In Ukraine Celebration Love, Family and Faithfulness It is relatively recent. Day of Family, Love and Fidelity has been approved in our country in 2011. The relevant decree President of Ukraine № 1209/2011 «On the celebration in Ukraine, some anniversaries and professional holidays. "
history of the holiday
It is no coincidence Day of Love, Family and Faithfulness timed to the memory of St. Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia sponsors of the family and marriage in the Orthodox tradition. Their marriage was a role model, they lived all their lives in love and were inseparable, and even after death, when they put before burial in different monasteries, the miracle happened and the next morning the body of Peter and Fevronia were in the same coffin.
Peter and Fevronia honored and praised the Lord, all his life fasting and praying. That is why on July 8, the day of St. Peter and Fevronia, the Orthodox world has become a holiday of spiritual, moral, family values. On this day, we must remember how important it is to love and respect their soul mate, be faithful, and to support in sorrow and in joy and in health, in sickness and in wealth, and poverty.
Peter and Fevronia were canonized by the church in 1541, and ever since they began to pray for happiness and the welfare of the family, the birth of children, asking the blessing of the wedding, and, to do this you can not only 8 of July.
• The main prohibition of the day concerns the following: the feast day of St. Peter and Fevronia can not marry, But you can get engaged. This is due to the fact that now in the midst of Peter's fast.
• For the same reason you can not eat meat and fish dishes.
• On this day, the people are not made to work in the garden and the garden, it is only allowed to do small household affairs.
• Do not sew and do needlework.
• The festival is strictly forbidden to quarrel, quarrel and even think about the bad.
Signs at the Peter and Fevronia
On the day of memory of Peter and Fevronia linked to many people signs:
• Hot day - the heat for another 40 days will last.
• The drought in July - do not wait until the autumn mushrooms.
• If Peter and Fevronia merchant will work side by side with his wife all day, all year round in a family will be prosperity.
• Mice and pigs that day began to eat hay - will be very poor mowing.
• If the seedlings a good drinking water for watering, it means that in the days of haying will be dry, and vice versa.
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