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There are only two days left until Easter. And today comes Good Friday is the saddest day of the year. On this day, according to legend, Jesus Christ was crucified. By the way, among other things, this year it falls on the 13th and we get it - Good Friday the 13th. The day promises to be difficult.

Good Friday is the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. That is why it is considered mournful, or rather passionate, when the Friday before Easter got its name from the expression of the Passion of Christ. And you need to behave accordingly.

On this day Divine Liturgy is not performed, the Gospel is read instead, and in the middle of the day Vespers is served, and the Shroud is carried out.

The shroud is a cloth on which the Lord Jesus Christ is depicted in full growth, lying in a tomb. After the removal, the Shroud is placed on a special platform in the center of the temple.

WHAT NOT TO DO

1. On Good Friday, it is customary to abstain from food until Vespers (the removal of the Shroud). After that, you can only eat bread and drink water.

2. It is believed that on this day you can not do any household chores, especially sewing, washing and cutting anything. Violation of this prohibition is considered a great sin. Those who follow the strictest rules of Lent do not even wash themselves on this day.

3. On Good Friday, it is not customary to sing, walk and have fun - it is believed that a person who had fun on Good Friday will cry all year. However, despite the fact that on this day the service is imbued with sorrow, it is already preparing the faithful for the upcoming feast of the Resurrection of Christ.

4. It is undesirable to work on this mournful day. So, according to the sign, you can’t stick iron objects into the ground, for example, shovels and rakes: this is a disaster. Therefore, plants planted on this day will die. Only parsley sown on Good Friday will give a double harvest.

SIGNS

A loaf of bread baked on Good Friday heals all diseases and never gets moldy.

If you transport bees on any day other than Good Friday, they will certainly die.

If you endure your thirst on Good Friday, then no amount of drinking will harm you for a whole year.

If it is cloudy on this day, then the bread will be with weeds.

If the sky is starry on Good Friday, then the wheat will be grainy.

Rings consecrated on Good Friday protect the one who wears them from all diseases.

An Easter muffin saved from one Good Friday to the next prevents whooping cough.

The sign says that if you wean a baby from the breast on Good Friday, then the child will be strong, healthy and will live happily.

On Good Friday, it is also customary to determine whether there are spoken things in the house. They bring an unburned candle from the church, which was in their hands during the service, light it and go through the rooms. Where it crackles, there is a damaged thing.

In addition, after the Friday service, it is customary to bring twelve burning candles into the house, with which they stood in the church. Candles should be put in the house and let them burn out to the end - this will bring happiness and prosperity to the house for the next twelve months.

If bringing shine to the house in Clean Thursday you did not have time to look into the kitchen and bake pasok, you will have such an opportunity to introduce yourself on Saturday. You can't do this on Good Friday. You can read the original recipes for Easter cakes and tips on how to cook them.

Good Friday in Orthodox faith is considered the most mournful day in the whole church year. According to scriptures It was on this day that Jesus Christ was crucified in agony on the cross. Every year the date when Good Friday is different. After all, this day directly depends on when exactly Easter comes.

Good Friday 2018, what date the Orthodox will have, depends on the date of Easter. This year, Easter will be quite early, it falls on April 8th. Accordingly, if you look at the calendar, it is not difficult to understand that Good Friday will be April 6th. On this day, you need to refrain from any work, be sure to go to the temple. Once again, we emphasize the fact that this is the most mournful day of the year.

Good Friday is also the penultimate day of Lent. On this day, in churches at services, and even in home prayers, the passions of Christ, his painful death on the cross, are remembered. Also on that day, the body was taken down from the cross and buried in a cave. April 6 is exact date When is Good Friday in 2018.

Preparing for Good Friday

On Maundy Thursday, the day that precedes the Friday described, must be completed at home general cleaning. It is important to do this on Thursday, because, on Good Friday, all household affairs will already be under strict prohibition. Moreover, it is no longer possible to leave Good Friday until the second week after Easter.

Also on Good Friday, you need to stop preparing a festive Easter table. If on Thursday housewives can safely paint eggs, put dough on Easter cake, put cottage cheese easter, jelly and aspic, then on Friday any work in the kitchen should be abandoned.

• Do any household work. It has already been noted that it is impossible to clean and cook on this day, it is also impossible to sew, wash. The Church considers all these actions on a holiday a great sin.
• It is impossible to work with the earth on Good Friday: drip, plant and even water. It is believed that everything sown on this day will not produce any harvest at all.
• Refrain from drinking alcohol completely. In general, it goes great post when alcohol has long been banned. But even if a person does not fast, then on Good Friday it is necessary to refuse to use alcoholic beverages to avoid becoming an alcoholic.
• Any carnal pleasures are prohibited. If children are conceived on this day, then the people said that they would be born sick, they could become criminals in their future.
• Haircuts and hair coloring should also be avoided. In general, on Good Friday you should not go to a beauty salon for any business.
• Of course, you need to refrain from recreational activities: even watching TV.

What do they do on Good Friday

We have already noted exactly what you should not do on this important and mournful day before Easter. Now, of course, you need to mark those deeds that are welcome on this day.

You should try to spend this day in silence and calmness, pray a lot, remember the torment of Jesus Christ, which he accepted in the name of all mankind. Be sure to go to the temple on this day, ideally, for the morning and evening service. The evening service is important, at which the Shroud is brought to the center of the temple. This is a piece of fabric that depicts Jesus Christ in full growth. The shroud is located in the center of the temple on a hill, decorated with flowers, and the Gospel is placed on top of it. The evening service ends before the Shroud.

Important! At the service in the temple in front of the Shroud, it is important to stand with bowed head and bow low during the change of the cross. You should also venerate the Shroud at the end of the service.

What to eat on Good Friday?

April 6th is the date of Good Friday 2018. It should also be noted that this is one of the strictest days of Lent. On this day, church canons prescribe complete abstinence from food throughout the day. With the appearance of the first star in the sky, you can eat some bread and drink water.

Important! Such strict dietary regulations are obligatory for the clergy. As for the laity, one can observe the usual strict post. For example, eat twice a day, not three.

Signs and customs of Good Friday:

• The people believed that if three years in a row on Good Friday, strictly fasting and abstaining from food and food, then a person will be able to see his death hour three days before death. Many wanted this in order to properly prepare for their death.
• Also, the people said that if you completely abstain from food on Good Friday, then God will forgive all sins (starting with the last confession).
• After the service in the temple, you need to buy and light the light. Do not extinguish the candle and go home with it, put it in a red corner. Now, while spending time in prayer, wait until the candle burns out completely. It is believed that such a ritual provides the house with happiness and prosperity for the whole year.
• You can go around the house with a lit candle, which is brought from the temple. If somewhere a candle begins to smoke or crackle, there is a thing with bad energy: it is recommended to get rid of it.
• Despite the fact that church tradition only negatively magical actions and rituals, it is believed that conspiracies that are read on Good Friday have a strong effect and protect for the whole year.

If you know exactly how the calculations are carried out and what kind of day it is, then it will not be difficult in subsequent years to independently determine the date of this day. You just need to count from the date of Easter two days ago, this year it falls on April 6, provided that Orthodox believers celebrate Easter on April 8.

About the Symbols of Good Friday

If we talk about figurative symbols, then, of course, first of all we are talking about the transition from earthly life to eternal life, which exists outside the body. The material symbol of this day is the Shroud. About how much attention is paid to it, we have already considered in the framework of this material. It is believed that in Turin they bring to the temple exactly the Shroud that was wrapped around the body of Christ after it was taken down from the cross. Therefore, many pilgrims go on Good Friday precisely.

In conclusion of this material, I would like to remind you that Good Friday is the most mournful day of the year. This is the last day of the life of the Son of God, the Savior of mankind Jesus Christ on earth. The laity know what happened next, what exactly they celebrate on Bright Easter Sunday. But on Good Friday, attention is paid to precisely those events that historically took place on this particular day.

Some people try to finish all household chores before the weekend so that they can relax with their family or go on a trip on the weekend. Even if you are not going anywhere, you don’t really want to spend Sunday cleaning and cooking. Believers do not do household chores on Sunday, but go to church for services. But it turns out that not everything can be done on Friday either. Consider why you can not wash the floors on Friday.

What is forbidden to do on Friday

Friday is considered a special day, with which many signs are associated:

• You can not have fun, drink alcohol;
• You can not quarrel, swear;
• It is forbidden to cut nails, hair;
• Swimming is not recommended;
• You can not sew, knit;
• Washing floors is strictly prohibited.

Why You Can't Wash Floors on Friday

If everything is clear with Sunday, this is a holy day, but why you can’t wash floors on Friday remains a mystery to many.

• To begin with, it is worth noting that cleanliness - distinguishing feature believer, whether Christian or Muslim. A person must keep his house and himself clean. To be lazy to put things in order is a great sin. However, not all days of the week are good for cleaning, especially for mopping. It is better not to do this on Friday, but to postpone it to any other day.
• In Russia, Saturday was considered the day of cleanliness. On Saturday, they cleaned everything, went to the bathhouse. Friday is considered a day of sorrow, since Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday, Judas betrayed Christ on Friday too. Therefore, Christians try not to do anything on Friday.
• Muslims, on the other hand, have a tradition of cleaning the house on Friday. They consider Friday a blessed day, as they perform Friday prayer every week. Men go to the mosque to pray, while women stay at home to do household chores. It is believed that Allah himself blesses Muslims for cleaning on this day.
• According to experts in the field of black magic, Friday is also not the best day to wash floors. Since Friday comes to earth devilry the souls of the dead come to life. If you wash the floor on this day, then they can settle in a clean place evil spirits bringing bad energy with them.
• People say that if you wash the floor on Friday evening, then there will be discord in the family, family members will often quarrel. Also not to be avoided financial difficulties. If you want to bring money into your home, make it a rule to mop the floors on Tuesdays. This is the most auspicious day.

Another Friday is the day of the planet Venus, which is the patroness of love. Therefore, it is necessary to respect this day. unmarried girls on this day, you should be calm, not engage in hard work, and also not mess around in the water. This means that you can not wash floors, wash clothes, swim. If a girl wants to marry a rich man, she must wash the floors only in the morning, and on any day except Friday. If he wants to find unearthly love, then you need to do the cleaning on Sunday, only in the evening.

In Europe, there is a belief that Friday is the day of the brownie, who lives in every house and protects the people living in it. Therefore, on Friday it is not recommended to wash the floors, as the brownie may be offended and begin to intrigue the household. For example, there are cases when an offended brownie turned on the light at night and made terrible sounds. People had to change their place of residence.

However, this did not always help, since the brownie moved with the owners, sitting on a broom or broom. Therefore, if you managed to offend the brownie, you need to ask him for forgiveness and leave a gingerbread and a piece of sugar under the bed for the night. And if this does not help, when moving, you should leave brooms and brooms in the old house.

You can ignore the signs, but you can not argue with the facts. While you wash the floors on Fridays, your neighbors, who remain true to the old signs, get richer and become luckier and happier every year.

Passion is called not only Friday, but the entire week preceding Easter. The last Friday of Great Lent is the most mournful day when believers remember martyrdom Jesus Christ through crucifixion, one of highlights in history for Christians. This is the day when it is customary to attend church, lead a humble lifestyle and pray more for yourself and your loved ones. it is also the strictest day of fasting, when fun and laughter are not accepted, and all needlework and chores on this day are considered a great sin. There are even many signs on this topic. For example, according to legend, if you wash clothes on this day and hang them out to dry, blood stains will appear on them. And if you stick iron objects into the ground (such as a shovel, for example), then you can bring trouble to the whole family.

Is it possible to clean the apartment on Good Friday?

Is it possible to clean on Good Friday at home or is it better not to - this question is probably of interest to many hostesses. On the last week before Easter, many people try to put a marafet in their home and rid it of accumulated garbage in order to meet Holy holiday clean and tidy. Due to the busy rhythm of life and the irregular work schedule of many people, it is often impossible to have time to clean the entire apartment or house on Clean Thursday. Many housewives get out by moving the general cleaning to Good Friday, they say, there is no other way out, and housing cannot be left uncleaned.

According to established traditions, the decision to do the cleaning on this day is not the best, but if there is no choice, you can clean the house after dinner, when the service in the church ends. This is also the answer to the common question whether it is possible to clean on Good Friday evening. It is for the evening that it is better to postpone all business if it is not possible to implement them on Saturday. If there is a real choice, to clean your home on Friday or Saturday, it is better to transfer all housework to Saturday.

For those who are forced to work on this day in the service and do some kind of cleaning, there is probably no other choice. This concerns, first of all, cleaners of enterprises, maids of hotels, janitors and many other employees. But the church does not forbid such cleaning, because this is forced labor, which does not depend on you in any way. Work without a twinge of conscience, all prohibitions on cleaning on this day do not apply to you. The main thing is the right spiritual attitude and moral behavior layman.

Why can't you clean the cemetery on Good Friday?

Among Orthodox people it has already become customary that it is undesirable to clean up on Good Friday on the graves of deceased relatives, it is better to do this before Palm Sunday. BUT Holy Week not at all conducive to such activities. The most appropriate day to visit the cemetery after Palm Sunday is called Radonitsa, or Parents' Day, which falls on the ninth day after Easter. As a last resort, you can remove the graves of loved ones three days after the Resurrection of Christ, if there is no other opportunity or if they are in a very neglected state.

If this date is the anniversary of the death of a relative, it is better to move the visit and cleaning of the grave and the deceased a couple of days before Good Friday.

Such prohibitions, of course, should be heeded, but if you have a strict need to visit the cemetery on this particular day, ask God for forgiveness and visit the deceased relatives. The main thing is to have peace of mind!

Good Friday 2018 reminds all Christians of the suffering Jesus endured when he was crucified on the cross. There are many different prohibitions on this day, but not all of them make sense.

This year, Good Friday falls on April 6, it also has another name - Good Friday, the C-ib website informs. According to traditions, on Friday it is forbidden to attend entertainment events, do any housework and gardening. However, many people are confused by all these prohibitions and rules.

Can I work on Good Friday

On this day, it is allowed to work, but only if this work is intellectual and in the office. The ban does not include any other work that is related to the computer. On Friday, it is forbidden to work in the garden, so it is better to postpone all work for later.

Is it possible to clean the house on Good Friday

It is necessary to clean the house on a specially designated day for this, namely, on Maundy Thursday. On Friday, it is not advisable to wash, sew and sweep. All this work is not done on the day when people remember the suffering of Jesus, who was crucified on the cross.

Can you dye eggs on Good Friday?

It is also necessary to paint eggs on Maundy Thursday. But, if the housewives did not have time to do this on Thursday, then they can color the eggs on Friday, but this must be done before the evening service begins in the temple.

Is it possible to bake Easter cakes on Good Friday

In addition to all the prohibitions, baking Easter cakes on Good Friday is allowed. It is believed that pastries made on this day become special and have healing properties. It can also become a talisman for the whole family from various ailments. It is also said that Easter cake baked on Friday will not go stale for a long time.

Can you get a haircut on Good Friday

Most women are interested in the question of whether it is possible to cut their hair on Good Friday, but there is no exact answer to this question, just like a ban. The whole thing lies in superstitions, which are not substantiated by anything.

Can you bathe on Good Friday

Since ancient times, it was customary to refuse to bathe on Good Friday, because it was necessary to concentrate all one's attention on spiritual moments. Now many priests say that on Friday you can and should swim.

What do you eat on Good Friday

Good Friday is the hardest day for all those who fast. If you stick to fasting, then on this day you must refuse any food. It is forbidden to eat everything except water and bread, which are allowed to be eaten only after the Shroud is taken out in the temple.

Signs on Good Friday before Easter

If it is cloudy on Good Friday, then the bread will grow along with the weeds. If the sky is starry, then a good harvest can be expected. If you laugh on Friday, you will cry all year long. The ash that is taken from the oven will help get rid of alcohol addiction.

If bread is baked on this day, it will be fresh all year and will have healing properties. Many travelers tried to take such a piece with them, it was believed that he would be able to protect them from various bad weather that would get in their way. Linen that is washed on a given day will not be clean, traces of blood will appear on it.

If on Friday you go around all the corners with a rag, then hide it from everyone, then this will help get rid of problems associated with the lower back. But before doing this, you need to wrap it around the sore spot.

So that the family would always have prosperity and peace reigned, all the believers went to the evening service, lit candles there and carried them home to burn out. If the candle began to smoke and crackle, then this indicated that there was damage in the house.

The ring consecrated on Friday will protect its owner from various troubles and illnesses all his life. Good Friday is a great day to wean your baby off the breast.

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