Krympress reports:
August 10 is a special day. Praised the blacksmiths. And quite justified — the people of this profession were the first assistants to the peasants during the field of field work. And the blacksmiths attributed magical abilities — they … literally … they subjugated and pacified fire. There was also an opinion that they are sorcerers and know with otherworldly forces. And even with the very unclean, as they said in the South Russian regions. Therefore, the blacksmiths have long been treated with honor. On Prokhor and Parmen, the peasants went to visit them with abundant offerings.
In addition, it was believed that trade affairs on August 10 would go out of hand. Therefore, today they usually did not suit any fairs, did not go to the market. It was said that everything that would be able to help out on this day either break or get lost.
The church now honors the memory of the disciples of Jesus Christ — 7 apostles selected from 70 disciples. According to the Holy Scriptures, the 12 main apostles called all their students and punished them to choose 7 people who could deal with the everyday issues of the brotherhood, take care of creating comfort, and distribute alms to the poor. As a result of the general vote, Stefan, Nikanor, Philip, Prokhor, Timon, Parmen and Nikolai were elected. It was in honor of Prokhor and Partmen that a holiday was established on August 10. It is known that Prokhor became a satellite of Peter and already much later took the post of Bishop of Nicomedia. He died a martyrdom, suffering for faith during persecution organized in Antioch. Parmen, on the other hand, with special zeal fulfilled all the instructions of the apostles, but died even before the moment the students left Jerusalem. However, there is another legend according to which Parmen preached in Macedonia and died a martyrdom during the persecution organized by Emperor Trajan.
Signs of the day:
- If on this day you went to the forest for berries, the first assembled glass must be given to the wrong hands — for a large harvest.
- If you managed to collect many berries, do not talk about successful gathering places — the goblin will deceive. The same goes for mushrooms.
- If a woman goes behind mushrooms or berries, she must stay in a good mood. She also should not have menstruation, otherwise she will return home with an empty basket.
- You can’t change anything on this day. Otherwise, such a thing will deteriorate or disappear. For the same reason, do not take and give money, as well as go shopping.
- A pear, eaten on this day, calms the restless and violent temper.
- If you do not know what decision to make, eat a pear at sunset, and the right decision will come to you in a dream.
- If you hang a pear branch or a small figure made of pear wood to the crib that night, this will increase the child’s ability to teach.
- The one who plays the wedding on this day will not live long.
Name days today they note: Efim, Nikanor, Ivan, Prokhor, Nikolai, Vasily, Pavel, Julian, Sergey, Elena.
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