Prayers, rites and conspiracies for the Trinity. Plots for love and wealth for the Trinity

One of the most popular holidays in the people - DayHoly Trinity - began to be widely celebrated in Russia since the time of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The holiday existed before, but only at the beginning of the 15th century did it accept the purely Christian form that is inherent in it today. In the old days it was dominated by traditions that were preserved from paganism. But even now many conspiracies and rituals on the Trinity are echoes of long-deceased pre-Christian times. About them is our story.

Neighborhood of paganism and Christianity

Since a long time the week preceding the holidayTrinity, was called in the people Rusal, or Green saints, which immediately suggests the ancient rites and customs. It was the seventh after Easter, and in those days it was possible to hear equally pagan conspiracies, and prayers for the Trinity, read today. Christianity and paganism side by side. This week was a border between spring and summer, which was the reason for its other name - "Gran Week".

Our distant ancestors felt their inseparableconnection with nature and perceived themselves as an integral part of it. They existed in her environment, and were in a vital dependence on her changeable disposition. It is not surprising that the ancient Slavs often prayed their prayers to those gods that were really palpable, and therefore more understandable. From these prayers, the well-known conspiracies for the Trinity were born.

Agricultural rituals

The holiday of the Trinity always fell out at the beginning of summer,when the sowing season was already over, and for the future harvest it was necessary to enlist the support of those gods on whom he depended. In this regard, great importance was attached to various rituals. One of them was "walking in the vein".

It was that women and girlswent out into the field and, after examining the first shoots, arranged a meal from the traditional for this holiday fried eggs. Then, having collected full spoons of the shell, they threw them up, loudly proclaiming: "Let the rye rise as high as these spoons." The ceremony ended with a somersault on the ground and various magical cries. They say that it helped a lot.

Rituals were widely practiced this week.plots on the Trinity, which were supposed to save villagers from various weather disasters and prevent the destruction of the harvest. And here the fusion of paganism with Christianity manifested itself in its entirety. On the same day, they could perform Orthodox prayer services in the fields with a water consecration and water the graves of those who died unnaturally. Especially drunkards and drowned people. It was believed that this is a reliable tool.

Spirits of ancestors

Trinity Sabbath Saturday, establishedThe Orthodox Church and now widely celebrated today, our ancestors also had a pagan color. This day was considered the day of meeting with the spirits of ancestors, who should be well treated, and showing them their love and gratitude, to receive their support in all field and household work. Success in them promised prosperity, and abundance in the house. That is why it is possible to say with certainty that the present conspiracies of wealth on the Trinity were born in those ancient times. His strength was not always enough, so they turned to otherworldly people.

Ancient plots on the Trinity these daysneighbors with the customs accepted in our time. For example, decorating temples and dwellings with green birch branches, and in those areas where it does not grow - with branches of mountain ash, maple or ash. But, unlike us, their ancestors burned them in ritual "bathing" fires or used as a means of a fire and a hurricane, stuck under the roof of a stable or cowshed.

Customs associated with nature

It is known that there was also a very incomprehensibleus the custom, which consisted in that an old hive that had served its time hid from an owner in advance, and then was burned on the edge of the field on the day of the Trinity. Round the fire round dances took place and at the same time they sang: "A good fire - a bee swarm will be good."

Plots and rituals for the Trinity were often associated withbirch, this integral part of the holiday. According to the established tradition, young girls on this day went to the groves to curl the birch. Bind twigs, they braided them in braids, after which, connecting the two nearest trees with the tips, the pairs passed under the formed green arch. This was called "kumitsya", as it was believed that after the ritual, couples become girlfriends for life. Accompanied by all the songs and round dances.

Beliefs associated with rivers and lakes

With the Trinity, a ritual of divination is connected. Young girls wove wreaths from spring grasses, and walked with them to the river. The wreath fell into the water, and by the way he behaves, the future maiden's destiny was predicted. If the wreath safely stayed on the water, or even better, swam against the current, it meant a speedy wedding with your beloved and desired, and if he was drowning, then forgive your dreams of a narrowing until next year.

However, near rivers and lakes it was necessary to keep withcautious. It was not for nothing that this festive week was called Mermaid. More than once it was noticed that these days mermaids leave their favorite pools and go ashore.

Hiding in the branches of the coastal bushes, theyplayful laughter and awning lure the passing fellows, and then drag them to the river bottom. However, it was better for the girls to stay away from the water. For this reason, no one bathed during the celebration of the Trinity - they were careful of the river evil spirits. In the forest, too, did not go one by one. There though there are no mermaids, but leshy. Another question - what's worse.

Plots for love

As you know, for the holiday of the Trinity followedWeek of All Saints. According to the ancient Slavonic calendar, it coincided with the holidays of Kostroma and Yarila. Yarila among the Eastern Slavs, in addition to being the sun, was also a kind of analogue of the Greek Eros - the god of love, and in some areas of Bacchus - the god of wine and fun. They portrayed him as a handsome young man with a wreath on his head. In general, it turned out a kind of charming lover, and even warmed by wine.

The conspiracy to love the Trinity - inthe present Christian time is completely inappropriate, undoubtedly, is an echo of those rituals and magic rituals that were universally arranged by our ancestors to this handsome Yaril. In honor of it were arranged merrymaking, continued throughout the night. One of the elements was the so-called bride kidnapping. It was concluded that at a certain moment the young man had to catch, ahead of others, the one that was to his heart. Often, such "snoops" ended with weddings, which were played in the autumn after the completion of field work.

The Divine Name of Christ

To illustrate the plot of love forTrinity, we give just one example. Those who wanted to bewitch themselves to someone were taking in the church a bunch of grass, which was covered with floor, and which thus became sanctified. This grass was put under the pillow for the night. After that, we went to bed without praying to God. Already in bed they uttered a conspiracy in which, asking for forgiveness before Christ, in a folklore and poetic form, they asked Him to bewitch (in this way!) Their beloved person. From the standpoint of Orthodoxy, this, like all plots on the Holy Trinity, is an unacceptable sacrilege and a grave sin.

Paganism and Christianity are incompatible

In summary, it should be noted that the magicalconspiracies and prayers for the Trinity, included in the festive ordination, established by the Russian Orthodox Church - incompatible things. The first can be of interest only as elements of folklore and poetry. Any appeal to the otherworldly forces, not sanctified by the Grace of Jesus Christ, such as conspiracies on the Trinity, is fatal to the human soul. In addition, they are fraught with unpredictable consequences, capable of causing irreparable harm.

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