“Vasiliev day” or holiday of “the Three hierarchs”: national holidays 12 Feb 2018

2018-02-11 20:30

“Vasiliev day” or holiday of “the Three hierarchs”: national holidays 12 Feb 2018
In the Church calendar is the Cathedral celebration in honor of the world’s three major teachers, parents and the Orthodox Church. According to popular belief, February 12 it is impossible to spin

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National holidays 12 February 2018 national holiday of the “Three saints” is celebrated February 12 (old style 30 January).

In the Church calendar is the Cathedral celebration in honor of the world’s three major teachers, parents and the Orthodox Church.

Other names of the feast: “Three hierarchs”, “Vasiliev day”, “Basil”, “Animal svadebnik”, “Beastly feast”. In the X century in Constantinople there was a split in the faith. Enlightened in matters of faith men were divided into three camps. The reason for a heated argument there were three prominent fathers of the Church Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom and Basil the Great. Each of the three warring camps trying to prove that the Holy, which they prefer, is more important than the other two. Soon, these feuds have absorbed all residents of the city. Everywhere was loud and prolonged disputes and quarrels, which could not see any end or edge. The dispute was decided by the saints. Late one night, they all, at first alternately, then together, appeared in the dream Metropolitan Whatishome. The Church fathers explained that the mistake people make is that they are trying to divide the saints who are one. Therefore it is better to exercise the memory about them one day. And there was a holiday Trehtsvetie.

According to popular belief, February 12 it is impossible to spin, so the day is called the Day of the three hierarchs-naryadilsya.

The people also called animal holiday. It is believed that on this day in wild animals start mating. Animals choose a mate, clashes between males.

People celebrated this “holiday” kind — was served on the table, venison and wild animals (e.g. wild boar). The behavior of wild animals judged about the weather. If the rabbits come into the gardens — it will be another severe winter. If the wolves are howling close to housing — is also to frost. Bullfinch chirps squeaky voice — so, we should expect a Blizzard. But mice are predicting a thaw for a day before raising the temperature out from under the forest litter on the snow.

Heat portend and frosted trees. Red trachslau month, promises a strong wind; and the wind, in turn, promises raw.

Born on this day, care about any of the forest animals and birds. About people saying, “you’ll Be in the morning, early, go out on a strong wind, the frost, the forest, and he closes the path to burrows, dens, nests, to the tracts of the beast blessed and blessed birds, that no ravenous eyes would not look bestial offspring.”