March 14 - an unusual day in the Orthodox Church commemorates St. Evdokia, and the people privechayut Yavdokha, meet spring, special rituals are calling in the house of happiness, well-being and health.
And we follow the example of our ancestors - what this day is to make every woman?
On a spring day March 14 involves a lot of legends, legends, stacked popular superstitions and traditions that attract into our lives the well-being and happiness.Day Yavdokha called "woman's" holiday, why is it so important for women?
According to legend, Lord Evdokia gave the keys of the spring and the right people to open the door to a new year, and it is Evdokia decided - it's time to let the spring to people and start a new countdown and new life or not.
Each of the Slavic people this holiday is called in its own way, that's just a small part of the names for the 14 March Avdotya Vesnovka Avdotya Plyushchikha Avdotya stained threshold, flying, Whistler, Avdotya Kaplyushnitsa.
According to popular belief women believed their holiday March 14, a woman's day, when the old ends and opens the way for the new. A Evdokia today celebrate their name day.
Our ancestors was started on March 14, to celebrate the beginning of a new year, so the name of this day, and this is - "Beginner".
The Orthodox March 14 - the day of the Holy Reverend Martyr Evdokia. For the service of God Evdokia I had the miraculous power to perform miracles and raise the dead, give people life.
In our tradition, called the March 14 afternoon Yavdokha, and filled with the name meaning "zhizneslavnaya".
Special power vested in the day melt water. It brought into the house, washed their children, washed themselves, sprayed walls - for happiness, beauty and health.
On this day, the seedlings planted - I believe that it will grow strong and does not die.
Hostess baked on this day Lark dough- a symbol of spring and new life. Larks treated children.
Good omen was heard on Yavdokha singing little birds zheltogrudoy oatmeal, which heralds the arrival of spring.
Special signs deal with and swallows - they are very protective of our ancestors, if you swallow arrive and settle under the roof of the house - it will be a joy and grace.
Young people at the beginning Yavdokha magical spring game - gaivki, Veselka. Girls of marriageable age by special incantations and rituals attracted suitors. For example, on Yavdokha sentenced words and stripped rivals in the night: "dwellers on dorozі not stand, that mene - hreschenuyu, narodzhenoyu servant Boru (іm'ya) dobrіm word remembered."
On Yavdokha caroling and zaklikaet spring. The children cut out paper larks, went from house to house and singing called spring:
Bless the Lord,
Zaklikati spring,
Provodzhati winter,
Oh, spring in chovniku,
Lіtechko in vozochku.
And be sure to read, What are the signs to help attract the house wealth and good fortune.
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