians kindled ritual bonfires from old things (last year's straw beds, shabby bast shoes, old rags, etc.), thus "scaring" the witches, and jumped over the fire, believing that this would protect them for the whole year from ailments, the evil eye, various kinds of misfortunes, etc., and also fumigated clothes with the smoke of bonfires, led cattle between the bonfires (to protect against spoilage and epidemics and for the appearance of a healthy offspring), carried some things through the fire (to protect them from the evil eye) and they even fumigated the corners of the huts with fire (to protect housing from all filth, unclean spirits and various troubles).
In general, a variety of signs and customs were associated with fire on the feast of the Annunciation. So, for example, in many places, the ritual of getting (“wiping”, getting by friction) a special “living” fire was timed to coincide with this holiday: cleansing Annunciation fires were lit from it, and they also carried it to all houses, renewing it in this way , home fire. At the same time, however, in some places among the Eastern Slavs it was forbidden to light a fire in the house on the eve of the Annunciation and (less often) on the holiday itself, so that lightning would not strike or so that the straw would not be damaged in the spring bread. However, in other places, on the contrary, under the Annunciation in the huts, the fires were not extinguished at night, so that the flax would be better born and the crops and buildings would not be burned out by lightning. In the fire of the furnace on the evening of the Annunciation, Russian old women burned the salt, believing that in this case it would acquire amazing healing properties and, no worse than “Thursday-Thursday,” would relieve all sorts of ailments, fevers and fevers; the same "Annunciation salt" was used throughout the year for the treatment of livestock (for this, salt was poured into rye dough and baked koloboks, which were then fed to animals). Even ash and smut from the Annunciation fire were endowed with useful properties among the people: for example, in Russian villages, when cabbage and other plants in the garden deteriorated, they were sprinkled with this ash, believing that it would "correct" vegetables.
In all such "fiery" rites, faith was expressed in the purifying and healing power of fire, the symbol of the life-giving sun, characteristic of all ancient pagan religions and, in particular, the religion of the ancient Slavs. These rites were timed to coincide with the feast of the Annunciation because this day has long been considered the beginning of spring (spring equinox around March 25) and the predominance of day over night, the beginning of the awakening time of the all-revitalizing sun, a source of warmth and light necessary for life; and not without reason this day was considered among the people one of the greatest holidays of the year. In pagan times, komoeditsy, "bear holidays", and pagan Shrovetide were celebrated around this day. These spring festivities were to be attached to the solar phase; and only the Christian Great Lent, the beginning of which fell either in February or March, pushed Shrovetide beyond its original place in the calendar.
The holidays of komoedits, celebrated around the day of the vernal equinox, were known both among the Slavs and the ancient Greeks; and the echoes of these holidays have been preserved (and very well preserved) under Christianity. So, for example, in Belarus, "komeditsy" were usually held on March 24, on the eve of the Orthodox Annunciation, and in honor of these holidays, village housewives served "bear food" on the table - dried turnip, oatmeal jelly and special "coma" from pea flour; after such a dinner, everyone went to bed, but did not sleep, but rolled from side to side, imitating a bear. On the same day, people danced in clothes turned inside out with fur in honor of the spring awakening of the bear. In Bulgaria, the Annunciation was also celebrated as a "bear holiday" and it was believed that the bear wakes up on this day and bathes in the river, purifying the water, after which you can swim.
Obviously, in ancient times, komoeditsy, "bear holidays", were associated with the cult of Veles, the "animal god", who in ancient times acted in a bear's guise. In the last years of paganism among the Slavs, Veles had a lot of functions: he was considered the god of wealth and trade, hunting and agriculture, cattle breeding and all kinds of prosperity. His cult was widespread among the Slavs, and the holidays dedicated to him were celebrated widely and wildly; and the timing of the Christian feast of the Annunciation to the day of the spring equinox was precisely aimed at blocking the ancient pagan festival and destroying pagan "God-opposing" rites and superstitions, such as "demonic dances", disguise, etc. But the rites and customs have been preserved, albeit not in their original form; and therefore the church could not but condemn them. So, for example, already in the Pilot of 1282 there was a ban against those people who, on the day of the Annunciation, "before their temples, or the gates of their houses, a fire (i.e., a fire) lit up, gallop according to some ancient custom."
Before the great feast of Holy Pascha, all believers will have to celebrate another no less important and joyful day - this is the Annunciation. The Annunciation is not a moving holiday, and is celebrated annually on April 7th. If we consider the historical context of the holiday, then it was on this day that the Archangel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary the news that she was to bear the fruit, which after birth would become the Savior of the whole world. Only after the Virgin Mary gave her consent did the immaculate conception happen, which turned the whole story upside down. The significance of the holiday cannot be overestimated, but what can not be done on the Annunciation and what can be done on this day?
How is the Annunciation
Like many other religious holidays, it is a special day that has its own traditions and signs. It is customary on this day to go to the temple, where the Blessed Virgin Mary is glorified, prayers of gratitude to God are said, and the memory of the messenger of the good news, the Archangel Gabriel, is honored. Also, the consecration of the prosphora takes place in the temple, which you need to take home. It is believed that if you store such a prosphora at home, it will protect against the troubles of diseases and other misfortunes.
Since ancient times, on this day, after the service in the temple, white doves were released. Today, not all churches adhere to such a custom, which only in 1995 was partially revived in small churches.
Also, there is a belief that on the Annunciation the sky is open for requests and prayers, so you can ask for what you would like very much, and this will certainly come true.
Therefore, on the Annunciation, you need to go to the temple, bring home the prosphora, and also do not forget to pray and use your chance to ask the Lord for something. Also, on this day, despite the fact that this is a fasting period, you can cook fish for a festive meal.
What not to do on the Annunciation
The most important ban on the Annunciation is the ban on any work. On this day, you can not work, as it is considered a sin. Also, there are other signs that are associated with prohibitions on this day:
It is impossible to give anything and take it out of the house for the Annunciation, this also applies to borrowing money, because if you give something away, health and prosperity will go along with it;
You can’t cut, dye and do some other hair manipulations on a holiday. It is believed that this way you can confuse your fate, this also applies to knitting and sewing. By the way, in ancient times, the girls did not even comb their hair and did not collect it in a braid for the Annunciation;
It is impossible to start any new business on April 7, as they will not turn into success;
Also, you can’t put on new clothes on yourself, because if you get dirty on the Annunciation, you can no longer wash off the stains;
In order not to miss the angelic light, which sent the good news to the Virgin Mary, it is impossible to light lamps and candles in houses when it gets dark.
It is also impossible to engage in land work, as planting a crop will not bring good.
On the Annunciation, the Lord blesses all life on earth, nature begins to wake up after a hard and cold winter, so you should not interfere with it. The best thing that can and should be done on the Annunciation is to devote time to prayers and to God, and also to spend the holiday in a cozy family circle, without quarrels, disputes and showdown.
The Annunciation is one of the most important and significant holidays in the religious world. Every year, it is celebrated on April 7, this date is not fluid, because sometimes the holiday coincides with the period of Great Lent. Like many other religious holidays, the Annunciation has its own history, traditions and some canons on how to celebrate this day.
There are many holidays that are subject to some restrictions, for example, you cannot quarrel on Easter. And what can not be done on April 7 at the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
Church customs
The Annunciation often coincides with the period of Great Lent, sometimes coincides with the period of Bright Week and Palm Sunday. If there are no such coincidences, but still the holiday falls on Lent, then the church service, which must be attended on the day of the Annunciation, is as follows:
- Great Compline is a service, an all-night service, on the eve of the holiday itself, as before Christmas or Easter.
- The Matins service on the occasion of the feast is one of the longest of the year. Its difference from the service, which is not held on the days of the holiday, is in the set of prayers. The consecration of food also takes place, and at the end of the service, the clergyman distributes and blesses the bread and wine.
- The evening service is held in the order that is accepted for the day of the week, it is also the final stage of the celebration of the Annunciation.
Returning to the fact that the Annunciation usually coincides with Great Lent, some indulgences are allowed in the fasting diet. On this holiday, the church allows you to deviate from the strict rules of Lent and eat fish and drink a little wine.
In addition to the fact that you should definitely go to church, it is customary to do other things on the Annunciation. But, besides this, there is something that cannot be done on April 7 at the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos. In honor of the holiday, you can do it.
The main bans on the holiday
The list of the most basic and strict prohibitions for this holiday will include the fact that you can not do any work, as well as start new business. You can’t work, because the Annunciation is a big holiday. But new things should not be started because they will not bring success and the good that is expected in any undertaking. According to one saying, even a bird does not nest on this day.
What can not be done on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on April 7 also includes the following actions:
- You can not lend things and money to friends, relatives or just acquaintances, this can lead to a loss of personal well-being, health and energy. It is also impossible to ask for a loan from other people;
- You can not engage in knitting, sewing and weaving, as the threads of many peoples are associated with life and fate. By performing such actions, a person does work (and this is the main prohibition on the Annunciation) and by his actions can confuse his fate, go astray.
- You should not put on new clothes, as they will quickly wear out, and it will not be possible to purchase new clothes;
This is the main list of what not to do on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos on April 7th. It is also recommended to celebrate the holiday in a narrow circle of the family, to refuse to visit and receive guests at home. Notice when.
Other signs and customs for the Annunciation
The name of this day comes from the event that once happened. Namely, it was on this day that the Archangel Gabriel informed the Mother of God that she, being an immaculate virgin, would give birth to a son who would become the Savior of all mankind. Like many other religious holidays, the Annunciation has its own signs and customs. If the list of what not to do on April 7 on the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary includes a ban on work, does this mean that you can just lie on the couch all day and do nothing at all?
There are many customs and signs that are dedicated to the holiday, some of them still call for some action, or impose some more prohibitions:
- The ancestors believed that it was impossible not only to work, but also to wash and comb your hair;
- You can not light a fire in the house;
- Those wives who manage to call their husband “dear” 34 times before midnight will receive great love and care from their husband during the year;
- If the weather is warm on the night of the holiday, then the spring will be warm and pleasant;
- If it rains on April 7, then there will be a lot of mushrooms in the forest in autumn;
- To find happiness and health, salt should be burned on the Annunciation, and later added to food;
The Annunciation is a religious holiday that should be spent wisely. Attend a service in a church, pray, confess. Next, do your business, if they don’t contradict what you can’t do for the annunciation, and end the day with a modest Lenten dinner with your family. On this day, you should pay special attention to your family and loved ones, especially not indulging in entertainment. And, most importantly, do not forget that if the Annunciation coincides with Great Lent, then you should observe fasting and get acquainted with what you can eat and what you can not eat on this day.
Many Christians have the opinion that it is impossible to work on days that are major church holidays. By the way, this opinion exists not only among Christians, but also among people of other faiths, for example, among the Jews. That is why the question arises of what can be done on holidays, and what should not be done, for example, on April 7 for the Annunciation?
A bit of history
The Annunciation is considered one of the most significant holidays in the Christian faith, since it was on this day more than 2,000 thousand years ago that the Archangel Gabriel told the Mother of God that she would soon become the mother of God's son - the Savior of the entire human race. Thus, he brought the good news, which served as the basis for the name of this significant day.
Naturally, on this day, many believers attend church, pray, and also read the Gospel of Luke, where Mary’s biography is actually given before she became the Mother of God. As a rule, on this day, many people try not to do anything serious other than ordinary everyday activities, but some people also need to go to work or perform some other actions that, according to authoritative Christians, are forbidden to do.
What can't be done?
In the understanding of many, on the Annunciation it is impossible to knit, sew, wash floors, wash, clean up, that is, do household chores that will distract from prayers. But is this true, because there is a famous saying "Working is not a sin." It turns out that for those who are, say, a professional seamstress, it is possible to fulfill their duties, because this is the main type of income, but at home it is better to refrain from fixing small things.
The same applies to other people who work that day. Doing some work for a fulfilling existence is not a sin. Of course, you can take a day off on this day, but this applies more to very religious people or to pregnant women, who, for obvious reasons, do not have the right to anger God and risk the well-being of the baby.
Also on this day, it is strictly forbidden to carry out any earthwork, since it is on the Annunciation that God's spirit, as it were, blesses all plants and they, of course, rush to rapid growth. Accordingly, any kind of digging up the land and preparing for sowing can harm this process and result in a poor harvest in the future.
On the Annunciation it is strictly forbidden to take something out of the house or lend it, not only money, but also any trifle, up to a pinch of salt to a neighbor. According to the ancestors, in this way the owners part with their health and within a year serious problems can befall them.
Even on this day, it is not recommended to wear new things, because, according to signs, in the future the new thing will quickly wear out or tear. It is also undesirable to start new business or launch long-term financial projects on this day, since such a date is not very favorable for the introduction of novelty. That is why it is better to transfer all innovations to the next day.
People say that on the Annunciation “the bird does not nest and the girl does not weave braids”, that is, you can’t do construction work and minor repairs, because if wildlife is resting, then a person must obey the general rule. And, of course, on this day it is undesirable to cut your hair or change your hairstyle, since subsequently such changes in appearance will either be unsuccessful or bring additional health problems.
It should be noted that any restrictions are introduced for a reason, because behind every sign lies many years of observation of people. That is why it is not worth taking risks and angering God, since an extra day off has never harmed anyone, especially if it is spent in goodness and with good intentions.
Orthodox people around the world celebrate the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Unlike Easter, whose dates change every year, the Annunciation is celebrated on April 7 every year. Why is the Annunciation celebrated as a special day in the life of every believer, and what is its meaning, and what event is this day dedicated to?
On the feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, Christians rejoice at the bright news that the Archangel Gabriel once told the Most Holy Theotokos. The news was that, being a virgin, she carries a child under her heart, who will be born and become the Savior of all mankind. Like many religious holidays, the day of the Annunciation has its own traditions, rituals and signs. On April 7, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated, what cannot be done on this day, and what can be done. perfect for the holiday table.
What not to do on the Annunciation
In the old days, the Annunciation was considered not only a great religious holiday, but also the day from which the new grain-growing year was counted. But, despite this, land work could not be carried out on the holiday, because God blesses the earth and awakens the vital energy and forces of nature.
Therefore, we can safely say that it is impossible to do on April 7 at the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos - this is to carry out land work, and in principle to refuse other works, and especially, from starting any new business. The fact is that if you start something new on April 7, then everything will certainly turn into a crash and will not bring further success. Many ancestors also believed that it was not enough to hold the Annunciation according to the rules and refrain from any work, but you also need to remember this day, what holiday they celebrated, what it means, and every month on this day also refrain from any undertakings.
Important! If April 7 falls on a working day, and there is no way not to go to work, then, of course, there is no choice. Such work is not considered a sin.
Young girls were not even allowed to comb their hair, because it was believed that this action on the holiday shortens the lifespan. In small villages and villages, on the Annunciation, it was customary for all families to gather in a certain place and talk about future plans, dream, share thoughts, goals. These fees are also conditioned by the fact that on April 7, on the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, one cannot light a fire in the house, therefore, in order not to sit in darkness in the evening, one should go out.
What else can not be done on April 7: the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Among the strict prohibitions on this day are various rituals, which mainly came from paganism, and some of them persist to this day. So, for example, one should not follow such superstitions as burning old things in the house at the stake. From your favorite entertainment, which is customary to meet spring, namely jumping over a fire, you should also refrain. What can be done.
In addition to all of the above, on the Annunciation you can’t lend anything to anyone, give something from the house, and refrain from borrowing yourself. This is explained by the fact that by giving something from his karma or home, a person gives away his well-being, energy and health. This applies even if the neighbors asked for some sugar or salt. In such cases, you should politely refuse, and explain that April 7 is a big holiday, and on this day it is unpleasant to give anything away.
What else can not be done on April 7: Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The most important prohibitions on the day of the holiday should always be remembered and tried to be followed, especially if faith and religion play a big role in a person's life. However, there are also other signs that came to us from our ancestors. Such prohibitions are not strict, and it is not at all necessary to follow them. This is a personal matter for everyone. What else can not be done April 7: Annunciation
of the Most Holy Theotokos and what are the signs that are not related to prohibitions?
New clothes should not be worn, as it is read that they will wear out quickly;
Among the peasants on the Annunciation it was customary to sow peas;
If the day of the Annunciation turned out to be warm, then bad weather and cold are expected ahead;
If the sun shines on April 7 and the sky is cloudless, then there will be a good harvest of millet in the year;
Rainy weather for the holiday promises fishermen a good catch and a lot of mushrooms in the fall;
On the Annunciation, you should definitely go to the service in the church;
