December 17 the Orthodox Church remembers Saint Barbara holy, and in the national calendar, the Day of Barbara. Learn about the signs of the holiday, about what can and can not do in this day, about signs and traditions that have come down to us from time immemorial.
St. Barbara is revered all Slavic peoples. Varvara's Day is also known as Babi holiday, because St. Barbara is considered the protector of women, especially pregnant women, and patroness of women's crafts, as well as all those whose work requires frequent and distant roads: truck drivers, pilots, sailors, etc.
St. Barbara pray:
- protection from sudden death,
- about kids,
- safe pregnancy and childbirth,
- healing of various diseases
- protection from parental anger.
Barbara Day marks the approach to nikoljdan (St. Nicholas Day) succession are holidays - Barbara (17 December) - Sava (18 December) - Nicholas (December 19). Ukrainian proverb says, "Mikola himself-thirds goes along the ground." That is not Nikolai alone, and Varvara and Sava. "Sava - a dad Nicholas and Barbara - the uterus is Nicholas. He said: "Do not praznuyte me! Praznuyte mother and father! "- so says an old proverb.
December 17 Barbara celebrates the Day of the Angel, congratulate friends of women and girls with the name day Barbara beautiful poems.
Signs and traditions Barbara
Barbarians - Women's Day, On this day women not engaged in household chores, rested, not erased, not cleaned. It allowed only to knit or embroider. It is believed that the product made on this day, intertwined divine particles. Folk legend says that the Barbarians had golden hands, it is beautifully embroidered and embroidered robe of Jesus Christ Himself. Sitting behind the crafts, the women said: "The Saint Barbara with gold thread and sewed garments of Jesus has taught us."
Women on Barbara performed traditional divination betrothed.
Ukrainian housewives cooked dumplings in the old days Varvara, baked cakes with poppy seeds, cooked uzvar and kutyu.
December 17 is considered to be "turning in the spring" but it was on this day, usually have to start the most severe frosts, "came Varyuha - take care of the nose and the ear." The people noticed that Varvara day begins to grow "in the chicken step" - "Barbara night stole pritochala days."
According to national signs not have the time to sleep on the Barbarian - who would sleep on the Barbarian, is sleepy all year.
Prayer martyr Saint Barbara
Holy and glorious martyr of Christ vsehvalnaya barbarians! Assembly of this day in the temple of your Divine lyudie and relics Ratseev your poklanyayuschiisya and love kissing, suffering is your martyrdom and their Samago strastopolozhnika Christ that He granted you do not tochiyu hedgehog belief in Him, but the hedgehog suffering for his sake, praise ublazhayusche, we pray thee, our desires known hodataitse: moth with us and for us from His yearning umolyaemago God, yes mercifully hear us asking for His goodness, and keeping up with all of us to salvation and the Life nuzhdnaya petition and grant the Christian death of our abdomen is painless, blameless, peaceful, Divine Mysteries involvement, and all in every place, in every sorrow and obstoyanii requiring His philanthropy and assistance will give His great mercy, but grace God, and your warm predstatelstvom, soul and body are always health prebyvayusche, praise divnago in his saints, the God of Israel, not udalyayuschago help its always on us, now and ever and till the end of time. Amen.
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