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On July 25, the people noted, there are the biggest dews. They said: «On Proclus, the dew got wet in the field.» On this day, we tried to wake up before dawn. They believed that if you wash yourself with dew early in the morning, it will help protect you from the evil eye, and give the girls beauty and youth. Witch doctors today work in the fields until sunset, collecting medicinal herbs. Medicines prepared from them have a special healing power.
The Church today honors the memory of the holy martyrs named Hilaria and Proclus, who suffered for their faith in the 2nd century. First, Proclus was arrested and forced to deny Jesus Christ. However, he remained faithful to the Savior and predicted to the emperor that he would soon believe in God himself. After that, by order of Emperor Maximus, Proclus was tied to the ruler’s chariot, and then forced to run after her. The martyr prayed that the Lord would stop the wagon, and God fulfilled his request — no efforts helped move it from its place, and this continued exactly until Maxim signed a charter certifying that the preaching of Christianity is not a violation of the law. However, the ruler nevertheless took revenge on Proclus — he ordered him to be tied to a pole and shot. On the way to his execution, Proclus met Ilarius, his uncle, who also preached the Christian faith. As a result, he too was arrested and executed along with Proclus. After the execution, the disciples buried Proclus and Hilarius in the same grave.
Signs for July 25:
- If there is no dew dew — to bad weather and drought.
- No fog in the morning — to the rain.
- A lot of dew and thick fog — for sunny weather.
- The bees buzz loudly — to the heat.
- Vole mice squeak loudly at night and fuss noisily — to warmth.
- The black grouse does not fly far in the forest — to warm and sunny weather.
- Warm weather on this day — to a warm autumn. It’s raining — and autumn will be rainy!
- Rainy day — to crop failure and to a snowy winter.
- Mushrooms appeared in the forest — soon the heat will pass.
- At night, the dew disappeared in the meadows — to the rain.
- If a girl on this day before dawn washes herself with morning dew, her skin will be clean and fresh all year. But it is best to do this in the countryside: for obvious reasons, urban dew is far from the purity of the village!
- The day turned out to be unseasonably cool — winter will be harsh as never before!
- On the tops of the trees, the leaves turned yellow — by early autumn.
Name days are celebrated today: Fedor, Gabriel, Mikhail, Maria, Veronica, Ivan, Arseny.
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