Holy Week in Slavic tradition It is called differently, but has the same essence and exact dates. It always follows Palm Week and is the seventh part of Lent. The duration of Holy Week is only six days, because, already on Sunday of this week, the bright holiday of Easter begins.
In Rus', active preparations for the holiday were carried out throughout this week. Washed windows and doors, houses in general. In rural huts, walls, ceilings, and a stove were necessarily whitewashed. It was customary in the process of preparing for the holiday to look even into such corners of cleaning, which were not paid attention during the year.
The main preparations at the stove in the yard were going on in Clean Thursday and Good Saturday, because nothing can be done on Good Friday. The hostesses prepared Easter dishes these days: Easter cakes, Easter cakes, painted eggs, baked meat. The villagers tried to say little during the days and do a lot, as, indeed, during the whole Lent. It was not customary to have fun and have fun.
Holy Week in the Slavic tradition by day
Scary Monday
Starting from the Monday of Holy Week, active preparations were made for Easter. On this day, the ceilings were whitewashed, the hut was washed, and the cattle was cleaned. Monday was also popularly called “Clean”, although today such a common name has been preserved only for Maundy Thursday.
It was believed that on Clean Monday one should sincerely fast and not eat anything all day, then
it will bring happiness and good fortune throughout the year. It is also necessary to avoid keeping something unclean from food at home on this and the next day so that spoilage does not attack livestock during the year. The peasants said that from Holy Monday and throughout Holy Week, “women have things to do.”
Clean Tuesday
As you can see, Holy Week in the Slavic tradition has not only a clean Thursday, but also Tuesday. Housework was in full swing, and in order to be in time, it was impossible to leave everything until Thursday. Moreover, already from Good Friday and throughout the Red Week after Easter, it was no longer possible to get out of the house.
At dawn, in some places in various provinces, milk was made from flax or hemp seeds and this milk was fed to cattle in order to ensure the health of domestic animals throughout the year and protection from diseases. The main condition was that the men did not know about it, otherwise, the ritual did not bring any benefit.
Passion Wednesday
On this day, many folk Slavic rituals were also associated with cattle. For example, she was doused with snow water. In some places, on the eve of Maundy Thursday, a great vespers for 12 Lenten dishes was being prepared to commemorate relatives who had gone to another world.
Holy Saturday
In different parts big Rus' were different names this day. But traditions, in general, repeated each other. On this day, they prepared food for Easter: they painted eggs, made Easter and curd Easter. Traditionally, eggs were dyed red or yellow how important religious symbol life renewal. There was a tradition to keep the first colored egg, and then use it for medicinal purposes during the year. Of course, it was the shell of this egg that was preserved, because it was impossible to preserve the product itself for a long time.
Sayings and signs of the Slavs for Holy Week:
On Terrible Monday, whoever goes into the yard sweeps all the way with a willow.
From Maundy Monday to Saturday, "women are up to their necks."
On Good Friday, you need to fast so that a person can protect himself from troubles and robbers.
This is what Holy Week looks like, if we consider it in the Slavic tradition. As you can see, some rituals for every day of this period have indeed been preserved. Other rituals and signs were lost in the past years. We hope that your family will be able to preserve and increase the traditions of their ancestors for this period.
Preceded by Palm Sunday, Holy Week - the last week of Lent - was marked by the observance of special rites. From Monday on Holy - or, as the people used to say, Terrible - week, everyone began to put themselves and their homes in order, preparing for Easter.
Herself week before Easter- the week of the week is dedicated to last days life of Jesus Christ. So, for example, Palm Sunday commemorates the entry of Christ on a donkey into Jerusalem. The people meet him, laying their clothes and palm branches. At present, it is supposed to bring willow branches into the house, it has become an obligatory tradition to whip each other with them in order to expel illness, failure, bad thoughts from the body and recharge the spirit with health, driving away thinness and troubles for the next year.
Monday.
From this day begins the diligent preparation for Easter. Each family member is supposed to decorate their willow bouquets with ribbons, beads, bright threads, and flowers. It was also customary on this day to clean the house, wash, wash. Yes, it is on this day, and not as we are used to, believing that clean Thursday is named so that it is on this alleged day that you need to get out.
Tuesday.
This is the last day when it was allowed to sew seven new clothes for Easter, and on this day it was supposed to put up with everyone with whom he was in a quarrel. Today you can simply put all your clothes in order for the great Easter holiday.
Wednesday.
The busiest day is the middle of Holy Week, it was on Wednesday that the main symbol of Easter was created - the "pearling" from hollow branches of straw and thread, which was supposed to personify the fragility of the world. They hung this decoration in the middle of the main room and started general cleaning. Before midnight it was necessary to wash. On this day, a parallel was drawn between the repentant and forgiven sinner and the traitor Judas. According to other sources, on Great Wednesday, on the contrary, it was necessary to finish all the cleaning around the house and be prepared for the next great day.
Thursday.
There is a misconception that in Maundy Thursday need to clean the house and put things in order. On this day, it was strictly forbidden to do anything about the housework, so as not to bring trouble to your home. In the morning, women collected dew, with which they washed all their relatives, rewarding them with good health, those who washed themselves from silver dishes called wealth into the house. It was on Thursday that people cleansed their souls: they took communion, stood a service, during which the Thursday fire was lit. It was supposed to be brought to your house in order to protect everyone from diseases and fill the house with happiness. This day includes the most important Gospel Events(The Last Supper, the washing of the Lord's feet by his disciples, prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane of the Savior and the betrayal of Judas). Also on this day, it is necessary to knead the dough for Easter cakes, but do not bake.
Friday.
The strictest day of fasting, on which it was forbidden to eat. This is the day of the crucifixion of Christ, his death and subsequent burial. To distract from temptation, which is why the day is called Passionate, people decorated their houses with willow, heather, embroidered towels and other decorations.
Saturday.
From the very morning on this day, the hostesses baked Easter cakes, painted eggs, in order to consecrate holiday delicacies at the evening service. All believers on this day tried to attend the all-night service, after which they congratulated each other with the joyful news “Christ is Risen” and received in response a triple kiss with the words of joy “Truly Risen”. After three in the morning it was possible to break the fast.
Sunday.
On this day, all believers celebrate Easter, exchange eggs, treat each other at the festive table, go to visit, sing solemn prayers and rejoice in the new day, listening to the chimes.
If we follow long-standing traditions, then this is how last week before Easter every believing family.
More signs
On Holy Wednesday and Maundy Thursday it was customary to wash with water melted from snow, all domestic animals - from cows to chickens - and burn salt in the oven, which, according to popular belief, acquired from this healing properties. In some villages, at midnight on Maundy Thursday, women were also instructed to douse themselves with water to protect themselves from disease. It was believed that at this midnight even "the raven bathes his children."
There was even a custom at midnight on Holy Thursday for girls to go waist-deep into the river (if the ice had already gone) and, standing in a tight circle, call for spring. If the ice had not yet broken, the girls washed themselves from the hole and rolled "to the east and west sides" on the ground.
If you wash before dawn on Great (Clean) Thursday, it is necessary to say at the same time: “I wash off what was let loose on me, what the soul and body toils with, everything is removed on Maundy Thursday.”
And so that young people pay attention, the girls, washing themselves, said: “As Pure Thursday is bright and red, so the slave (name) will be beautiful for everyone. Amen".
Wednesday of Holy Week they remembered a special rite against any bodily infirmity. It was necessary to scoop up a mug of water from a well or from a barrel on the street or draw water from a river. Crossing themselves three times, they covered the mug with a clean or new towel, and at 2 o'clock in the morning, crossing themselves again three times, they poured this water on, leaving a little in the mug. After that, they put on clothes on a wet body, without wiping themselves, and the water that remained in the mug was poured up to 3 hours on a bush or flowers. It is said that a body washed in this way is reborn.
On Maundy Thursday they advised cutting the hair of a one-year-old child for the first time (up to a year it was considered a sin to cut), and for girls - the tips of the braids so that they grew longer and thicker. All livestock were also advised to cut a tuft of wool for health and well-being.
There was also a custom to burn crosses on doors and ceilings with a candle to protect the house from invasion. evil spirits. Passionate candles were given into the hands of those who were seriously ill or suffering from difficult childbirth: it was believed that they had healing powers. From Maundy Thursday it was forbidden to sweep the floor in the house until Easter itself. Weather signs were also associated with it: if it rained, spring would be late and wet.
Good Friday- the day of the most strict fast - was especially revered by the people. He anticipated Great Saturday, when it was customary to conjure matinees (morning frosts).
Throughout Holy Week, according to pagan tradition, bonfires were lit on high hillocks in honor of the fire god Perun. Another pagan tradition was to protect the fields from the evil spirit. Guys and girls with lit torches in their hands, and some with brooms, whips, began to ride horses with wild cries from one end to the other in the village: it was believed that this should scare away evil spirits.
So, the last, seventh day of Holy Week came - Light Christ's Resurrection. According to custom, on this day in the morning bonfires were lit in front of churches and along the hills, which is also associated with the pagan tradition of celebrating the victory of light over darkness and spring warmth over the winter cold. In the villages, on Holy Night before Easter Sunday, tar barrels are burned, and coals are collected from them and then these coals are placed under the roof: it is believed that this protects the house from a lightning strike.
As soon as in Easter Sunday bells began to ring, people crossed themselves and said three times: “Christ is risen, and my family will have health, my house of wealth, my field will harvest. Amen".
After singing in the churches: “Christ is risen,” it was customary to shoot into the air with blank charges from guns, which also symbolized victory over darkness and death.
If on Easter night you scoop up water from a spring or river, then, according to popular belief, it will have a special power.
If someone is near death in the house, then in the church on Easter Sunday it was necessary to try to take the Easter egg from the hands of the priest. Leaving the church, you need to go to the icon of the Mother of God and call her with you: “Mother Mother of God, come with me to my house. Spend the night with us, heal the slave (name of the patient). At home, it was necessary to feed at least part of the brought egg to the patient. Then, according to popular belief, he will not die this year.
There is another, no less interesting belief: if at the morning service on Easter Sunday you stand in the corner of the church, holding a silver coin in your left hand, and at the first greeting of the priest “Christ is Risen” instead of “Truly Risen” say: “Antmoz Mago”, the coin will receive miraculous power and will not only return to owner, but also bring him a lot of money.
More signs and conspiracies
On this day, money should be counted three times, so that the money is "carried" all year. Everyone in the family should take a handful of salt and pour it into one bag. This salt is removed and stored, and it is called "Thursday salt", i.e. Great Thursday. You can treat yourself with it, as well as your family and friends. This salt is used to make amulets for the family, livestock, garden, home, etc.
On Maundy Thursday remove, erase. Starting from Thursday, nothing is returned from home until Easter.
IN Friday sweep the corners with a rag, this rag will help get rid of lower back pain if you tie yourself with it. The same rag is used to wipe the feet in the bath after washing, so that the feet do not hurt. Ash, taken on Friday before Easter, will help to recover from alcoholism, black shaking, from the evil eye and from mortal anguish.
IN Friday they look out the window, noting who they will see first of all: if a man, then to well-being for three months. If a person falls ill at this time, he will quickly recover. Any problem is easily solved. If you see an old woman, then there will be a series of three months of failure and illness, and a young woman - you will live these three months without problems. You will see the family - to peace in the family, to the reconciliation of those who are in a quarrel. A dog - to longing, a cat - to profit, birds to a new acquaintance and good news, a disabled person - to the death of a loved one.
Of course, all prepared work: cooking, painting eggs must be completed before Bright Sunday.
Easter morning they wash themselves with water left from Maundy Thursday. It is good to put a silver little thing or a spoon in it, you can use a coin. Wash for beauty and wealth. If a girl cannot get married, you need to give the towel with which she wiped herself on Maundy Thursday to people for Easter, those who beg for alms, along with krashenka and Easter cake. After that, they soon get married.
The last week before Easter is called Holy Week.
Also in ancient times this week had many names - Red, Red, Great, Holy Week, Holy Week During this period, they were actively preparing for the celebration of Easter (therefore, Easter home decor, recipes for the Easter table, recipes for Easter cakes, etc. are relevant now). Each day of the week before Easter had its own traditions, which were sincerely honored.
Throughout Holy Week, when Christ was approaching his death on the cross, believers observe the strictest fast. You can not eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy, vegetable oil. Also, in Holy Week, you can’t sing, dance, you need to go to services and cleanse yourself as much as possible for the bright holiday of Easter. Last week before Easter important period preparation before the most important religious holiday April.
The week before Easter begins on Maundy Monday . On this day, it was necessary to finish all the work around the house and on the site near it: paint, repair, clean, without putting it off for other days.
Maundy Tuesday the last week before Easter was usually devoted to work with clothes: washing, ironing, darning. On other days, these works are not recommended.
On Great Wednesday they took out the last garbage from the house, prepared the eggs and everything necessary for the preparation of colored eggs.
Clean Thursday - one of the most important days of Holy Week before Easter. Pure or Maundy Thursday is dedicated to the memory of the Last Supper of Jesus with the apostles, the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Judas Iscariot betrayed him and where the Savior was taken into custody.
Many people are waiting for Clean Thursday to come in order to cleanse their house of everything bad, and themselves of sins.
Also, for many years in a row, people from generation to generation have been transmitting signs on Maundy Thursday, as well as conspiracies on Maundy Thursday for love, which will be useful to unmarried girls.
Signs on Clean Thursday for marriage
Folk omens they say that after cleaning on Maundy Thursday, which cannot be ignored, you need to allocate a place in your house for the groom so that he knows that they are waiting for him. For example, buy a new pair of slippers, make room in the bathroom for men's items, and save some space in the closet.
On Pure Thursday, you need to take a flower pot and plant an apple seed in it, saying to yourself: “Seed, seed, break through the ground! Lure the suitors to my house as soon as possible. Amen! Amen! Amen!". It is believed that the sooner a sprout appears from the ground, the sooner you will get married.
Rites and rituals for Maundy Thursday for marriage and love
If a girl cannot get married in any way, languishing from loneliness, you need to perform one ritual on Maundy Thursday for marriage and love. She should wash herself, dry herself with a towel, then put it away. And on Easter, she will take Easter cake, krashenki and give them to people who ask for alms. After that, the girl will meet her love.
Also, lonely girls need to get up with the sunrise and say out loud: “As Maundy Thursday is bright and red, so the slave (her name) will be beautiful for everyone. Amen".
Prayer for Maundy Thursday while bathing, cleanse me of all evil:
"How confession cleanses, how water removes dirt,
so you, Thursday, be clean, cleanse me from all evil,
from resentment to people, from disobedience, from intemperance,
from the diabolical Deleted, from bad rumors, from evil talk,
demonic disputes. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen."
On this day, you need to swim, especially for the sick and weak, because the water in the early morning has healing powers.
And on Thursday they begin to cook Easter, Easter cakes.
It is believed that before kneading the dough, you need to pray, cleanse your soul and space, otherwise Easter cakes will not work. On Maundy Thursday, a fire is lit in churches, which must be preserved and brought to your home. This candle will protect the house from fire all year round.
The classic recipe for "Royal" Easter (cottage cheese).
What we need:
cottage cheese - 500 g
egg yolks - 3-4 pcs (or 2-3 eggs)
sour cream - 200 g
butter (room temperature) - 100 g
sugar - 100 g
vanilla sugar - 1 teaspoon (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
raisins - 80 g
nuts (almond petals or chopped peeled almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, etc.) - 50 g.
To prepare the classic royal Easter: rinse the raisins, pour boiling water over them and leave for 20 minutes. Drain the water and dry the raisins on a paper towel. Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve (you can pass it through a meat grinder twice or rub it with a blender).
Add yolks (or eggs), sour cream, sugar, vanilla sugar to cottage cheese and mix everything well. Add the diced butter and beat the curd mass with a mixer until fluffy and smooth. Pour cottage cheese into a thick-walled saucepan. Put on a small fire and cook, stirring constantly, until the first bubbles (i.e. until boiling).
Tip 1. At first it will be thick, but the more it is heated, the more liquid it will become - this is normal.
Tip 2. You should not boil the curd mass for a classic Easter, you just need to bring it to the boil.
When the first signs of boiling appear, remove the pan from the heat, put in a bowl with cold water(you can add ice cubes to the bowl) and stir until completely cooled. Remove the cooled curd mass for Easter for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator so that it thickens.
Add raisins, nuts to the chilled cottage cheese base of the "Royal" cottage cheese Easter and mix well. Cover the pasochnitsu with gauze soaked in water and folded in 2 layers. Put the curd base for the Easter recipe in a pastry box.
Tip: Instead of a pasta box, you can put the curd mass for Easter in a sieve or use a new flower pot (with holes in the bottom of the pot).
Bend the edges of the gauze, press down on Easter with oppression and put in the refrigerator for 1-2 days. The pastor needs to be placed on a plate so that the whey can drain into it.
Carefully release the finished Easter from the paster, unfold the gauze and put on a dish. Easter, if desired, decorate with candied fruits, raisins or marmalade.
According to tradition, in Good Friday you can not physically work, go to recreational activities and arrange hearty meals for yourself. For those who fast, Good Friday is the strictest day on the diet of food. On Good Friday, some people significantly restrict themselves in food and eat only bread and water.
Holy Saturday - the day when you need to prepare an Easter basket, as well as dishes for the festive table, on this day they continue to paint eggs.
Sunday - Holy holiday Easter - This holiday should be spent in the circle of relatives and friends.
Each folk sign for Easter has its own little backstory, which confirms the sacred theme of the main church celebration. While waiting for the holiday to come, pass the time by studying the omens noticed by the ancestors - they will reveal the incredible side of Easter traditions.
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On the eve of Easter - signs, traditions, customs of Passion Week
The Bright Resurrection of Christ is preceded by a strict seven-week (40 days) fast, during which human souls are cleansed of filth and become closer to the Lord. The last week before Easter (week) is the most strict, Passionate. How to spend these six days that are left before the holiday - see the basic prescriptions.
Monday
In the morning it is customary to go out into the yard and appreciate weather: a bright sun in a clear sky foreshadowed a warm and fruitful year. And for young people who are planning to get married this year, the sign reads a happy and prosperous family life.
Start putting things in order - the time is right for minor repairs of worn-out household utensils, to give the appearance of a home of novelty.
If you want prosperity and preservation of youth, pour water into a dish made of silver (gold) and wash yourself - this is what the ancestors did.
Tuesday
A suitable day for the preparation of festive attire. Decide what outfit you will wear to church. Wash, iron the furniture, hem - when necessary. You can continue cleaning the house.
Wednesday
When you have not yet achieved perfect cleanliness in your home, try to take out all the rubbish and garbage from the room - get rid of the past. Then go shopping for eggs and related attributes (paints, stickers, candles, cake molds).
Thursday
The main sign of a Clean Day: when the house is dusty and not tidy, you will live in mud all year.
Healers advise to cook on these days. Put the powder in a heavy canvas bag in a preheated oven, hold for 10 minutes, then cool and consecrate the salt in the church.
You can use the magical mineral until next Easter: it is suitable for removing damage that was made with the help of a lining (treat a suspicious object), cleaning your home from negativity, medical procedures (gargling a sore throat or warming up a diseased part of the body).
Everywhere hardworking hostesses bake Easter (necessarily from cottage cheese), paint and paint eggs. In order for the baking to be successful, the sign of a prosperous life came true - before kneading the dough, the culinary specialist reads a holy prayer, and the blank placed in the mold is sent to bake with the words: “Lord, bless!”.
Those who wish to find a betrothed girl are advised to keep an unwashed towel with which they dried themselves after morning bathing (washing). When you go to the solemn service, grab a towel, put Easter cake and eggs there. Give everything to the beggars on the porch - get ready for the wedding soon.
Haircuts are successful on Pure Thursday - hair will become thicker and healthier.
Friday
On strict Good Friday, you will not get off with one refusal of food. On this day, humanity mourns the death of Christ, so all entertainment events, listening to music and walking are prohibited. They spend the whole day at home, in prayer, they constantly light candles in all rooms.
There is no ban on baking Easter cakes on Friday - most importantly, read Our Father and ask the Lord for blessings. When you prefer to keep up the old traditions - bake muffins in a wood-fired oven. The omens left after the ashes are recommended to be preserved and used as a magical remedy, which removes damage, love spells, the evil eye and heals from alcoholism.
Make sure that Easter cakes do not burn and the crust does not crack on them - according to superstition, the family will not know happiness for a whole year when the baking fails.
Healers advise people suffering from pain in the joints or lower back to take a piece of fabric (to be tied later) and cover the corners with it. Use this rag as a warming belt or wipe sore feet with it after a bath or bath.
Saturday
All day until the end Easter service sorrow for the Savior continues. You can’t go to bed, and when you’re not going to go to church for the vigil.
Signs and superstitions for Easter - do not miss the signs of the holy day
When the main religious moment of the end of the Great Tribulation is over - the Holy Fire will be carried out in Jerusalem from the tomb of the Lord, the turn of universal rejoicing and celebration of the resurrection of Jesus comes. Near the icon is always placed "eve" - a jug of honey. A lit candle is placed in it - this is how the dead are commemorated.
In the joyful bustle of Sunday, try to remember everything that happens around you. Perhaps one of the signs will open the veil of the future before you. Read folk signs for Easter. Weather, food, animals, fateful events - what wise ancestors noticed will come in handy for you too.
Easter weather tips
The very first thing that people necessarily paid attention to was the weather conditions on the holiday. The choice of clothes for going to church and the subsequent seasons of the year depend on what the Great Day will be like.
- Meet the sunrise - you will not know trouble all year.
- You will see a multi-colored sunset - great luck awaits.
- Clear weather - for a hot summer, cloudy - for a cold, dry.
- Rain on Easter - the end of spring will be rainy, and the rye harvest will be plentiful.
- A thunderstorm on Easter or Bright Week - in late, dry autumn.
- The snow before Easter had all gone from the fields - to a bountiful harvest.
- A lot of stars on Easter night - wait for more frosts.
Solemn worship - beliefs for the fulfillment of desires
Visiting holy places is an integral part of the Easter holiday. Going on the road and in the temple, you can speed up the approach of the cherished goal - signs will help.
- Oversleep the morning service - do not rely on luck until the end of the year.
- Keep the candles bought in the church - they “clean” the house with them, put the sick at the bedside to get better, take them off.
- When you pray in church, sincerely ask God for what you want - He will fulfill all bright, good desires.
- When a girl wants to get married, she should say in church:
"Resurrection of Christ! Send me an unmarried bridegroom!”
- Pay attention to how kissing happens with people you meet: a friend kissed you first on the left cheek - he does not treat you positively, harbors hostility.
- Lovers cannot kiss on the road - a sign promises separation. Do it under the canopy of trees - you will become happy in marriage.
Easter signs and beliefs about money
To become a favorite of Fortune and get rid of problems with money, try to do the following on the day of the celebration:
- give a coin to the one asking the church;
- come from the temple to the neighbor;
- having broken your fast, go out into the street and look around - what attracts attention first, start doing that - the business will turn out to be profitable and successful;
- women who want to rejuvenate and get rich should wash themselves from a container where coins and krashanki lie;
- climb the bell tower in the morning and strike the bell - the ancestors believed that when you ask the Almighty from your heart for health, prosperity, new love or peace in the family, you will get what you want.
There are also controversial signs for money for Easter, which help players, treasure hunters and scammers:
- treasure hunters took Easter eggs with you for fishing - they say that the magical effect of the symbol of the holiday is such that all the devils that guard the treasure scatter when a person approaches with an egg in his hands, and it is easy to notice the values;
- gambling applicants for fabulous winnings, when they gathered for matins, put a nickel under the heel in their shoes;
- the thief tried to steal from the church on a holiday - such an act will make him lucky and elusive.
Fearless blasphemers took a deck of cards to church and did the following: when the priest came out of the altar in a bright robe and said for the first time: “Christ is Risen!”, The player threw in response: “The cards are here!”. To the repetition of the main Easter cry, the gambler answered: “Swish here!”. The third response phrase of the atheist was the words: “Aces are here!”.
Shabby Sunday beliefs
After a long fast, the faithful with special enthusiasm began to absorb the dishes prepared for the holiday, but did not forget about signs that they could have a beneficial effect on the future.
- You need to start breaking the fast with the whole family, and everyone must eat a piece of Easter cake and a sacred egg, so that there is harmony in the house all year round.
- Easter was cut first - and given to the cow so that she would give milk.
- When a couple does not have children, the woman puts an extra plate on the table, puts a piece of Easter and says: "Kulich - for the kids." When you eat, crumble the muffin to the birds.
- The sacred knife was hidden after dinner. When hail was observed in the summer, which was accompanied by thunder, they threw a poker and a shovel in the courtyard with a cross, a knife was thrust between them. So the tool gained strength, and it is easy for them to kill the boar.
- When they finished the meal, the peasant did not drink for two hours - so that he would not want water at the harvest.
- The shells from the sacred eggs were collected and tied to sticks, which were installed in the garden - so that worms would not breed in the ground.
The baby born on Easter will definitely be lucky - luck will accompany the lucky one: he will become famous or change the history of mankind when the moment of birth falls at noon.
How Easter week is celebrated - meaning in signs
Easter does not end with the eating of holy Easter cakes - the holiday lasts a whole week, among the people it is known as Light, Easter, Great Day, Great, Joyful, Glorious, Delicious.
Along with the customs of visiting, drinking wine and delicacies, having fun and glorifying Christ, Christians commemorated the dead, wooed, watched pets, noticed the signs that are mentioned in numerous signs.
Every day when combing their hair, older people say:
“How many hairs are on the comb, so many grandchildren have been sent to me, Lord!”
Peasants on Easter week chase chickens from their perch at dawn - so that they rush better.
When an unmarried girl does not take salt in her hands all week, they will not sweat.
The beauty's lips will itch - to love kisses. If she dreams of kissing someone, an unpleasant incident will happen to her.
Monday and Thursday are visiting days. To commemorate deceased relatives, jugs with candles, red Easter eggs (three), and sweets are brought to the graves.
Be sure to crumble the krashanki on the cemetery ground for the birds to eat. These days they do not sew or wash, so as not to harm the dead.
If you want to learn a craft, go to the temple on Monday. When the priest says “Christ is risen!”, instead of the response “Truly!” speak your own desire.
And on Tuesday it is possible to meet with the brownie. According to legend, one must climb into the attic with a burning candle.
Weak old people dreamed of dying on Easter week - it was believed that the soul freed from the body at such a time would be in paradise.
Woo in holidays allowed, but church weddings were forbidden. (comes after the Great Week) - signs promised the engaged couples a happy family life.
Finally, keep in mind: you can’t get drunk, swear and just scream loudly on holidays - otherwise you will incur God’s wrath on yourself. Remember the main reason for the Holy Triumph and be worthy of Christ's sacrifice!
Our ancestors noticed that many amazing things happen before Easter. With the help of folk signs, you will find out which signs from above should not be ignored in order to avoid serious difficulties.
If there is a seriously ill person in the house, on Maundy Thursday you need to bring a candle from the church and burn it at the head of the patient's bed. The remaining wax must be buried in the yard of a neighboring house.
So that prosperity and well-being reigned in the house all year long, on Thursday it is customary to move furniture and count money.
In Rus', girls who wanted to get married cut their hair on Maundy Thursday, and then kept it under their pillows until Easter.
Good Friday- day of mourning. To avoid trouble, in the morning you need to say the prayer "Our Father".
In order for babies to grow up healthy and strong, it is best to wean them on Good Friday.
If on Good Friday the first person you saw is a man, it means that great luck awaits you soon.
According to the sign, one who bathes on Good Friday will wash away all health from himself.
IN Great Saturday free time should be followed by prayer. Whoever has fun on this day will cry all year.
On Saturday, it is forbidden to borrow and lend money, so as not to lose health, good luck and prosperity.
On Easter the house must be clean so that the whole year is successful.
If on Easter morning a husband and wife embrace, they will live their whole lives in love and harmony.
To this moment great post has already come to an end, which means that on Easter you can finally please yourself and your loved ones with your favorite dishes. It is allowed to serve red wine as drinks, but it is forbidden to abuse the drink.
In Rus', it was customary to make a wish to the sound of Easter bells. The sign says that it can come true exactly 33 days after Easter.
Whoever throws food from the refectory table on Easter, misfortunes will haunt him all year. It is advisable to bury the remaining dishes in the courtyard of your house or feed the homeless with them.
Before meeting the Bright Resurrection of Christ, it is customary to observe Great Lent. During this period, there are many prohibitions and restrictions that every believer must take into account. However, most of the important church traditions connected precisely with Great Easter. In order not to anger Higher power, spend this day correctly, without violating customs. We wish you happiness and love, and don't forget to press the buttons and
