Candles will save the house from adversity and ailments: when and how to light

So the new Christian holiday is knocking at our windows with a persistent drop, its name is Cretenia. What is the date of the Lord's meeting?It is easy to remember as the celebration has a permanent date of February 15. Believers believed that it was on this day that Jesus Christ met with representatives of the human race.



Today's edition. "Site" It will tell you what traditions this bright Christian holiday is associated with.

The day of the Lord’s Resurrection began. The Divine Liturgy was accompanied by the obligatory lighting of candles. Believers gathered in the temple, took lighted candles in their hands and uttered a prayer to ask the Lord for his well-being and support.

Christians believed that the light flame of the candle signifies the purity and power of faith, that it carries human prayers to heaven. Sretensky candles have a great healing power and are able to protect people and their homes from misfortune. Consecrated candles were brought home and carefully kept behind the icon.



If there was no opportunity to attend church services, people would light candles at home and pray before the iconostasis.

A good sign of this day is to bring donations to the temple. First of all, it was recommended to make an offering to couples who have a newborn so that the baby grows strong and healthy.



The parishioners also brought water to the church to consecrate it in the temple. Sreten water has the same healing and powerful properties as the baptismal.

How to use candles from Sretenia?

1. The candles are lit when they begin to pray.
2. Light a candle during a thunderstorm or other disaster to protect yourself from disaster.
3. The candle is also used to pray for the health of the mother and baby during a difficult birth. 379930
   
   
   
   
4. The Sretensky candle was lit and put in the heads of the deceased – it pointed the soul the way to the other world.
5. With the fire of Sretensky candles, houses were cleaned of unclean things, sickness, evil eye and fear were removed from children and adults.
6. If the pestilence of livestock began, the candle was lit in the barn and carried around each animal to remove spoilage.
   
   
   
   
7. The candle was lit in the house to calm the scandal.
8. Sreten candles can not be thrown away, their remains are taken back to the church.

What is the date of the Meeting of the Lord: signs, rules and prohibitions The meeting is a good day to propose to a girl. The people reasoned that the feelings of the guy who got married for a great holiday, really sincere. You can get married on this day, baptize children.



As in any religious holiday, the rules and prohibitions are adhered to. For example, meat dishes should be excluded from the diet on this day, although a strict fast is not worth it.
You can not be angry, swear, make scandals and swear. It is also forbidden to engage in needlework, cleaning, washing, heavy physical labor.

You can not do divination and conduct any magical rituals. A great sin for the holiday to arrange parties, feasts and drink hot drinks. It is not permissible to deny the suffering in alms or possible help. It is not recommended to start a new business on February 15, to make plans for the future.



This day also symbolizes the meeting of cold winter with spring. We do not know who will win, winter or spring. But everyone already wants to feel the warm rays of the sun and inhale the subtle aroma of waking nature.

People know the proverb: “If a rooster is drunk on Sretenie, the ox will be poached on Yuriev Day!” There is a sign that has been tested for years: if on February 15 there is sunny weather and it starts dripping from the roof, expect an early and warm spring. Conversely, if the sky is covered with clouds, and there is frost outside - spring will be long and cool. Let's see if the signs work.