CrimeaPRESS reports:
On March 25, the church honors the memory of St. Theophan the Confessor, a Byzantine chronicler, monk and theologian. He was an example of hard work and heroism. He is credited with the gift of miracles: healing diseases and casting out demons.
On March 25, the people said: “Theophanes, break the crust.” We continued to call and welcome spring. We monitored natural phenomena and made weather forecasts for the near future:
- The snow on the anthill melts from the north side — the summer will be long and warm.
- Fog on Feofan — oats and flax will grow well.
- The ice on the rivers immediately sinks — the year will be lean.
- Frost is visible on the trees — a sign that June will be very rainy.
- On March 25, the weather is truly spring — there will be a lot of rain in the summer.
- The fog has risen — expect rain. And if, on the contrary, it goes down, the weather will be clear.
Name days are celebrated today by: Konstantin, Sergey, Grigory, Vladimir, Alexander, Ivan, Dmitry.
And on March 25, our Slavic ancestors celebrated the holiday of the Opening of Svarga — the invocation of Spring. They said:
Larks, fly! We’re tired of winter, we ate a lot of bread! You fly and bring a red Spring, a hot summer! Spring is red, what did you come with? You are on the field, on the harrow… Spring is red, what have you brought to us?…
Svarga in Slavic legends is paradise or “land of the sun”. A place where the souls of deceased ancestors live. There, legends say, strange trees grow, the air is filled with the aroma of the most beautiful flowers and unprecedented trees live. Svarga, hearing the invocations of people, opened, and the goddess, called Living Spring, descended from heaven to earth. Winter was finally leaving…
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