CrimeaPRESS reports:
On September 16, our ancestors passed through hard work and everyday chores. They prepared stables, sheds, and outbuildings for the cold, and put things in order in the hallway and in their own chests. Old and worn things were thrown away or burned, making room for new things. In the evenings, women sat down to their traditional household work: yarn, weaving, embroidery and other needlework. The girls spent their evenings at gatherings with young people.
The Church today honors the memory of the martyr Vasilisa, who suffered at the age of 9 for her faith in Christ under the Emperor Diocletian. Until the 18th century, in Russian lives of saints, Vasilisa was called Vassa or Vasilisa. Because of a denunciation, the saint was captured and brought to the perfect Alexander, who tried to persuade the girl to renounce her faith and worship pagan idols, but his attempts were unsuccessful. Then the perfect ordered Vasilisa to be subjected to terrible torture: she was beaten in the face, stripped naked and hung upside down by her legs, burned with fire and fumigated with sulfur smoke. and then thrown into a burning oven. The martyr, having made the sign of the cross, came out of the fire unharmed. Then she was given to wild animals to be eaten, but they did not touch the saint. Subsequently, the perfect released the girl, and he himself believed in Christ and spent the rest of his life in repentance. After the torture, Vasilissa went outside the city and, standing on a stone, said a prayer. At her request, a healing spring gushed out of the stone, the water from which subsequently healed many Christians. Near this stone the martyr died peacefully. Bishop Anthony buried her.
Signs of the day:
- A warm day means a long winter.
- The day turned out to be foggy — field work will be easy and calm.
- Fog on a new or full moon means clear weather.
- After lunch it started to rain — the bad weather will drag on for a long time.
- Ants build large anthills — for a long winter.
- Few berries and mushrooms mean a poor harvest next year.
- If you wash the floors with a decoction of heather on this day, the evil spirits will retreat from it.
- Old things were to be burned behind the yard. And if you burn potato tops along with them, this will ensure prosperity for the entire coming year.
- Hang old shoes in the livestock room on September 16 to protect animals from the evil eye and damage.
- If you haven’t had time to get rid of unnecessary junk, happiness will pass you by.
- Useful but unnecessary things should be distributed to the poor and poor on this day.
- If you hang small bast shoes (you can even use them as souvenirs) in the kitchen, then the hostess will have good luck all year long.
- September 16 is a good day for revealing deceptions. Therefore, be careful!
- To avoid getting into trouble, try not to look in the mirror on this day, or do it as little as possible.
Name days are celebrated today by: Nikolai, Ivan, Alexey, Sergey, Dominica, Vasilisa, Mikhail, Efim, Peter, Ilya.
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