July 2 — Zosima Day. Bread and saints of God …
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July 2, they said among the people, is the hottest day of the year. The bread began to ripen. They mowed hay and harvested it for the winter. The bees and the bees — the honeymoon season started. By the way, our ancestors were very respected by these insects, because they considered them the saints of God. Why? The answer is simple: the bees give a person wax from which candles are produced.
The church now honors the memory of St. Zosim, who was born in 89 in the city of Thrace. At that time, the Christian faith was just beginning to emerge. The young man himself immediately decided to devote himself to God and become a Christian. Soon his dream is realized. When Zosime became aware of the persecution of the followers of the Christian faith, he leaves military service, accepts baptism and devotes his whole life to the commission of good deeds, prayers. Soon, the ruler of Domitian, who sent Zosim to the court, became aware of this. Zosim turned out to be adamant and did not want to renounce his faith in order to make a victim to pagan gods. Therefore, he was subjected to a large amount of torture, which Zosim demolished without saying a word. After that, he was enclosed in prison and beheaded after some time.
Signs for July 2 are connected not so much with the weather as with life as such:
- Bees sting painfully — to the drought. They do not touch good, righteous people — only sinners.
- Sleepy bees — to a sharp cooling. If they hide in the hives — to the rain. They nest on the walls of the hives (from the outside) — to hot weather.
- After this day, there are no frosts even in the northernmost areas.
- On the day of St. Savvatia, the bees collect the most delicious honey.
- It is a sin to ruin a wild hornet’s nest on this day.
- The bee swarm with someone else’s apiary in the courtyard flew — to unexpected wealth.
- If on this day, draw a bee on paper, drip a drop of honey on it, wrap and put in a wallet, the money will be waged.
- The case, begun July 2, will be successful.
- If on this day something happened that made you suffer and cry, calm down, everything will pass soon.
- If July 2, start building a house, it will stand for a long time.
- Anyone who was born on this day will grow up with a loving person. In addition, he will be well versed in herbs.
Name days today they note: Varlaam, John, Maria, Paisius.
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