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The Orthodox began the Dormition fast
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The Dormition fast was established as preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration and the Dormition of the Mother of God and lasts two weeks, starting from August 14. The tradition has survived since ancient times of Christianity. For the period of fasting on Monday, Wednesday and Friday prescribed xerophagy. Tuesday, Thursday — hot food without oil. On Saturday and Sunday allowed food with vegetable oil. On the day of the Transfiguration (August 19) are allowed to fish. Fish day at assumption — if it falls on a Wednesday or Friday.
The first day of the Dormition fast is also called Honey spas. It is installed in the IX century in honor of uznesenja of the tree of the cross. In Constantinople since the ancient years it was customary to carry a Fair wood of the cross through the streets of the city. It was believed that it will protect residents from all sorts of diseases.
Until the day of the Dormition of the virgin wood of the cross was available to all Christians to worship. In Russia to celebrate the holiday began with the end of the XV century. This day — exactly one month after the end of apostles ' fast — Dormition fast begins, preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration and the Dormition of the Mother of God.
During the Dormition fast are three of the Savior, three festivals: the all-merciful Savior (Honey spas), the Transfiguration (Apple spas) and the transfer of the miraculous image of the Lord Jesus Christ (Walnut Saved).
By the way, before the feast of the Transfiguration (aka the Apple feast day) the Church recommends to refrain from apples and grapes. In some places, the First Rescued was known as the Wet. In this day and perform the rite of water blessing for which the Church Ministers went to springs, lakes and rivers.
The peasants believed in the merits of bathing in the sanctified waters. Well, the most famous name — Honey spas — comes from the custom to cut, or twisted, honeycomb at this time. He said that if pchil'nyky will not reveal the cell, and do not extract the honey, it will Bytescout neighbor's bees.
The peasants also believed that from this day bees stop producing honey. To extract the first hundred in the apiary the beekeeper dressed in clean clothes, ostalsa the sign of the cross, chose the richest honey beehive stock. The first honey was put in new, not used wooden bowls and carried them to the Church.
After the Liturgy priest consecrated the honey of the new harvest. Part of the consecrated honey remained in the Church. Beekeepers strictly observed custom to offer this day to the Church freshly harvested honey for the consecration. In addition, the peasants were carried to the Church seeds and vegetables, which was consecrated as the first fruits of summer work. In the southern regions consecrate also poppy heads, so the holiday has acquired another name — Poppy Saved.
On this day, preparing different dishes using a Mac — for example, biscuits and cakes, as well as makovnikov'. This delicacy is done as follows: boil the honey and remove from it the foam, then put the Mac and keep the fire until the mixture thickens; then dumped it on the table, letting it cool, cut into thin slices.
Mac is endowed with supernatural properties. It was believed that if you sprinkle seeds of wild poppy house, no witch it will not penetrate. With the Honey of the Saviour of the farmers started to plow fields for winter, decorate the barns for the winter, to clear the threshing floor. When sowing winter rye, was pulling from the oven the old farmer in the village and were in the field, so he threw to the ground the first handful of grain.
"You sow, grandpa, the first handful on your old man's happiness!" — asked the peasants. With the sowing of winter crops were associated with different sayings and signs: "When you sow the bread in the weather, more offspring is born"; "the rain must not sow rye; as wet shafts — and go home"; the "Pasha of winter, prepare the threshing floor and the barns".
Also said that if during the ripening of the first berries raspberries had been grown large, then rye should be sown earlier; if the berries are small — it is better to postpone sowing. If men at this time were busy in the fields, women and children went into the woods to harvest the raspberries. She, first, was a favorite food, second, was considered one of the most useful medicinal plants well helps with colds. Hurry to pick berries cherry, which was dried for the winter; this berry is used as astringent, diuretic and diaphoretic. published
P. S. And remember, just changing your mind — together we change the world! ©
Source: www.rosbalt.ru/style/2016/08/14/1540797.html
The first day of the Dormition fast is also called Honey spas. It is installed in the IX century in honor of uznesenja of the tree of the cross. In Constantinople since the ancient years it was customary to carry a Fair wood of the cross through the streets of the city. It was believed that it will protect residents from all sorts of diseases.
Until the day of the Dormition of the virgin wood of the cross was available to all Christians to worship. In Russia to celebrate the holiday began with the end of the XV century. This day — exactly one month after the end of apostles ' fast — Dormition fast begins, preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration and the Dormition of the Mother of God.
During the Dormition fast are three of the Savior, three festivals: the all-merciful Savior (Honey spas), the Transfiguration (Apple spas) and the transfer of the miraculous image of the Lord Jesus Christ (Walnut Saved).
By the way, before the feast of the Transfiguration (aka the Apple feast day) the Church recommends to refrain from apples and grapes. In some places, the First Rescued was known as the Wet. In this day and perform the rite of water blessing for which the Church Ministers went to springs, lakes and rivers.
The peasants believed in the merits of bathing in the sanctified waters. Well, the most famous name — Honey spas — comes from the custom to cut, or twisted, honeycomb at this time. He said that if pchil'nyky will not reveal the cell, and do not extract the honey, it will Bytescout neighbor's bees.
The peasants also believed that from this day bees stop producing honey. To extract the first hundred in the apiary the beekeeper dressed in clean clothes, ostalsa the sign of the cross, chose the richest honey beehive stock. The first honey was put in new, not used wooden bowls and carried them to the Church.
After the Liturgy priest consecrated the honey of the new harvest. Part of the consecrated honey remained in the Church. Beekeepers strictly observed custom to offer this day to the Church freshly harvested honey for the consecration. In addition, the peasants were carried to the Church seeds and vegetables, which was consecrated as the first fruits of summer work. In the southern regions consecrate also poppy heads, so the holiday has acquired another name — Poppy Saved.
On this day, preparing different dishes using a Mac — for example, biscuits and cakes, as well as makovnikov'. This delicacy is done as follows: boil the honey and remove from it the foam, then put the Mac and keep the fire until the mixture thickens; then dumped it on the table, letting it cool, cut into thin slices.
Mac is endowed with supernatural properties. It was believed that if you sprinkle seeds of wild poppy house, no witch it will not penetrate. With the Honey of the Saviour of the farmers started to plow fields for winter, decorate the barns for the winter, to clear the threshing floor. When sowing winter rye, was pulling from the oven the old farmer in the village and were in the field, so he threw to the ground the first handful of grain.
"You sow, grandpa, the first handful on your old man's happiness!" — asked the peasants. With the sowing of winter crops were associated with different sayings and signs: "When you sow the bread in the weather, more offspring is born"; "the rain must not sow rye; as wet shafts — and go home"; the "Pasha of winter, prepare the threshing floor and the barns".
Also said that if during the ripening of the first berries raspberries had been grown large, then rye should be sown earlier; if the berries are small — it is better to postpone sowing. If men at this time were busy in the fields, women and children went into the woods to harvest the raspberries. She, first, was a favorite food, second, was considered one of the most useful medicinal plants well helps with colds. Hurry to pick berries cherry, which was dried for the winter; this berry is used as astringent, diuretic and diaphoretic. published
P. S. And remember, just changing your mind — together we change the world! ©
Source: www.rosbalt.ru/style/2016/08/14/1540797.html
