>> dos and don'ts for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross/Collage of Radio MAXIMUM
On September 14, believers celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It is one of the biggest Christian holidays of the year. Find out what you can and can't do on this religious holiday.
Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross of the Lord is one of the 12 main holidays celebrated by Orthodox believers. On the day of the Exaltation of the Cross, they remember the finding of the Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. It happened in 326 near Mount Calvary in Jerusalem. Since the 7th century, this day also marks the return of the Life-giving Cross from Persia by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. The holiday is called the Exaltation of the Cross, because both when the Cross was found and when it was returned, the priests raised the cross three times so that everyone could see it, writes Radio MAXIMUM.
What to do on the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- On this church holiday, cross processions took place around the villages to protect them from harm for a year. They served prayers, walked around the fields with icons, asking the Lord for the future harvest. They also prayed for the sick. They believed that if you pray with faith, the Life-Giving Cross will rise from the deathbed.
- On this day, you should visit the temple, where the Holy Liturgy is held, ending with a solemn display of the Cross. Every Orthodox person wants to attend a church service, pray for his relatives, repent and touch the Cross.
- After the church service, one should gather around the dinner table. It is interesting that our ancestors feasted on pies with cabbage on this holiday.
- Since ancient times, it has been customary to clean the housewith the help of holy water, the healing properties of which only increase on this day. Water will drive away negative energy and protect against ill-wishers.
- On the Ascension, the ancestors made their most secret wishes and believed in their fulfillment. It was necessary to make a wish while looking at a flock of birds.
- It was customary to raise crosseson churches, build chapels and small churches in honor of the holiday. In the barns and in the manger for the cow, the peasants put crosses cut out of wood or simply rowan branches, folded crosswise. In the old days, in order to protect one's home, livestock and harvested crops from troubles, crosses were burned on the doorpost and on the collar gates.
- When you see a flock of migratory birds, you should ask them to say hello to deceased relatives
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- A person who got lost in the forest on this day should take off his clothes, shake them and read a prayer. It is believed that this will help to find the way faster and save you from meeting the forester.
- People carefully closed the gates all day long., gates and doors, so that crawling snakes do not mistakenly crawl into the yard, and they tried not to go to the forest on Ascension Day for this reason.
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What can not be done on the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord
- There was a belief that on the feast of the Exaltation it is not possible to startno important and significant affairs, because everything started on this day will either be useless and unsuccessful, or will end in complete failure.
- Girls cannot go to the forest on this day, because a forester can steal them.
- On the Ascension, one cannot pass by the places where a murder was once committed – anunclean person can get lost.
- Seeing incomprehensible traces on the ground , you cannot cross them. These traces may belong to forest evil spirits. Whoever crosses them will soon become seriously ill.
- It was not allowed to flood the barn on this day. Hammers also didn't work. If sheaves were already placed in the barn, then the owner pretended to unload it, taking out the two upper sheaves.
- On the holiday, you can do housework, laundry, cooking, but do this it is only needed when necessary.
- Exaltation of the Cross is a strict fast, so meat, fish, eggs and dairy products should be excluded from the diet.
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- The most important prohibition is quarrels, cursing and slander. You can't give free rein to your negative emotions.
- Avoid noisy gatherings and entertainment. You cannot plant plants, do sewing and needlework.