In 2018, the very important Orthodox holiday of Trinity was celebrated on May 27. Yesterday in all Orthodox churches The corresponding services were held, but in the meantime it would be appropriate to once again recall the history of this holiday.

The most important Orthodox holiday, Trinity Sunday, is celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday. This entails its shift from day to year. The second name of the holiday is the following definition - Pentecost. The holiday is old, so we can safely talk about its rich history.

Trinity 2018: history of the holiday

Plunging into ancient history, you can pay attention to this important aspect, as a fact that on this day the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles. Jesus Christ promised his disciples that after his death he would send them the Holy Spirit, with the help of which they would learn to bring the good news to the world. It was on the fiftieth day after the resurrection of the Savior that the flames of the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles. After this, the apostles were able to speak different languages, and went to preach throughout the world and spread the word of God.

They carefully prepare for the Feast of the Holy Trinity. Many traditions have survived to this day. In particular, housewives try to clean the house, decorating the rooms with fresh herbs and flowers.

On this day the whole family gathers at the table. Concerning festive table, then it should be simple. So, meat, salads, potatoes, and regular soup would be appropriate. On Trinity, it is customary to go to visit people, as well as organize mass celebrations on the street. At one time, young people danced in circles and entertained themselves with ditties and songs.

A notable feature of Trinity is the fact that this day is associated with matchmaking. The fact is that previously a guy had the right to approach any girl he liked and offer her to become his wife. If the girl agreed, then matchmakers were sent immediately.

On Trinity Sunday the girls asked the Almighty to send them a good husband. But the mothers of the girls dried a piece of the festive pie, which they then brought to the wedding to the newlyweds. This was considered a moment that would bring good luck and happiness to the married couple for many years to come.

Trinity: signs, traditions and customs

On the Day of the Holy Trinity, it is customary to decorate your houses with grass, flowers, and green branches of trees: maple, willow, linden. Aspen and sometimes willow were considered a forbidden tree among our ancestors. Branches were attached to windows, on gates, and the floor was usually covered with herbs: lovage, mint, calamus, or as it is popularly called - Tatar potion.

It was believed that these days plants have a special protective power, therefore, they protected families from all troubles and helped the sick recover.

Trinity: what not to do

It is believed that a wedding should not be scheduled for Trinity - supposedly nothing good awaits such a family. Sewing, baking and working in the garden, as well as on other major Christian holidays, are not allowed on Trinity.

Trinity coincides with the end of hard work and preparation for the harvest. Those people who do not rest on this day, according to legend, are in for misfortune: those who plow, their livestock will die, and those who sow, hail will destroy their crops. Those who spin wool will have their sheep go astray.

Spirits Day is the day after Trinity, when it is forbidden to work on the earth, but you can look for treasure in it. Allegedly, the earth on this day will definitely give a good person something valuable.

People believed that mythical creatures - Mavkas and mermaids - come to Trinity, so it is undesirable to go alone into the forest or field, reports the Rosregister portal. Also, you cannot take livestock into the forest. And you can’t swim on Trinity Sunday, otherwise, according to ancient beliefs, mermaids will be pulled to the bottom.

What you need to do on Trinity

• collect herbs: it is believed that it is on Trinity that all the healing power is collected in them;
• decorate the house with branches of maple, birch, oak and rowan. But under no circumstances should you take willow. Of flowers, you should give preference to daisies and cornflowers, and of herbs - calamus (cleanses the house of negativity), lovage, mint, fern and wormwood (protect from evil and give strength, health and energy to overcome life's obstacles). You cannot throw these branches in the trash, otherwise everything good will leave the house. After a week they should simply be burned at the stake;
• go to church service. Our ancestors, when they came to church, always took with them the grass that was used for decoration, it became known w. Such grass was considered to protect the family from many troubles;
• remember those who died by other means: suicides and those who went missing. To do this, they go to the cemetery and give out alms;
• Place only festive dishes on the table. If the housewife baked bread or a pie, she hid a piece of it and tried to save it until the time when her daughter got married. Our ancestors believed: in this way, daughters can be guaranteed a successful marriage, and the husband will not drink;
• fortune telling. Unmarried girls floated the wreaths they had woven with their own hands. If the wreaths converged, then it was worth waiting for the matchmakers. In addition, dreams on a holiday night were considered prophetic.

What herbs should be blessed in the church on Trinity?

With the advent of Christianity on Trinity Sunday, people came to church for a prayer service with a bouquet of wildflowers and herbs. They believed that holy water enhanced their healing and protective properties. Therefore, the blessed herbs were not thrown away, but were preserved. Mostly on Trinity, wormwood, lovage, calamus, tansy, thyme, mint and lemon balm were collected.

Wormwood (Chernobyl)

It was recommended to use dry wormwood smoke to fumigate a home before a housewarming party, and then attach a bunch of grass over front door at the threshold, so as not to “give passage” to dark forces into the house. “Bitter grass” was credited with the ability to protect against mermaids, who were very active during Trinity Week.

They believed that a traveler who hid a wormwood leaf in his shoe could walk many miles without getting tired, and if you look at the flame of a bonfire lit in honor summer solstice, through a bunch of wormwood, this will ensure good vision throughout the year.

IN folk medicine wormwood root was used as a sedative, and the leaves were used as painkillers and activity regulators gastrointestinal tract and the menstrual cycle.

Calamus marsh

Stems of calamus were scattered across the floor in all rooms. It was believed that it attracted good spirits to the house, cleansed the home and strengthened the health of the inhabitants. They believed that calamus brings good luck, wealth, peace of mind and reliably protects from adversity only those who have no evil in their souls, otherwise the plant does not show its magical power.

Calamus tinctures were made for rinsing the mouth, and a piece of the dried root was recommended to be kept in the mouth near the inflamed gum as a disinfectant. They also washed their heads with a decoction of marigold flowers, calamus root and burdock to prevent hair loss.

Lovage

Lovage (“love root”, “lucky grass”) protected against any witchcraft, evil eye, damage or evil spirits. Lovage root was added to bathing water. It was believed that water with it could cleanse not only the body, but also the soul, and could also attract love. Girls washed their hair with lovage decoction, and mothers put lovage in their daughters’ beds: so that the girl “choose her own happiness, not someone else’s, and so that it stays with her forever.”

In folk medicine, decoctions, infusions and teas from lovage were used as a diuretic, cardiac, expectorant, cleanser and analgesic. And its fresh leaves, slightly crushed, were applied to the forehead to relieve headaches of any origin.

Tansy

Tansy was also considered a talisman herb. They believed that if you carry its leaves with you, then every “love spell will be turned away.” Nowadays, tansy leaves and flowers are often used as a remedy against moths.

In folk medicine, tansy is used for fever, as an anthelmintic, for gastrointestinal diseases, gout, rheumatism, liver and gall bladder diseases. And medical preparations from tansy enhance the secretion of bile, tone the muscles of the digestive organs, increase arterial pressure blood, normalize heart rhythms, and also have wound-healing and anti-inflammatory effects.

Thyme (creeping thyme)

The Slavs respectfully called thyme “women's herb” (“Virgin Herb”) and believed that a bunch of thyme in the house could help a woman attract her betrothed, give birth and raise a child, and maintain peace in the family. The grass could be sewn into a pillow (it was believed that it could get rid of nightmares) or carried with you as a talisman, in the form of an amulet, or sewn into clothes. To ward off an unpleasant person from the house, they poured powder from dried grass into his shoes. In villages, cattle were fumigated with the smoke of dry thyme grass, protecting them from damage or the evil eye.

They believed that a sprig of thyme would endow a man who carries it with him with courage, courage, perseverance, courage and bring success in all endeavors. Ancient Rome soldiers bathed in water infused with thyme to gain strength, courage and energy (“thymus” means “strong”, “courageous”).

The aroma of thyme and tea made from it soothe and banish insomnia. Thyme in folk medicine was used as an expectorant, diaphoretic, sedative and analgesic. Thyme lotions disinfected wounds and relieved pain. Aromatic thyme baths were considered healing for diseases caused by impaired metabolism. It was added to medicinal infusions that were used to cure alcoholism, kidney disease, stomach pain, intestinal pain and joint pain.

Peppermint and lemon balm (lemon balm)

Sweet mint was credited with the properties of scaring away evil spirits, cleansing the house and protecting it from enemies. Even in ancient times, it was noticed that the aroma of the plant can restore mental balance and dispel the blues. This may be because the aroma of mint and teas made from its leaves stimulate mental activity. Therefore, in Ancient Rome, ancient philosophers were recommended to wear mint wreaths to their classes, and before receiving guests, tables were rubbed with the leaves of the plant, believing that its aroma promoted lively table conversation and lifted the mood.

Our ancestors used the aroma of fresh crushed mint leaves as a remedy against drowsiness, and dried mint leaves were sewn into a pillow to normalize sleep.

Teas made from mint and lemon balm have a calming effect on nervous and heart diseases, regulate the function of the gastrointestinal tract, can restore tone to the body when there is a loss of strength, relieve toothache and refresh the oral cavity. Compresses made from warm lemon balm leaves can treat skin inflammation, and if you chew mint leaves with honey, they will eliminate the smell of alcohol.

Trinity is a very beautiful holiday, and as you know, one of the main Christian holidays. This day is considered a public holiday and millions of people celebrate it with joy. But not everyone thinks about the history and origin of this great holiday - the Holy Trinity. The editors of our site will introduce you to the history, traditions of this holiday and signs on Trinity Day.

• The history of the Trinity holiday
• Traditions, signs, what to do on Trinity
• How to decorate a house for Trinity?
• Signs for Trinity

So, Trinity in 2020 falls on June 7th. It is believed that on this day all Orthodox and Greek Catholics around the world will celebrate the Day of the Holy Trinity. This holiday also has another name, “Pentecost,” which indicates that Trinity is celebrated exactly 50 days after Easter.

On this holiday, the Orthodox Church remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. The Trinity symbolizes the image of God - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

This one is big religious holiday brings liberation from everything bad and sinful in the human soul. According to the Gospel, it was on the fiftieth day after Easter that the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles in the form of sacred fire, which endowed them with the grace of the Holy Spirit, and they spoke in different languages ​​of the world and gave strength to establish the Holy Church on earth in order to convey the Words of God to every person . Therefore, Trinity is also considered the birthday of the Christian Church.

Icon of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

The history of the Trinity holiday

Orthodox Christians love the Trinity very much, although not everyone knows the reliable history of the holiday.

There are different legends about the origin of this holiday. By one legend, on Trinity, God created the earth and sowed it with greenery. Another legend says that on this day Jesus, together with the apostles Peter and Paul, sat down to rest under a green tree, hence the three-day holiday. More one version of the emergence of the Trinity– Christ rejoiced at how the poor people greeted him in Jerusalem with green branches.

However, there is also the most main legend, which is considered the main one: the trinum of the holiday is associated with God the Father (Sunday), God the Son (Monday) and God the Holy Spirit (Tuesday).

It was through the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles that the perfect activity of the third person of the Most Holy Trinity was revealed, and the teaching of Jesus Christ about the Triune God reached perfect clarity and completeness. God the Father creates the world, God the Son redeems people from enslavement to the devil, God the Holy Spirit sanctifies the world through the founding of the Church and the worldwide preaching of the faith.

Trinity is the second oldest Christian holiday, on which the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles. According to legend, the first christian temple, surviving even during the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 by Roman legionaries. One fragment from the works of the holy martyr Irenaeus of Lyons contains a mention of the New Testament feast of Pentecost (late 2nd century). In ancient times it was also called the holiday of the descent of the Holy Spirit. On this day the Church was born. From that time on, the Holy Spirit was graciously present in the life of the Church and performed all its sacraments.

On Trinity Day, deceased relatives are commemorated for three days. In particular, this is the only day in the whole year when, according to Orthodox traditions, it is possible in churches to light a candle and perform prayers for suicides and the unbaptized.

Icon of the Holy Trinity

Church literature says that in the evening before Trinity, the Holy Spirit descends to Earth. It sanctifies and blesses everything around, it fills a person’s soul with goodness, love, faith, and patience.

Even during His life on earth, the Lord told His disciples many times that He would never leave people and would create His large family, which He would call His Church: “I will create My Church, and the gates of hell will never prevail against It.” We are all members of this Church...

Traditions, signs, what to do on Trinity

Since ancient times, the Slavic peoples have associated Trinity with the tradition of welcoming summer and called this day Earth Day. On Trinity Day, it is customary to decorate houses and churches with green birch branches, fragrant calamus potion and flowers. The custom of decorating the temple with branches, flowers and grass goes back to ancient times. The Old Testament Pentecost was the feast of the gathering of first fruits. People brought the first fruits of the harvest and flowers to the Temple courtyard. In New Testament times, the trees and plants in the temple symbolize the renewal of people by the power of the descending Holy Spirit.

For example, each region has its own characteristics of celebrating the Green Christmastide, but plants play a key role everywhere. Thus, Ukrainians lavishly decorate their homes with calamus (this plant is also called myrrh root, Tatar potion or flat cake).

How to decorate your home on this bright holiday?

According to tradition, before celebrating Trinity, it is necessary to carry out a general cleaning of the house. What is important is that you need to get rid of junk and especially those items with which negative memories are associated.

Housewives decorate the rooms with flowers, young grass and green branches, which symbolizes the coming of spring, prosperity and the continuation of life. Most often, branches of birch, oak, rowan, maple, calamus grass, mint, lemon balm, etc. are used for decoration.

On Trinity Day In the morning they attend a festive church service. On this day you need to dedicate very simple bouquets from marsh grass, wildflowers, etc. After the church service you need to bring them home and decorate the house with them. This can be dried and preserved for a whole year as a talisman against the evil eye of a random guest.

By the way, on Trinity Sunday there are two festive services in churches: in the morning and in the evening.

Not decorating the house was a great sin. The ancestors believed that on Trinity Sunday the souls of deceased relatives fly to the living and hide in the branches. All attention was paid to the doors, walls of houses and shutters - they were thickly covered with linden branches.

For a holiday lunch they invite close people and relatives, treat them to loaves of bread, egg dishes, pancakes, pies, jelly and give each other funny gifts.

You can also get out into nature and organize a picnic - after all, Trinity 2018, like other years, is celebrated on a day off. The tradition of folk festivals has been preserved to this day. In many cities, cultural events, concerts, and fairs are held on this day.

There are also signs for Pentecost.

If they get wooed on Trinity and get married on the Intercession, it means that these spouses will have a long, happy life, in love and harmony.

If it rains on Trinity Day, there will be a lot of rain throughout the summer.

On Trinity, rain - a lot of mushrooms, for warm weather.

From Trinity to Dormition there are no round dances.

Float my wreath to that shore, whoever catches my wreath will wake up the groom.

Customs and beliefs for the holiday of Trinity

According to tradition, Trinity is celebrated for three days, and preparations for the holiday begin in advance. The houses and courtyards are thoroughly cleaned, and the rooms are decorated with fresh tree branches (linden, willow, birch, maple), the floor is lined aromatic herbs and flowers.

Such a ritual on Trinity means awakening and a new beginning. life cycle. On this day, people went out into the streets dressed in disguise, singing and dancing, performing round dances, girls telling fortunes about their betrotheds and performing certain rituals.

The collected field herbs. This was done so that the summer would be generous with rain and give people a rich harvest.

The Saturday before Trinity is a memorial day. On this day, churches remember deceased relatives.

Trinity Day (Green Sunday) is considered the day of the appearance of various mythical evil spirits (mermaids, merman, goblin). It is to protect against it that the room is decorated with green branches and wildflowers.

They also say that you can’t swim on Trinity, because mermaids or mermen came out of reservoirs and, having acquired a human form, took men and women with them.

After the holiday, the greens were not thrown away, but were used to treat various diseases, as they had enormous healing power.

On the second day of Trinity (Clear Monday), priests went out into the fields to bless the future harvest.

On the third day (God-Spirit Day), the unmarried girl was decorated with ribbons, flowers, wreaths of wild flowers and herbs and taken around the courtyards. Meeting her on the street was considered great luck.

Signs and conspiracies for Trinity

On Trinity Sunday, people carefully listened to folk signs, because the future harvest and the coming summer depend on the weather on the holiday. Here are the most common ones:

• According to signs, rain on Trinity means a rich harvest and a warm summer;
• A light drizzling rain, after which the bright sun peeked out - also to a rich harvest of berries, grain crops and mushrooms;
• On Trinity Sunday the sun will be dry and very hot;
• The heat on Trinity Sunday was considered a bad omen. It meant a bad harvest year;
• Seeing a rainbow on a holiday means great happiness in the house;
• If you swim in the rain on Trinity Sunday, you can get rich;

• For a long time, at dawn, people went out of their houses into fields and vegetable gardens and crumbled bread onto the ground, thereby calling on nature to give them a good harvest;
• To ensure good haymaking and rainfall, birch branches are stuck into the ground;
• Before Trinity, it was necessary to finish planting the garden, since then the heat set in and the plants were poorly accepted due to lack of moisture.

According to popular belief, the dew that fell on Trinity gave health, youth, and beauty

What not to do on Trinity

On one of the biggest holidays, the earth celebrates its birthday, so there are many restrictions on work on this day. You cannot plow, dig, dig, plant plants and trees, or mow grass. In general, all work related to the ground cannot be done.

You can't cut down or chop trees

Work related to trees is prohibited on this day, since young plants are used to decorate houses on this holiday. You cannot cut down trees, saw, chop wood, or break branches.

Taboo on any hard work

On this day, it is forbidden to do any hard work in the garden, since on this day the earth is reborn and, like any birthday, one should celebrate, not work. Taboo on working in the fields and gardens.

It has long been believed that if you do not adhere to this sign, any unfavorable situation can happen: weather conditions will destroy the crop, livestock will die out, or be destroyed by predators.

These rules do not apply to work in production, because it does not depend on our desire, but is necessary and inevitable.

However, you can collect all kinds of herbs and dry them. You can prepare brooms for the bath; they will be endowed with special healing powers.

Herbs collected on Trinity Day have magical healing powers. Tinctures and decoctions are prepared from them to heal from ailments.

You cannot sew, bake, or do housework

As in others Orthodox holidays, on Trinity you cannot do cleaning, sewing or any other housework. You can only decorate the room, cook food, and perform only vital work.

Various misfortunes will await everyone who works on this day. In general, it’s better not to take risks, but to celebrate!

Taboo on any work on earth

You cannot work on the land on Trinity Sunday, but you can look for treasures in it. Try it, perhaps the treasure hidden somewhere is already waiting for you.

No fence repairs

You cannot build or repair a fence (fence) on this day. Such work can bring trouble and illness to the family.

Be positive

While observing all the listed signs for Trinity, do not forget about the spiritual side.

It is forbidden to be angry with the Trinity, to think about bad things, to be envious or angry!

Be friendly and joyful on this day, then nature will reward you with a good harvest and prosperity.

When faced with this very interesting topic, it is necessary first of all to plunge into the very essence of the Feast of the Holy Trinity. After all, its story has biblical roots. Many people associate this holiday with big festivities and fun. There are even signs for the Trinity, and they are very different, but more on that a little later.

history of the holiday

In general, the day is also called Pentecost, because the Orthodox celebrate it on the fiftieth day after Easter.

Before answering questions of interest on the topic “Trinity, signs and customs, conspiracies,” let’s come closer to the moment of the origin of the holiday itself.

So, after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, his disciples lived in a constant sense of celebration, since their Teacher appeared to them for forty days - first to one, then to another, then to all at once. Saying goodbye to them for the time being, the Lord rose above the earth before their eyes. This is how he assured his disciples that when the last day of the world comes, he will appear on earth in the same way as he went to his Father. He said that he would send them a comforter - the Holy Spirit, who would come from God the Father. At first the apostles did not understand what this could mean, but they believed that everything would be so according to His word.

The emergence of the first temple

After all these events, they maintained this state of grace in their souls, like fire in the hearth. Day after day they gathered in a secluded upper room in Jerusalem and there they fervently prayed and read the Holy Scriptures. Thus, another prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ was fulfilled: “The law will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” This is how the Christian temple first appeared.

Not far from it was the house of one of the Lord’s favorite disciples - the apostle. In the same house, according to the will of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God - the Virgin Mary - also stayed. Students always gathered around her. For all believers, she was salvation and consolation.

How did the holiday of the Holy Trinity appear?

And so it happened that on the tenth day after the Ascension of the Lord, on the day of the first Jewish harvest, when the apostles and the Mother of God were in the upper room, at three o’clock in the afternoon there was suddenly a strong roar, as if a storm was beginning. Tongues of fire appeared in the air, which were not material, but of the same nature as that blessed fire that comes out every time in Jerusalem on Easter and does not burn.

Having swept over the heads of the apostles, the tongues of flame descended into them and left them dead. And then, after the external phenomenon, the internal one immediately happened, which took place in their souls: “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit.” All the apostles and the Mother of God felt an extraordinary power that came to life in them. This is how the Lord’s disciples received the grace-filled gift of the verb and began to understand languages ​​that they had never spoken before. All this was necessary in order to preach the Gospel throughout the world.

holy gift

Gifted generously by the Holy One Spirit and feeling that these were not the last spiritual gifts of the Lord, they began to hold each other’s hands, while forming a new bright Church, in which God Himself became invisibly present, reflected and acting in their souls.

The beloved children emerged from the walls of the upper room of Mount Zion. United with the Lord the Holy Spirit, they went to preach Christ's teaching about love throughout the world.

And now, in memory of this wonderful event, the Feast of Pentecost can also be called the day of the appearance of the Holy Spirit, who came from God the Father, as God the Son promised the apostles. This is how the sacrament of the unity of the Holy Trinity appeared.

Trinity: signs and customs in Rus'

For some time now, the holiday of the Holy Trinity has become a favorite among the Russian people. Therefore, many folk signs, customs and rituals are associated with it, which the people adhere to, in addition to church celebrations.

Signs for the Trinity date back to ancient pagan times in Rus'. Many different superstitions were associated with Trinity, or “Semitskaya”, “Semikova” week.

This week was dedicated to the goddess of spring, who became the winner over the demons of winter. On this occasion, noisy national games and celebrations took place. The usual time for the Holy Trinity is the end of May or the beginning of June, and it was especially suitable for the spring festival of the rebirth of the earth, when the fresh and lush greenery had not yet lost its beauty. The pagan month, which coincided with Christian holidays, contributed to their unification with each other.

Folk signs for Trinity

Over time, the ancient custom of honoring the goddess of spring Lada was forgotten, and old rituals merged with new ones, creating an unusually beautiful and vibrant environment around the first summer holiday.

And now the Semikov (Semitskaya) week, the seventh after Easter, ending on the day of the Holy Trinity, began to be called “green Christmastide”, and it was also called “mermaid”, “soulful wake”, “height”. And all this, of course, became a relic of Russian paganism.

This is what the Trinity used to mean for the Russian people. Signs and customs at this time were very different, but at their core they were large folk festivities. As they say in the folk joke: “Honest Maslenitsa invited Semik to visit, for which honor and praise be given to her!” Semik is Thursday in the seventh week after Easter before Pentecost.

Semik

What do they do on Trinity? The signs and customs of the spring holiday are similar to Maslenitsa. Only one holiday takes place at the end of winter, and the other at the end of spring, and both are celebrated in honor of the red sun.

Semik is primarily a girls' holiday, taking place three days before Trinity. Whole villages of girls with all sorts of delicacies gathered on the banks of the river and wove wreaths, which were no longer used as decorations, but as amulets against evil spirits. Some girls read fortunes on wreaths and threw them into the water: if the wreath drowns, the girl will not get married this year, or even be lost (die). if the wreath floats up and goes against the current. Then the girls sang and danced around a curly birch branch, which they cut down, dug into the ground and decorated with ribbons.

What not to do on Trinity

It is not for nothing that many are interested in the signs of Trinity, what should not be done on this day and how to celebrate it. The very first sign is that you cannot work on this holiday. On Trinity Day, it is not recommended to carry out wedding ceremonies. Any earthwork is prohibited. However, it is very good to prepare various healing herbs for a whole year, as it is believed that they will have triple healing power.

In general, there are different, quite surprising signs for the Trinity. What else can’t be done? This is a common question, and it needs to be dealt with more carefully, because something irreparable can happen.

Again, since the times of paganism, it was forbidden to swim on Trinity Sunday, because from the next day the mermaid week began. It was believed that all aquatic evil spirits such as mermaids and mermen at that time lured careless people into their nets. Therefore, it was advisable to stay away from water. It was also forbidden to go into the forest alone.

The most important signs

Here are the most memorable ones folk signs on Trinity. The day before Trinity (it was customary to go to the cemetery to remember deceased relatives. If someone forgot to do this, it was believed that the dead, angry, could take one of the relatives with them. Therefore, before Trinity, a memorial dinner was held, clothes were given dead to ward off death.

Old women went to the graves on Trinity Sunday and swept them with birch brooms so that the evil forces would retreat, and at the same time the dead rejoice and contribute to calm, peace and harmony throughout the village.

Regarding the topic “Trinity, omens, conspiracies,” many people wooed on Trinity, and this was a very good omen. They said that if matchmaking is on Trinity, then on the Intercession there will be a wedding, which means that the newlyweds’ life will be in love and harmony.

Rain on Trinity means a good harvest year, mushrooms and warm weather.

And the day after Trinity was considered the Earth’s name day, when no one worked, and those who wanted to get rich went for treasure. To a kind person, the earth could reveal something very valuable from its depths.

Main amulet

Signs for Trinity can be very different, and if you adhere to them, you can be protected from many troubles. However, the main talisman against evil spirits has always been pectoral cross, which you should always carry on yourself, especially on Trinity Sunday.

Now in the topic “Signs for Trinity, what is not allowed and what is possible,” much should be clear. On this holiday, you need to set the table and gather guests to relax and have a lot of fun with your family and friends.

Trinity Day

In the topic “Trinity, signs, conspiracies” it is necessary to note a very important thing: all healers and sorcerers know that on this day all herbs have triple strength, but it is even more important to know that at all times Christians were ordered to spend this day in tireless prayer to the Saints Apostles and ask them for leniency and protection. Prayer always affects evil spirits much more powerfully than any witchcraft spell.

Continuing the topic “Trinity: signs and customs, conspiracies,” it should be noted that today customs have changed a little. Now it is enough to celebrate the evening or then spend time with the family, putting aside all worries, not being offended and not swearing, in order to celebrate the Trinity with dignity, then the Lord will give everything that this person’s family will need.

Conclusion

Signs for Trinity indicate that the culture of the Russian people is so rich that on this holiday right hand in church he prays to God, and with his left hand he holds a bouquet of herbs. After the service, the believer will leave the church and bow to all four cardinal directions. And then he will come home, weave a wreath of herbs with cherished words for good luck and health and put it behind the icon until the next Trinity Day.

This is how Christian and pagan views and traditions gradually merged into a single whole. And there was no contradiction here, everything was very coherent and harmonious.

On Trinity Sunday, churches and houses are decorated with green branches and flowers.

The holiday itself is usually celebrated outdoors, even if the weather is bad, they put up a tent.

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They treat everyone, but only those they want to see, the closest and dearest, are invited to the table.

Conspiracies and prayers for Trinity for money

To get rid of lack of money, read:

At midnight you need to open a window or window, turn off all the lights and light a church candle from a match.

Taking a hair from yourself, burn it in the flame of a candle with the words:

“As my hair burns, so you, servant of God, (name), for me, servant of God, (name) will decay.

So that he only grieves for me, does not know a single woman,

He would only want me, alone, think only about me, and only suffer for me.

Just as this hair won’t grow back, so be it

no one will interrupt mine. Key, lock, tongue. Amen!"

— Love spell with hair

“Just as the church has no need for money, so I should count and increase money. To bathe in gold, to wash with silver.

For marriage you will need holy water, read it: holy water, bring to me a pure, intelligent, kind, generous groom. So that he loves me, carries me in his arms. Amen".

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Pronounced telepathy - you can read and transmit thoughts at a distance, but it takes a lot of work to achieve your goal and believe in your hidden capabilities.

Remember that the lack of a mentor and control of abilities will turn good into harm, and no one knows how destructive the consequences of the devil's influence can be.

All signs of clairvoyance. With some effort and the support of higher powers, you can develop the gift of recognizing the future and seeing the past.

If the forces are not controlled by a mentor who can help cope with them, ruptures in temporary space are possible and evil will begin to seep into our world, gradually absorbing it with dark energy.

Be careful with your gift.

By all indications, he is a medium. It's about being able to connect with spirits and even control the passage of time, but it takes years of practice and the right mentor.

If the balance of power is upset, then darkness will begin to absorb the remnants of good and power that could serve for good, I will move to another hypostasis and darkness will reign.

By all accounts, it’s witchcraft. You can study and cast damage, the evil eye, you can do love spells and divination will not be an overwhelming task.

But everything must be used exclusively for the good and done so that others do not suffer, in their innocence, from your superpowers bestowed from above.

Developing inner strength requires at least 5 years of practice and the right mentor.

What is most characteristic of you is telekinesis. With the right concentration and effort, which can be compressed into a spherical force, you will be able to move small and, over time, larger objects with the power of thought.

By choosing a mentor who has more power, you have a bright future, which can be darkened by a transition to the dark side if you are not strong enough to keep yourself from the temptations of Satan.

You are a healer. Practical magic, conspiracies, spells and everything connected with it are not just words, but your life choice and power, which is given by a higher mind and this is not just like that, but for a sacred purpose that you will soon learn.

It will be like a vision similar to prophetic dream, which you can never forget.

Remember that this power must be used only for good, otherwise you will be swallowed up by darkness and this will be the beginning of the end.

What to do on Trinity Day and what not to do

Under no circumstances should you clean, sew, or do other housework.

You can’t swear, try to spend the day with pure thoughts and intentions.

Trinity is celebrated seven weeks later - on the fiftieth day - after Easter. The holiday is also called Trinity Day or Pentecost.

The celebration of the Trinity, like the Easter holiday, has its roots in the times of Old Testament. On the 50th day after Passover (the day the Jewish people left Egypt), the prophet Moses founded the Old Testament priesthood at Mount Sinai and gave his people God's law. This day becomes the day of the founding of the Old Testament Church.

The Day of the Holy Trinity is also related to the New Testament Easter, since on the 50th day after the resurrection from the dead, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to the apostles.

In Rus', the holiday began to be celebrated 300 years after the introduction of Christianity by Prince Vladimir.

In Ukraine, the holiday is closely associated with welcoming summer and seeing off spring - Green Holidays. The week before Trinity is called “green”, “mermaid” or “clecal”, and the 3 days before the holiday itself and 3 days after it are called Green Week. During the Green Holidays, oats bloom, people decorate their houses with flowers and greenery, young girls weave wreaths. According to legends, at this time mermaids emerge from the water and the dead awaken.

The Holy Trinity is one of the important provisions of Christianity. Orthodox Church on this holiday remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. The concept of the Trinity symbolizes the image of God - God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

This big church holiday symbolizes liberation from everything sinful and bad in the human soul. The Holy Spirit, who descended on the apostles in the form of sacred fire, endowed them with grace and gave them strength to create the Holy Church on earth, with the goal of bringing God’s word to every person.

The holiday of Trinity is the birthday of the church. On this day, God's chosen disciples were given special powers to help them preach the Gospel throughout the world and spread the message of Jesus as Lord and Savior. Today the clergy are the successors of the apostles. They are considered mediators between people and God.

Celebrating Trinity: customs

For the holiday, housewives clean the house, decorate the rooms with flowers, using young grass and green branches for this purpose, which symbolize spring, the continuation and prosperity of life. For decoration, branches of oak, birch, maple, rowan, mint, calamus grass, and lemon balm are most often used.

On the morning of Trinity Day they go to church for a festive service. Parishioners hold flowers, green branches and fragrant herbs in their hands.

Relatives and loved ones are invited to a festive dinner and treated to loaves of bread, pancakes, egg dishes, pies, and jelly. On this day it is customary to give each other funny gifts. Many people prefer to go to nature and organize picnics, because Trinity is always celebrated on a day off.

From ancient times to the present day, the tradition of folk festivals has been preserved. Concerts, cultural events, and fairs are held in cities.

Trinity: traditions and rituals

In the old days, people, having served the morning service on Trinity Sunday, began to celebrate the holiday. In cities and villages there were massive folk festivals, round dances, chants, competitions and active games in the open air. In the evening unmarried girls They danced in circles, and single guys looked after brides. The girls wove wreaths from herbs and flowers, carried them to the river and floated them along the water. Wreaths could also be secretly given to chosen ones as a sign of sympathy.

On Trinity Sunday, herbs were dried, and subsequently used as a remedy for various troubles and a cure for many diseases. According to legend, such greenery can protect a house from a thunderstorm.

Rusks from a loaf baked for Trinity were kept until the wedding. They were added to wedding cakes in the belief that they would bring happiness to the newlyweds.

Our ancestors had a tradition of consecrating “tear herbs” in the church - herbs that were specially mourned because tears symbolized rain. After church they took this grass home and hid it behind window frames or icons. Thus, people asked nature for a good and fruitful summer without drought.

Also, so that there would be a rich harvest in the summer, birch branches were inserted behind the shutters, platbands, and window frames, and green grass was scattered throughout the room. This was the case in every home.

In the village, any peasant labor was condemned on Trinity Sunday: it was forbidden to do anything either in the house or in the field. Only cooking was allowed. Swimming in the river was also strictly forbidden, because Trinity is the time when mermaids come to land and can lure people to the bottom.

The Saturday before Trinity is for parents. On this day it is customary to go to the cemetery and remember relatives. Our ancestors believed that a person who did not go to the churchyard on this day and did not remember his deceased relatives was inviting the dead to come to him, and they, in turn, would take someone from home with them, i.e. In the near future, someone may die in this house. Therefore, before Trinity, a memorial dinner was held, the clothes of the dead were hung on the fence, thus trying to drive death away from their home.

On Trinity Sunday, old women went to the cemetery and swept the graves with birch wreaths. It was believed that by doing this they drive away evil spirits and bring joy to the deceased, who promote harmony, peace and wealth for all village residents.

Wooing on Trinity was a good omen. It was believed that if they were wooed on Trinity and married on the Intercession, it means that these spouses would have a happy and long life, they would live in love and harmony.

If it rains on Whitsunday, then wait good harvest, warm weather without frost and lots of mushrooms.

Monday after Trinity is Spiritual Day. On this day, the Earth was considered the birthday girl. They didn’t work on the land, but early in the morning they went looking for treasures. It was believed that on her name day she would reveal something valuable to a good person.

Fortune telling for Trinity

On Trinity Sunday, girls wondered about their betrothed and their fate. One of the most popular fortune telling was weaving wreaths and “curling” a birch tree. On the eve of the holiday, the girls went into the forest, found young birch trees there, and on their tops they wove a wreath of twigs - “curled”. On Trinity, the girls returned to their birch trees and looked at the wreath; if it had developed or withered, then nothing good should be expected. If it remains the same, then this year a wedding with a loved one and wealth in the house are expected.

Another popular custom for Trinity is weaving wreaths. We did this in women's company; men were not allowed. It was believed that if a guy saw a wreath, he would be in trouble. With the finished wreaths they went to the river and lowered them into the water:

• Where the wreath floats - from there wait for the betrothed;
• if the wreath is left near the shore, then the girl will not marry;
• if she drowns, the girl will die soon.

The wreath was not removed from the head by hand, but the head was tilted so that it fell on its own.

To see the betrothed in a dream, birch branches were placed under the pillow.

Customs and traditions of celebrating the Holy Trinity