Day of the Holy Trinity: what can be done, what is prohibited

Like other religious holidays, the Trinity has its sacred meaning, which is true, Christian and pagan traditions and prohibitions are intertwined in it.

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Trinity 2022 is celebrated on June 12 — every hour it falls on Easter, exactly 50 days after Easter, when Christ's resurrection took place. According to the Gospel, on the 10th day after his ascension, the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles, thus the trinity of the Christian God took place: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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Church prohibitions on the Trinity

On Sunday, on the Trinity, housework is forbidden, you can't clean up - it must be done the day before, on Saturday, chopping firewood, doing repairs. It is forbidden to wash, it is forbidden to sew, knit and engage in any needlework. However, it is allowed to perform urgent and vital work that cannot be postponed, as well as feed pets. On Green Easter, one should not leave the house without a cross - according to folk signs, an evil force comes out at this time, and the cross consecrated in the church must protect against it. On the day of the Trinity, one should not think about sad and bad things, wish harm to someone and quarrel. Quarrels on this day are considered a great sin - it is better to suffer for a few days, and perhaps then you will not want to quarrel. The whole week before the Holy Trinity, church rites are not held - weddings, funerals, baptisms.

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Pagan prohibitions on the Trinity

• It is believed that throughout Green Week, and especially on Trinity Day, this year on June 16, water elements are activated. Therefore, it is forbidden to swim in open bodies of water: rivers, lakes, ponds, because mermaids can catch them.
• It is not customary to go to the bathhouse, take a shower or a bath on Pentecost, even children are not bathed on this day. It is believed that water spirits can harm even in such harmless household conditions.
• In addition to water mermaids, forest seagulls also wake up, so it is dangerous to go to the forest on Trinity, according to popular belief.
• Our ancestors categorically do not recommend getting married on Green Sunday, and especially on the day of the Trinity itself, but nowadays a wedding on the Trinity is considered a bad omen.
• Decorating the house with greenery on the Trinity, it is worth choosing birch branches, wormwood, mint, yarrow and others. You can't consecrate in church and leave willow branches and aspen leaves at home.