Krympress reports:
They started on this day in Rus’ to clean oats. However, often the weather made adjustments to the plans — on August 9, as a rule, rains with thunderstorms and lightning went, so people tried not to leave the house.
The church now honors the memory of the blessed Nikolai Kochanov — the Novgorod miracle worker and the holy fool, who threw the head of cabbage into another holy fool and crossed the water without a bridge.
And even on August 9, they recall the Panteleimon -kisser, which is listed in the face of the Great Martyr. According to legend, he led a virtuous life and did not refuse to help anyone who turned to him. However, during the persecution of Christians, he was arrested by denunciation. The healer was subjected to brutal torture and beheaded. In Orthodoxy, St. Panteleimon is praying for health, about healing diseases. It is also considered the patron saint of doctors and warriors. On the day of his memory, to this day, a strict ban on any work is imposed. The people still go legends about how nadly ended, even the most good thing started on Panteleimon: either the built house or the barn will fall soon, then the crop in the cellar will rot, or even even more so — the fire will be! It is not for nothing that in some provinces of St. Panteleimon they called “Pali” (from the word “shoot”).
In the old days on this day, healers and healers went to forests and meadows for medicinal herbs. It was believed that the saint himself is divided with plants with miraculous power. According to modern scientists, more than 90 species of healing herbs knew our ancestors and knew how to handle them.
Will receive the day:
- Work in the field on Panteleimon — to the fire.
- If the patient defends a prayer service in the church in honor of St. Panteleimon, and at home he will pray to his icon, he will soon recover.
- If the child eats at least one cabbage sheet on this day — the study will be easy to give.
- The sunflower flower, torn in his own garden and put in a vase, will bring you happiness.
- To go on this day on a trip is a kind sign.
- Anyone who was born on Panteleimon will have the ability to medicine and healing. Such a person will grow up hardworking, he will be given the ability to heal illness with herbs.
- To carry grain and hay on August 9 — a sin.
Name days today they note: German, Naum, Plato, Cyril, Nikolai, Clement, Konstantin, Ivan, Anfisa.
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