Holy Week (Week) is the final part of Great Lent. In the 6 days that precede Easter, Christians remember last days life of Jesus Christ.

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Signs for Great Week

Each day of Great Week is called together with the epithet Passionate or Great. Since ancient times, there has been an exceptional attitude towards the Great Days. Folk traditions consisted of dry eating, suspension of any legal proceedings, refusal of entertainment and certain types of work associated with the use of sharp objects (axe, needle). In honor of the onset of Great Week, prisoners were released.

Maundy Monday

On Maundy Monday it is officially proposed to read about Joseph from the Old Testament, whose fate echoes a fateful event life path Jesus Christ - betrayal of a loved one for the sake of enrichment. They also talk about the fig tree not producing fruit and why Christ cursed it.

At home, women have many tasks, the fulfillment of which is required by customs. In living quarters, extensive cleaning began, sometimes combined with cosmetic repairs. From early morning they began to look for the usual signs about Holy Week:

• Sunny means the weather will be great in the summer and the harvest will be abundant.
• No rain - you can have a wedding this year. Young people will live their entire lives without tears.
• After waking up on Monday, you need to wash your face using silver, or even better, gold dishes in order to enjoy wealth and health all year long.

Maundy Tuesday

The Church invites believers on Maundy Tuesday to remember the parables of Christ about the resurrection, about the 9 virgins, about the end of the world, about tribute to Caesar, the teachings of the Pharisees and scribes. Preparations for the holiday begin in homes.

You need to wash your linen and clothes in order to appear at the festive service in all its splendor. Women still decided what products they would use to make Easter cakes how to paint eggs. If there was a shortage of something on the farm, it was purchased on Tuesday.

Great Wednesday

The church service suggests remembering the betrayal of Judas. Folk customs force us to clean the house. The windows are washed and the curtains washed the day before are hung on them.

Order is restored in all corners, chests of drawers, and drawers. This big deal will end tomorrow.

Maundy Thursday

Orthodox Christians are required to remember the Last Supper and other important New Testament stories associated with the day before the crucifixion. During Holy Week, namely on its 4th day, you can get rid of sins that weigh you down and prevent you from living in peace.

• Many signs for Holy Week relate specifically to Maundy Thursday. Popular beliefs boil down to the fact that families who were unable to get their homes in complete order before evening would live unsettled and in the dirt all year. There are other important rules:
• Before dawn, everyone needs to wash themselves, cleansing themselves of the evil that has accumulated over the year. Even the little ones were bathed. The special magic inherent in all the days of Great Week cleansed a person from the evil eye and damage.
• Bring home a candle from the morning service, which will help any family member in moments of illness. It should be protected and lit only when the household is in serious condition.
• Heat the salt in the oven (in a frying pan), pour the resulting black mixture into a bag. At the consecration of Easter cakes, it is placed in a common container so that it acquires special properties. Then this Thursday salt can be used for magical purposes as a talisman. Superstitions give her enormous power.
• Girls can cut their braids on this day. Children who were already a year old were getting their hair cut. It was impossible to cut children's hair before Maundy Thursday.
• All cleaning had to be completed before lunch. Cleaning is prohibited for the next 6 days. And from lunch, the housewives in the cleaned houses made dyes, put dough on Easter cakes, kneaded Easter cottage cheese.
• To ensure that wealth does not leave the house, they count money and move furniture.
• Nothing can be taken out of the apartment until Easter.

Good Friday

Now comes a special moment. Holy (Great) Week is approaching its natural end. On Friday, Christ was tried, crucified and killed. Vespers is accompanied by the removal of the Shroud. Until the rite of her symbolic burial has passed, Christians should not eat anything. This is an outward expression of grief caused by Christ's suffering on the cross. Beliefs oblige the night before Friday not to sleep, but to pray. Housewives, however, spend a lot of time in the kitchen. They are required to make holiday cakes. This is a special job that cannot be done automatically, thinking about something extraneous. Cooking real Easter cake is in many ways reminiscent of rituals:

• Read the “Our Father” three times.
• They say: “God bless.”
• The cake is formed and placed in the oven.
• Ash from the oven where the Easter cake was baked is used as a talisman.

On Good Friday it is prohibited to use pitchforks and shovels. But it’s useful to clean things up again. After all, within a day or two, dust can already accumulate. It is better to wipe off the dust with a new cloth. After the dust is finally collected on Friday, the rag cannot be rinsed or washed. It is dried and hidden in a secluded place. They take it out to get rid of lower back pain or aches in other joints. Usually it is wrapped around the most painful area after washing in a bathhouse. Some important signs are given below:

• They tried to wean infants only on Good Friday. Popular beliefs convinced that such children would be healthy and strong.
• If you look out the window, you can find out your fate for 3 months. Happiness is for those who see a man first, and then women and children.
• On Friday, Holy Week comes to an end, so there are prohibitions that regulate people's lives. For example, from this day they do not wash until the end of the Easter holidays.

Holy Saturday

This is the only day of the year when Christ is dead. Saturday is the time when the Savior was buried, and his loved ones were in great confusion. His soul descended into hellish places to announce in the darkness the accomplished victory over death. Christians mourn the death of Jesus Christ, so they deny themselves everything. It is prohibited to do any activities related to entertainment, including intimate relationships. Alcohol is strictly prohibited. Women cook during the day festive table for Sunday. In the evening, all work is abandoned and people go to work.

Saturday is the optimal period during which various rituals are held. The coin ritual is called effective. They take 5 kopecks, say a text on them, and then place the coin in the same place as the other money. The text is:

“In the name of father and son and the holy spirit. Money to money, penny to penny. As people wait for Easter, as they go to God’s temple, so would money flow to me, God’s servant (name), like a river. All holy saints, all with me. Amen".

There are other rituals. In the evening, a conspiracy is read over a coin. The text is:

“The merchant carries gold, and just as this merchant is a matchmaker and brother to wealth and luck, so I, the servant of God (name), am not in shit, but in gold and silver. Amen".

Saturday - wakefulness combined with inaction. During this special week, it is customary to pray a lot and go to church. On Saturday the service runs from morning until the next morning. The priests dress in light clothes, this symbolizes that Holy Week is coming to an end, good is victorious.

If you manage not to fall asleep during this special time, do the housework, defend the All-Night Vigil, illnesses and sorrows will not bother you for a whole year, they will not prevail.

Conclusion

Holy Week is a special time. Traditions dictate what you cannot do during Holy Week, and what, on the contrary, you need to do diligently. Firstly, there are significant restrictions on food intake this week.

Secondly, entertainment and drinking alcoholic beverages are prohibited. During this week, no weddings are held, no birthdays are celebrated, and no other entertainment events are attended. Thirdly, Holy Week is a time when people are not denied anything except immoral requests.

Holy Week

This week is called Passion Week in honor of the suffering of Christ. Each day of this week is called Great. Fasting on these days should be especially strict. It should be remembered that the main thing during fasting is not abstaining from food and sweets, but repentance, prayers and awareness of one’s sinfulness.

What you need to know about Easter days?

The last week before Easter requires observing a particularly strict fast. The Thursday before Easter is considered Maundy Thursday. On this day, you should count all the money three times so that the money will be “flowing” all year. Everyone in the family should take a handful of salt and pour it into one bag. This salt is removed and stored, and it is called “Thursday salt,” that is, the salt of Maundy Thursday. With it you can treat yourself, as well as your family and friends. This salt is used to make amulets for the family, livestock, garden, home, etc.

On Maundy Thursday they clean and do laundry. Starting from Thursday, nothing is given away from home until Easter. For good luck in business, they do harmless thefts, that is, they hide things taken without permission in their belongings until Palm Day. But they don’t take anything sharp: a needle, a pin, a razor. On Friday they will sweep the corners with a rag; this rag will help get rid of lower back pain if you tie it around yourself. The same rag is used to wipe your feet in the bathhouse after washing so that your feet don’t hurt. Ash taken on the Friday before Easter will help cure alcoholism, black shaking, the evil eye and mortal melancholy.

On Friday they look out the window, noting who they will see first: if a man, then to prosperity for three months. If a person gets sick at this time, he will quickly recover. Any problem will be easily resolved.

If you see an old woman, you will have a succession of three months of failure and illness, and if you see a young woman, you will live these three months without problems. Family, you will see - to peace in the family, to reconciliation of those who are at odds. A dog means sadness, a cat means profit, birds mean a new acquaintance and good news, a disabled person means the death of a loved one.

Of course, all prepared work: cooking, painting eggs must be completed before Easter Sunday. On Easter morning they wash themselves with water left over from Maundy Thursday. It’s good to put a silver thing or a spoon in it, or maybe a coin. Wash for beauty and wealth.

Everyone in the family, without exception, begins Easter with the words “Christ is risen” and answers “Truly he is risen.”

My dear parents, be patient and persistent, we need to explain to everyone in the family that this must be done. You can't be embarrassed or laugh about it. The Lord will turn away.

If a girl cannot get married, she needs to give the towel with which she dried herself on Maundy Thursday to people on Easter, to those who ask for alms, along with dyes and Easter cake. After this, they soon get married.

If you don’t buy Easter cakes, but cook them yourself, then they usually make a wish for each Easter cake that is put in the oven, and for each family member; The sign is this: if Easter fails, it means serious illness, or even death. If Easter is neat and not burnt, it means well-being and health.

This week will be a good time for rituals. Don't miss out. Who can lift a heavy curse? To whom - money for the family. To whom - increase health. Be careful.

During Holy Week, you can speak to your child against seizures. To do this, take holy water from the church, read the spell words over it and sprinkle it on the child.

Child's body, angelic soul,

Innocent before the Savior

And innocent in suffering,

Cleanse yourself and become stronger. Amen.

. During Holy Week, white incense is purchased, which is necessary for some rituals. For example, to see a person who has killed an innocent soul (murderer).
Great Wednesday

Amulet for the approach of a vampire. They read it on the water on the last Wednesday before Easter, on the eve of Maundy Thursday. Then they pour this water over themselves from head to toe.

Lord Almighty God;

Created everything from nothing!

Bless and cleanse my body,

Strengthen and protect me from enemies.

Bless, Lord, my amulet.

For eternity.

Now, forever and forever. Amen.

Maundy Thursday (Maundy Thursday)

Maundy Thursday is a day of cleanliness. Whoever has dirt in his house on this day will be in dirt and quarrel all year.

Small children get their hair cut for the first time on Maundy Thursday (if they are already six months old, or better yet, a year old). On this day, a little wool is cut off from all livestock for its well-being.

On Maundy Thursday they clean up in the morning, wash everything, otherwise they will be surrounded by dirt, quarrels and illnesses all year. From this day until Easter, nothing is given away from home.

Everyone in the family take a handful of salt and pour it into one bag - this will be called “Thursday salt.” It is removed and stored in case it is necessary to treat someone, make a talisman for the family, home, garden, etc. If there are often quarrels in the family, then they put it in the food with a curse: “Salt, salt, sprinkle, happiness and peace I'm returning it to the house. Amen". For preventive purposes and in minor cases, use this spell and ordinary salt.

You can remove deliberate damage today. Wash before dawn, saying: “I wash away what they put on me, what my soul and body are tossing around with, everything is removed on Clean Thursday. Amen".

So that the fellows are loved and not ignored, they say this when washing: “As Maundy Thursday is bright and red, so I, slave (name), will be beautiful to everyone. Amen".

On Friday night they do not sleep, but pray.

You need to make a talisman against the sorcerer, in case he cannot pin his own or someone else’s illness on you.

Knead the dough and make as many flat cakes as there are people in your family. Before baking them, draw crosses on them and say: “I renounce with the sign of the cross, with the bread given by God, from the works and illnesses of sorcerers of all stripes, from all volosts. Once this cake is digested in me, it will turn into shit, so whatever the sorcerer started against my family will turn into shit for him.” The flatbreads are eaten by family members.

Leave water for washing on Easter (in the morning, with silver).

Conspiracy for cleansing with water on Maundy Thursday.

Used to remove damage, evil eye, love spells. Works best on Maundy Thursday, Epiphany. Stand in the shower or the pouring rain....and... read this plot in multiples of three:

"The rain fell on the ashes. The ashes turned to dirt, the servant of God soiled and splashed me. Wash me with clean water, leave no shadow or trace of the dirt, The dirt goes away with the water, grace descends on me. May it remain with me. Protects, protects, protects from dirt. Saints, be my intercessors. AMEN."
Ritual for money on Maundy Thursday.

Wash your face on Clean Thursday with the water you say:

“Maundy Thursday glorifies Easter, all Orthodox people glorify Easter, so people would glorify me, both young and old, so that the servant of God (name) would be held in high esteem by the authorities, so that my business would bring me profit. Gold sticks to my hands , clings. The coins jingle. The key is Amen.

Good Friday

Under no circumstances should they be washed.

On Good Friday (the last Friday before Easter) people who suffer from depression are told off. To do this, three blessed colored eggs are dipped into water, which the patient must then use to wash his face. At this time you need to read a special conspiracy:

Strengthen my faithful words, Lord,

Strengthen, Christ, the servant of God (name).

How people rejoice at Easter,

So let the servant of God (name) be glad of life.

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Holy Saturday

Today is the last day of Lent.

They bake pies, Easter cakes and Easter cakes.
. The spell for a rich life is read before Easter at seven in the evening over a coin that is sewn into the lining of the clothes you most often wear in the cemetery. The spell words are:

The merchant carries gold

And how this merchant is a matchmaker and brother to wealth and luck,

So I, the servant of God (name), am not in shit, but in gold and silver. Amen.

Ritual for a coin on the Saturday before Easter.

Before Easter, on Saturday, before sunset, take 5 kopecks. and say to them:

"In the name of father and son and the holy spirit. Money for money, penny for penny. As people wait for Easter, as they go to the temple of God, so would money come to me, God’s servant (name), like a river. All the holy saints, all with me. Amen"

Carry the coin in your wallet all year round .

Signs for Easter - how not to miss the signs of higher powers

Each folk sign for Easter has its own small backstory, which confirms the sacred theme of the main church celebration. While waiting for the holiday to arrive, pass the time by studying the omens noted by your ancestors - they will reveal an incredible side of Easter traditions.

On the eve of Easter - signs, traditions, customs of Holy Week

The Bright Resurrection of Christ is preceded by a strict seven-week (40 days) fast, during which human souls are cleansed of filth and become closer to the Lord. The last week before Easter (week) is the strictest, Holy Week. How to spend these six days that remain before the holiday - see the basic instructions.

Monday

In the morning, it is customary to go out into the yard and assess the weather conditions: the bright sun on a clear sky foreshadowed a warm and fruitful year. And those planning to get married in this year The sign predicts a happy and prosperous family life for young people.

Start putting things in order - the time is right for minor repairs to worn-out household utensils, to give your home a new look.

If you want prosperity and preservation of youth, pour water into a bowl made of silver (gold) and wash yourself - this is what our ancestors did.

Tuesday

A day suitable for preparing festive attire. Decide what outfit you will wear to church. Wash, iron the decoration, hem it - when necessary. You can continue cleaning the house.

Wednesday

When you have not yet achieved perfect cleanliness in your home, try to remove all the trash and garbage from the room - get rid of the past. Then go shopping for eggs and related paraphernalia (paints, stickers, candles, Easter cake molds).

Thursday

The main sign of a Clean Day: when the house is dusty and not tidy, you will live in dirt all year.

Healers advise cooking on these days. Place the powder in a tight canvas bag in a preheated oven, hold for 10 minutes, then cool and bless the salt in the church.

You can use the magic mineral until next Easter: it is suitable for removing damage caused by a lining (treat a suspicious object), cleansing your home of negativity, and medical procedures (gargling a sore throat or warming a sore area of ​​the body).

Everywhere, hardworking housewives bake Easter eggs (always from cottage cheese), paint and paint eggs. In order for the baking to turn out successful, the sign of a prosperous life will come true - before kneading the dough, the cook reads a holy prayer, and the dough placed in the mold is sent to bake with the words: “Lord, bless!”

A girl who wants to find her betrothed is advised to keep the unwashed towel that she used to dry herself after her morning bathing (washing). When you go to the ceremonial service, grab a towel, put Easter cake and eggs there. Give everything to the beggars on the porch - get ready for the wedding soon.

Haircuts are successful on Maundy Thursday - your hair will become thicker and healthier.

Friday

On strict Good Friday you won’t get away with just refusing food. On this day, humanity mourns the death of Christ, so all entertainment, listening to music and walking are prohibited. They spend the whole day at home, in prayer, constantly lighting candles in all rooms.

There is no ban on baking Easter cakes on Friday - the main thing is to read “Our Father” and ask for blessings from the Lord. When you prefer to maintain ancient traditions, bake baked goods in wood stove. It is recommended to save the remaining ashes and use them as a magical remedy, which removes damage, love spells, the evil eye and cures alcoholism.

Make sure that the Easter cakes do not burn and the crust does not crack - according to superstition, the family will not know happiness for a whole year if the baking does not work out.

For people suffering from joint or lower back pain, healers advise taking a piece of fabric (to tie around later) and wrapping it around the corners. Use this rag as a warming belt or wipe your sore feet with it after a bath.

Saturday

Throughout the day and until the end of the Easter service, mourning for the Savior continues. You cannot go to bed, even when you are not going to go to church for the all-night vigil.

When the main religious moment of the end of the great tribulation occurs - holy fire will be carried out of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the turn of general rejoicing and celebration of the resurrection of Jesus begins. A “kanunchik” - a jug of honey - must be placed near the icon. A lighted candle is placed in it - this is how the deceased are remembered.

In the joyful bustle of Sunday, try to remember everything that happens around you. Perhaps one of the signs will open the curtain of the future before you. Read the folk signs for Easter. Weather, food, animals, fateful events - what wise ancestors noticed will be useful to you too.

Weather signs for Easter

The very first thing people always paid attention to was the weather conditions on the holiday. The choice of clothes for going to church and subsequent seasons of the year depend on what the Great Day will be like.

• If you watch the sunrise, you won’t know any troubles all year long.
• If you see a multi-colored sunset, great luck awaits you.
• Clear weather - for a hot summer, cloudy - for a cold, dry summer.
• Rain on Easter - the end of spring will be rainy, and the rye harvest will be plentiful.
• Thunderstorm on Easter or Bright Week - in late, dry autumn.
• Before Easter all the snow disappeared from the fields - to a bountiful harvest.
• Many stars in Easter night- expect more frosts.

Solemn worship - beliefs for the fulfillment of desires

Visiting holy places is an integral part of the Easter holiday. When getting ready for the road and in the temple, you can speed up the approach of your cherished goal - signs will help.

• Sleep through the morning service - don’t count on luck until the end of the year.
• Keep candles bought in church - they are used to “clean” the home, place them at the bedside of the sick so that they get better, and remove them.
• When you pray in church, sincerely ask God for what you want - He will fulfill all your bright, good desires.
• When a girl wants to get married, she must say in church:

“Resurrection of Christ! Send me a single groom!”

• Pay attention to how kissing happens with people you meet: a friend kissed you first on your left cheek - he does not treat you positively, he harbors hostility.
• Lovers should not kiss on the road - the omen promises separation. Do this under the shade of trees - you will become happy in your marriage.

Easter signs and beliefs about money

To become Fortune's favorite and get rid of money problems, try doing the following on the day of the celebration:

• give a coin to the person asking from the church;
• come from the temple to your neighbor;
• after breaking your fast, go outside and look around - whatever attracts your attention first, start doing that - the business will turn out to be profitable and successful;
• women who want to rejuvenate and get rich should wash themselves from the container where the coins and dyes lie;
• in the morning, climb the bell tower and ring the bell - the ancestors believed that when you ask from the heart the Almighty for health, prosperity, new love or peace in the family, you will get what you want.

There are also controversial signs for money for Easter that help players, treasure hunters and scammers:

• treasure hunters took Easter eggs with them to hunt - they say that the magical effect of the holiday symbol is such that all the devils that guard the treasure scatter when a person approaches with an egg in his hands, and the valuables are easy to spot;
• gambling seekers of fabulous winnings, when getting ready for matins, put a nickel under the heel of their shoes;
• a thief tried to steal from a church on a holiday - such an act would make him lucky and elusive.

Fearless sacrileges took a deck of cards to church and did the following: when the priest came out of the altar in a light robe and said for the first time: “Christ is Risen!”, the player responded: “The cards are here!” To the repetition of the main Easter cry, the gambler answered: “The whip is here!” The third response from the atheist was the words: “The aces are here!”

After a long fast, the believers began to consume the dishes prepared for the holiday with special enthusiasm, but did not forget about the signs that they could influence the future beneficially.

• The whole family needs to start breaking their fast, and everyone is sure to eat a piece of Easter cake and a holy egg, so that there will be harmony in the house all year round.
• The Easter was cut first and given to the cow so that it would give milk.
• When a couple has no children, the woman puts an extra plate on the table, puts a piece of Easter and says: “Kulich for the kids.” When you eat, crumble the baked goods for the birds.
• The sacred knife was hidden after dinner. When they saw hail in the summer, accompanied by thunder, they threw a poker and a shovel in the yard in a cross, and stuck a knife between them. This way the weapon gained strength, and it was easy to kill a boar with it.
• When they finished the meal, the peasant did not drink for two hours - so that he would not want water during the harvest.
• Shells from sacred eggs were collected and tied to sticks, which were placed in the garden to prevent worms from breeding in the ground.

A baby born on Easter will definitely be lucky - good luck will follow the lucky one: he will become famous or change the history of mankind when the moment of birth occurs at noon.

How Easter week is celebrated - the meaning in the signs

Easter does not end with eating the holy Easter cakes - the holiday continues for a whole week, and is popularly known as Bright, Easter, Velikodenskaya, Great, Joyful, Glorious, Tasty.

Along with the customs of visiting, treating themselves to wine and delicacies, having fun and glorifying Christ, Christians commemorated the dead, wooed, observed domestic animals, and noticed signs that are mentioned in numerous signs.

When combing their hair every day, older people say:

“As many hairs as there are on the comb, so many grandchildren send me, Lord!”

During Easter week, peasants chase chickens from their roost at dawn to help them lay eggs better.

When unmarried girl If you don’t take salt into your hands all week, they won’t sweat.

The beauty's lips will itch - a sign of loving kisses. If she dreams of kissing someone, an unpleasant incident will happen to her.

Monday and Thursday are days for going to the churchyard. To remember deceased relatives, jugs with candles, red Easter eggs (three), and sweets are brought to the graves.

Be sure to crumble the eggs on the cemetery soil so that the birds will eat them. These days they do not sew or wash, so as not to harm the dead.

If you want to learn a craft, go to church on Monday. When the priest says “Christ is risen!”, instead of answering “Truly!” speak your own desire.

And on Tuesday it is possible to meet a brownie. According to legend, you need to climb into the attic with a burning candle.

Frail old people dreamed of dying during Easter week - it was believed that the soul, freed from its bodily shell at such a time, would end up in heaven.

Woo in holidays was allowed, but weddings were prohibited by the church. (occurs after the Great Week) - signs promised engaged couples a happy family life.

Finally, keep in mind: you cannot get drunk, swear, or simply scream loudly on holidays - otherwise you will incur God’s wrath. Remember the main reason for the Bright Celebration and be worthy of Christ’s sacrifice!

Many people know that Easter is a great and sacred holiday. That is why the last week before its onset is devoted to cleansing oneself and the house from any filth as best as possible. The last week of Lent is the strictest, and Thursday is dedicated to cleaning the house. These rituals are known to everyone and they always try to adhere to them.

However, there are also conspiracies that will bring good luck and health to the house if performed before Easter. These include:

• to make a profit;
• for good luck;
• for beauty and health;
• for love;
• from the evil eye and damage, etc.

Casting spells on different days of the week

Rituals can be performed on any day during Holy Week.

We treat diseases

For example, if you suffer from aching bones, you can perform the following ritual, and then the illness will go away. To do this, you need to go to the store on Monday and buy a bar of soap there (under no circumstances should you take the change and do not say “thank you”). Before the first use, it is advisable to give the soap into the hands of an “innocent” person - a child. If there is no one at home, then a guy or girl who has not been married can replace him. After they hold the piece, you need to go and wash their hands, saying the following words:

“As the Water of God washes away the soap from my hands, so let all the sickness disappear from my body. Key, lock, tongue. Amen. Amen. Amen".

There are also conspiracies for diseases associated with joints. On the second day of Holy Week, stand on the threshold of your home and repeat the following words three times:

“Lord God, help! Holy Mother of God, bless! I speak out my pain from all joints, I drive away my illness with holy prayer. Get the disease out of my hands and my feet. Cross my pain, my threshold. May you, my words, be strong and molding, tenacious to my body. Key, lock, tongue. Amen. Amen. Amen".

Previous conspiracies were for specific diseases, but there are also those that are suitable for treating any disease.

For one of them you will need a blessed egg and a willow branch. Make sure that during the consecration not a single bud falls from the willow, otherwise it will not only not help, but will also aggravate the situation. Next, you need to touch the sore spots with a twig and say:

“St. Paul waved the willow, drove away the pain from me (name). And how true it is that people Palm Sunday They honor, just as sacred is the word that my pains will go away. Amen. Amen. Amen".

To maintain health and renew your body, you need to go outside on the Wednesday before Easter and draw water from any body of water. To do this, you need to use a mug that you have never drunk from before. At home, you should put the water in a secluded place, cross yourself three times and cover it with a clean towel. Then, when it’s 2 a.m., douse yourself with this water (don’t forget to cross yourself 3 times again), but not all of it. There is no need to dry yourself after this procedure, immediately put on your clothes and pour the remaining water under a tree or into flowers. This ritual will help keep your body in shape and rejuvenate your skin.

If you feel weak and sore, but the doctors say that everything is fine with you, then on the third day of Easter week, drink some holy water, before saying it:

“God created the sky. God created the earth. Grant, O Lord, health to the servant of God (name). Just as Jesus Christ rose to eternal life on the third day, so that God’s servant (name) would also rise to health. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

If you have back pain, you can take a rag on Friday, the day before Easter, and sweep it into all corners of the house or use it as a towel for your feet to keep them young and healthy.

Let's talk about beauty and love

In order to improve your appearance You can use various spells. One of them is pronounced as follows:

“Lord, Almighty God, who created everything out of nothing! Bless and cleanse my body, may your work be holy and strong. Just as the heavenly body doesn’t hurt, doesn’t ache, doesn’t tingle or burn with fire, so my bones wouldn’t hurt, ache, ache or burn. The water of God descends from heaven, my body is cleansed of illness. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Before saying this, you need to go outside or lean out of the window so that you can see the sky without any interference while saying the words.

If a girl is unlucky in love, you can perform the following ritual. You need to take some grains of wheat and go to the Easter service. Keep the seeds close to your chest the entire time you are on it. Upon returning home, scatter them at the doorstep with the words:

“As many candle lights in the church there were, there were as many suitors for me. There are as many suitors for me as there are in a handful of grains. Key. Lock. Language. Amen".

And from problems with acne This ritual will help. On Good Friday, light a candle and when less than half remains, extinguish it. Subsequently, perhaps even after Easter, you need to measure the diameter of the candle with a coarse thread, cut it to its size, and then speak as follows:

“As a harsh thread burns, it will free my face from pimples. Key, lock, tongue. Amen. Amen. Amen".

When the words are spoken, both the thread and the candle must be burned.

Conspiracy for money

The eternal problem of people is the lack of money. Therefore, they try to attract them in a variety of ways, including conspiracies. Like other rituals, it has special power to attract wealth if performed before Easter.

In order to always have money at home, you need to go to church on Wednesday of Holy Week and light a candle there, saying:

“As people go to this cross, let big money come to me. Now, forever and endlessly."

In order for the conspiracy to work, you must be the very first among the parishioners in the church.

Another money conspiracy is carried out on Saturday on the eve of the bright holiday. You need to take a five-ruble coin and say:

“In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, money to money, penny to penny. As people wait for Easter, as they go to the temple of God, so would money flow to me, God’s servant (name), like a river, all the saints, all with me. Amen".

After which you need to put the coin in your wallet and carry it with you for the next year without using it.

Also on Saturday you can put in each corner of the apartment easter egg and a coin and say:

“Like an Easter egg with a ruble will not come out of this corner, so that money will never leave my house. Christ is Risen, and to my words Amen.”

The next day you can eat the egg. But the coins should not be spent until another week has passed after Easter.

Ceremonies on Maundy Thursday

It is known that Thursday on the eve of the holiday is itself a sacred day. When it occurs, people clean and wash the house, and also wash themselves. They say that anyone who is too lazy to clean up on this day will then live in the dirt all year, constantly quarreling.

Rituals held on Maundy Thursday are especially powerful. This is probably why they differ in such diversity.

For prosperity in the house

Basically, it is during Easter week (Thursday) that conspiracies are read to attract money.

On this day, before dawn, sit down and count all the money in the house 3 times. Each time you finish counting, say:

“A thousand, half a thousand, six hundred, my master hand will take everything everywhere. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen".

Early in the morning, while everyone is still sleeping, put some change in a sieve and go outside with it. Make sure no one sees you. Before reading the plot itself, say:

“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Now, “sifting” the money, say the magic words: “In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Mother earth, sister earth, accept the seeds. Give me and my family good times, good shoots. Amen".

Conspiracy for Easter week to bring prosperity

Like many other things, conspiracies differ in their complexity. Therefore, in order to read the next one, you will need to prepare for it.

On Easter week, save up some change, and on Thursday itself, make sure that no one is at home. While reading the plot, no one should distract you. After everything is ready, pour water into a basin and pour the collected money into it. Now, with your little fingers clasped together, read the words:

The most difficult thing is that you need to repeat this thirty-three times, but then everything will pay off with interest. After reading, do not immediately pour out the water, first use it to clean the house - the floors should be washed last and start from the threshold, moving deeper into the house.

Other prayers for Thursday

There are also conspiracies to get rid of the evil eye or damage. To do this, you should say in the morning while washing your face:

“I wash away what they let on me, what toils my soul and body, everything is washed away on Maundy Thursday.” And to consolidate the result, you should also say in the evening, while bathing: “As confession cleanses, as water washes away dirt, so you, THURSDAY, be clean. Cleanse me from all evil, from insults from people, from disobedience, from intemperance, devilish blasphemy, from bad rumors, evil conversations, demonic disputes. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen".

Bathing can also be used to read beauty spells. One of them is this:

“As Maundy Thursday is bright and red, so I, slave (name), will be beautiful to everyone. Amen".

Another conspiracy should be pronounced after waking up. To do this, pour water into a container and place any silver object there and say the words:

“I will wash myself with silver water, I will cover myself with a golden robe. Just as people love money, so let the whole world love and love me,”

after which you should dry yourself with a clean towel (it’s better if it’s a new one).

However, conspiracies are not the only thing that can be done on Maundy Thursday. To Small child was not sick and grew well, he should be cut on this day, especially favorably if this is his first haircut in his life. Also on Thursday of Easter week they make “Thursday salt” - each family member takes a handful of salt, after which they pour it into one bag. After which this salt can be used for severe illnesses or failures and quarrels, adding to food.

Our ancestors noticed that many amazing things happen before Easter. By using folk signs you will learn which signs from above should not be ignored in order to avoid serious difficulties.

If there is a seriously ill person in the house, on Maundy Thursday you need to bring a candle from church and burn it at the head of the sick person’s bed. The remaining wax should be buried in the yard of a neighboring house.

To ensure prosperity and well-being reign in the house all year, on Thursday it is customary to move furniture and count money.

In Rus', girls who wanted to get married cut their hair on Maundy Thursday, and then kept it under their pillow until Easter.

Good Friday- day of sorrow. To avoid troubles, you need to say the prayer “Our Father” in the morning.

To ensure that babies grow up healthy and strong, the best time to wean them is on Good Friday.

If on Good Friday the first person you see is a man, then great luck awaits you soon.

According to the superstition, whoever washes himself on Good Friday will wash away all his health.

IN Holy Saturday Free time should be spent in prayer. Whoever has fun on this day will cry all year long.

On Saturday it is forbidden to borrow or lend money, so as not to lose health, luck and prosperity.

On Easter The house must be clean for the whole year to be successful.

If a husband and wife hug on Easter morning, they will live their whole lives in love and harmony.

To this moment Lent has already come to an end, which means that on Easter you can finally please yourself and your loved ones with your favorite dishes. Red wine is allowed to be served as a drink, but it is prohibited to abuse the drink.

In Rus', it was customary to make a wish while the Easter bells were ringing. The sign says that it can come true exactly 33 days from Easter.

Whoever throws food from the refectory table on Easter will be haunted by misfortunes all year long. It is advisable to bury the remaining dishes in the yard of your house or feed them to the homeless.

Before celebrating the Holy Resurrection of Christ, it is customary to observe Lent. During this period, there are many prohibitions and restrictions that every believer must take into account. However, most of the important church traditions are associated with Great Easter. So as not to anger Higher power, spend this day correctly, without breaking customs. We wish you happiness and love, and don't forget to press the buttons and