The Trinity is a very bright Orthodox holiday, popularly called "green saints", because its main symbol is the birch. They celebrate it 50 days after Easter, in mid-June and are considered one of the most important summer holy days. There are many signs and beliefs associated with it. For example, on this day they collect medicinal herbs, which gain full strength and can become a powerful amulet for the whole year. To decorate the house bring green birch branches, previously lit in the church, and the next day they are left in the field, so that the harvest was rich. Girls on the Trinity went to groves where they conducted round dances, wreathed wreaths and guessed fortified wives. And the housewives roasted scrambled eggs and baked special cakes to lure prosperity and prosperity to the house. A lot of takes on the Trinity are associated with rain and other weather conditions. They were tried to judge future important events.
If it's raining on the Trinity ...
Particular attention was paid to the weather on that day, primarily because the beginning of summer was a very important period, on which it largely depended on whether the harvest would be rich or meager. And this, in turn, determined whether the peasants would starve in the winter or safely survive the cold season in abundance. Therefore, the weather was watched very carefully, noting her slightest whims. Hence the appearance of a multitude of people's signs about the rain on the Trinity.
So it was believed that the heavenly moisture on this day is a real gift of heaven. The rain meant that not only the grain in the fields, but also the grass in the meadows, and the mushrooms in the forest would be well-born, and that there would be a noble mowing as well, plenty of hay for the cattle, and domestic salads, too, will be prepared. Winter will not be hungry for either people or pets. Rain on the Trinity also foreshadowed the later onset of frosts, which allowed harvesting without haste and in full.
But if on this day there was a cloudless sky, then it was worth waiting for hot summer and drought. But this, fortunately, was rare.
Is there an explanation for why it's raining on the Trinity?
Long-term meteorological observations have revealed an interesting regularity: the Trinity almost always rains. There is no scientific explanation for this fact, it is believed that this is just a coincidence, since the beginning of summer and it should be rainy. But the Russian people came up with a very poetic explanation for this phenomenon: rain - is the tears of angels or even Christ himself, mourning the dead people. Therefore, it was customary to commemorate the deceased relatives at the Trinity.