CrimeaPRESS reports:
Nut Savior, which is celebrated in Russia on August 29, is the third in a row (after Apple and Honey). The tradition of the day is that the nuts collected the day before are consecrated in the temple. In addition, they note: the more nuts in the forest, the more bread will be in the fields next year. And you also need to try and find a double or triple nut (2-3 nuts on one branch). Such a find promises wealth for the whole year.
Nut Savior among the people was considered a women’s holiday. On this day, neither young girls nor married women were allowed to work. After the church service, women went to visit each other with refreshments, had fun, and rested.
In some areas, it was customary to consecrate springs and new wells on Spas, to go to springs and draw water. It was considered a good omen to go around the source or well in a circle. This ritual symbolizes the closing of the next summer, the end of the cycle of field work and preparation for winter. And the village healers on August 29 spoke of the bites of insects, dogs and wild animals.
The Nut, or Canvas Savior is timed to coincide with an event that occurred during the life of Jesus Christ. The ruler of the Syrian city of Edessa, Avgar, was ill with leprosy. He believed that Jesus could heal him of his sickness. Avgar wrote him a letter and sent the painter Ananias with him to hand it over and paint a portrait of the Son of God.
Arriving in Palestine, the artist saw Christ surrounded by a crowd of people. Unable to get to Jesus, Ananias stood on a high stone and tried to draw a portrait. The attempt was unsuccessful. Christ noticed the artist and ordered to bring water and a towel (ubrus). He washed and dried his face. His image was imprinted on the towel. Jesus gave the ubrus to Ananias and sent his disciple back to Edessa with it. Abgar with the help of this towel was healed of leprosy. The inhabitants of Edessa considered the ubrus a great shrine and worshiped it. On August 29, 944, by order of Emperor Constantine, he was transferred to Constantinople. In 1204, during the crusade, the shrine was lost.
Notes of the day:
- Boats on the water are calm — to a quiet, windless autumn and mild winter.
- Flying cranes can be seen in the sky — to frost on Pokrov. Cranes can be seen in the field — by late winter.
- Lots of nuts, lots of bread.
- Finding a double or triple nut in Nut Spas — to wealth.
- To step even on a crumb of bread on this day is a sin.
- To go on the road this day — to a favorable path, the plan will be successful.
- The one who was born on August 29 rarely grows up beautiful. But secret knowledge was given to him by nature.
Name days are celebrated today: Yakov, Alexander, Anna, Gerasim, Stepan.
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