Eve of Epiphany on January 18, or as they say Svyatvecher second, Hungry kutya, Epiphany Eve - it's the eve of Epiphany, which is associated with a lot of adopt and traditions. What you can and can not do on this special day?
Epiphany Eve - the evening before the magic of the night, our ancestors believed that even pets take on this night a special gift - can speak and prompting its owner to solve problems. But skies with 18 to 19 January, and open any desires of the people will be heard and fulfilled. What are the traditions of the holiday and how to meet him properly, to draw in your house of happiness and luck?
What should be done in the Epiphany Eve?
On this day the Orthodox strictly adhere to the one-day fasting until sunset that day can not eat anything, only drink holy water.
Epiphany Eve night in a must go to church and bless the water - this water is considered curative. The holiday is forbidden speak ill of water or defame her some words.
Holy water on this day need to sprinkle every corner in the house, it is believed that it will protect your family from problems and adversities. Also spoonful consecrated water should drink all the family members, and only then proceed to dinner.
Returning from church, it was necessary to put on the door or window slopes cross, drawn in chalk, a candle flame or ember. This amulet put to evil spirits could not get into the house.
If you are unable to go to church, enter the water from any reservoir or well, all the water on this day is considered holy and not deteriorate, even if it is a long time to stand in the bottle.
At this dinner is served only meatless meals and they have to be an odd number, e.g., 7 or 9. Traditionally on this day to the dinner hostess served "hungry" and kutyu uzvar.
January 18, the evening before the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is also called the second night or the Hungry kutey that should be on the table, can learn here.
Eve of Baptism - the perfect time to plunge into the hole, and cleanse your body and soul. This can be done after the first star rises in the sky.
On Christmas Eve, it is necessary to clean the house and do all the work, because the next day comes a great holiday and to meet him in a dirty house is very bad. In this day and Didukh - the main symbol of Ukrainian Christmas - carried out of the house and burned, thus symbolically seeing the winter and spring zaklikaya.
On this day, unmarried girls still have a chance to tell fortunes on her spouse and find out their fate, since after Baptism guess strictly prohibited. Wondering not only unmarried, you can tell fortunes and ask for answers to your concerns.
In many regions of Ukraine generouslyin the evening, and in the western regions of singing carols in the Epiphany Eve, not on Malanka as in most of Ukraine.
What not to do in the Vigil of the Baptism
Spend the day in peace and harmony, do not quarrel and do not swear, it is believed that spilled tears can bring trouble for the entire year.
The holiday is not made to remember the dead.
Folk omens January 18
That to preserve the beauty and youthfulness of the skin, in the Epiphany Eve girls wash the snow.
To fulfill a wish, during the dinner put on the table a bowl of water and watch the water only in a bowl stir (it happens around midnight), to go out and ask the heavens on execution desires.
If Christmas Eve snowstorm snowstorm and strong winds - will be rainy and cold summer.
But if a heavy frost - it will be a very fruitful and successful.
If this day to baptize the child - then it waits for a happy and successful life.
On Christmas Eve dream prophetic dreams, so be sure to remember that you dreamed of.
Also be sure to ask about which bans exist on Baptism
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