According to church canons, one cannot guess on the holiday of Christmas, although this is a favorite folk tradition and girlish amusements.
Traditions and prohibitions on Christmas / Photo: Collage: Today
January 7 is Christmas 2022. This great church holiday is dedicated to the birth Lord our God, Savior of all mankind
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This a day so significant for Ukrainians
that it is even an official public holiday and a day off in our country.
From ancient times, numerous folk traditions of celebrating Christmas have come down to us. How to behave at Christmas what are the prohibitions on this day
, and what should not be done in any case, read in our article.
Christmas 2022: holiday traditions
On the eve of Christmas, the Orthodox concludes the many-day Nativity Fast. And already on January 7, meat dishes in abundance are served on the table, as well as rich kutia seasoned with butter or cream.
At Christmas, people traditionally decorate the house with icons, towels, candles, decorated with fir trees, which symbolize the gospel tree. Our ancestors also put in the house didukh – sheaf of wheat
that attracts happiness, prosperity, rich harvest.
People visit and greet each other with the phrase: ” Christ was born. We glorify him
“It is also customary to give gifts and arrange home gatherings.
The main Christmas tradition is caroling and creating a den. Carolers go from house to house
, act out scenes of the birth of Christ, sing Christmas carols and receive food and money for this.
Nativity of Christ: what not to do
- a ban is imposed on a holiday homework
: do not sew, embroider, wash, clean, cook, build, or take out the trash from the house; - also at Christmas you cannot go to hunting or fishing
; - on the holy great holiday, it is categorically forbidden to swear, sort things out
swearing, especially at the table; - it is better not to wear on a holiday black and old or dirty clothes
; - do not refuse the request and helping those in need
and poor people; - bad omen if there is at least one of the dishes on the festive table nobody will try
; - despite folk traditions, the church does not welcome fortune-telling at Christmas.
We have previously published the Orthodox calendar of church holidays and fasting in January 2022.
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Source From: Segodnya
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