Currently, a large number of young people are interested in the traditions and rites of their ancestors. Do not remain without due attention and signs related to popular (religious) holidays. Each of them has its own biblical story. Therefore, before you believe in signs, you need to learn the history of the holiday.
Trinity and Spirits Day
These two church festivals are inseparable, because they follow one another: first the Trinity, then the Descent of the Holy Spirit. The church calls them Pentecost, since it passes exactly 50 days after the Passover.
In the people there is a belief that on the Day of the Holy Trinity the Earth is the birthday woman, therefore the Holy Spirit descends from heaven in the evening. Old-timers convey this belief from generation to generation, saying: "At Pentecost, the Earth-birthday woman - to plant, dig, sow a great sin!"
What does the Spirit mean the day after the Trinity?
The Day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit is a very important church holiday. It was the very next day after the Trinity that appeared on the calendar of the major church holidays in order to glorify and emphasize the Divine origin of the Holy Spirit. Thus, his unity with God the Father and God the Son is marked.
The Ecclesiastical Charter prohibits praying kneeling for the entire 50 days after the Passover. Therefore, the evening service in the Trinity, which begins immediately after the Divine Liturgy, opens with a kneeling reading of the three prayers of Basil the Great. In this way, believers confess their sins to the Most High, for the great sacrifice of his Son. They ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit for them to enlighten and strengthen their souls in the faith, they remember their deceased.
Rituals on the trinity and spirits of the day
On the day of the Spirit, the service in the church ended with the birch trees that were decorated with the church in the Trinity. The believers broke off twigs and carried them to their homes. They put them at the icons.
Treasure hunters on this day at sunrise carefully "listened" to the Earth, applying their ear to it. It was believed that the Earth had to reveal their secrets to them.
In many villages and towns Pentecost sprinkles wells with holy water. This ritual of consecrating the wells keeps the water fresh even in the time of the greatest drought.
Women in the Trinity must necessarily cover a festive table in the field. At a festive meal gathered whole villages. It was necessary to treat people, not only people, but also the Earth-birthday. This was done by the oldest woman present. She laid pieces of food on the ground, sprinkled them with earth and asked for an abundant harvest.
Trinity and Spirit Day: what can not be done?
On the Trinity it is strictly forbidden to engage in any physical labor, for example, to wash, sew, clean. All this can be done before
Young girls should not go to the forest without a cross, as it is believed that in the Spirits of the day and the whole of the following week, "evil spirits" can spin them in a dance. Girls can not get out of the woods.
So that the signs on the Trinity and Spirits of the day bring only good to the person, you need to leave for a while all the hard work, work with the land, stop foul language, swear and drive away bad thoughts from yourself.