Good Friday is the banner that Lent is about to come to its logical conclusion and a holiday will begin Great Easter when life conquered death.
In 2016, Good Friday will fall on April 29. Two days before Great Easter. What not to do on Good Friday and how to spend this day? After all, this day is not only the strictest, but also carries a certain, deep meaning.
Historical excursion
To understand what kind of day this is - Good Friday - and what not to do, we need to consider the issue from a historical angle.
According to biblical scripture, it is in Good Friday, The Savior of all mankind appeared before the highest religious court. He was judged for his righteous deeds and given the punishment: execution. But Pontius Pilate, without whose consent no one could be executed, did not consider it necessary to impose a punishment in the form of execution, so he gave the will to decide the fate of Jesus Christ to the gathered people. The crowd of people gathered vehemently insisted on the release of Barabbas, who was a criminal, and not his Savior. In such a situation, Pontius Pilate had no choice but to agree with the religious court and approve the execution of Jesus Christ.
After the trial, on the same day, Jesus was beaten with whips, after which the heaviest burden was placed on him. wooden cross, which he was forced to carry to Golgotha. On the same mountain. And on this very cross Jesus Christ was crucified. This is how Good Friday arose, the most mournful day of the entire period.
What you can and should do on Good Friday
Before I talk about what you can’t do on this day, you need to outline what you can and should do. On Good Friday, services are held in churches. If you cannot attend all the services, then you need to choose at least one, and be sure to go to church. In churches they read the Gospel about the events that happened at the trial of Christ and after it, that is, about the ascent to Golgotha, the crucifixion and the events after. The Gospel is read three times.
After the evening service in churches, the Shroud is taken out. The Shroud represents a plate big size with an image of Jesus Christ lying in a tomb. The shroud is taken out and placed in the very center of the temple. Often the Shroud with the image of Christ lying in the tomb is decorated with flowers, as a symbol of the fact that the Savior’s body was anointed with incense after death.
Usually, believers prefer to come to the service that precedes the removal of the Shroud in order to venerate it, and in the evening go home for a modest meal, since before the removal of the Shroud they must abstain from any food, and even water, all day.
Due to the fact that there are many prohibitions on Good Friday, the main one of which is strict abstinence from food and eating, many people believe that nothing at all should be done on this day. But this opinion is wrong. There are many actions, the implementation of which is aimed at improving one’s well-being and solving certain problems.
For example, it was on this Friday that our ancestors planted parsley. It was believed that this herb was the fortune teller of all. Parsley brings love, prosperity, passion, understanding, and a rich harvest to the home.
Dried parsley was placed in small bags and worn as a talisman against magic and negativity throughout the year. However, such a talisman could only be made from the parsley that was planted on Good Friday.
On Good Friday you can also go to church and bless your ring. It is believed that this action helps protect against various ailments, the evil eye and the forces of black magic (evil eyes, love spells, etc.). The power of the consecrated ring protects its wearer throughout the year.
Also, on this strict day, it is customary to treat your friends, loved ones or just passers-by with baked goods, eggs, cottage cheese and milk. But, it should be remembered that on Good Friday one must abstain from food, and fasting still continues until Easter. Therefore, you should either warn the recipient of such a gift that these treats are for the festive Easter table, or not tempt them and refrain from giving the gift. Also on Good Friday you can, and even need to, do more good deeds and give alms. Although such actions, of course, can be followed not only on this day, but also on ordinary worldly days too. Options, .
Good Friday is a day of deep sorrow. And also a day when everyone can think about the events that happened. On this day, preference should be given to reflection and prayer.
The most important thing you need to take away for yourself is that on Good Friday you need to visit the temple and not eat food or even drink water for the entire day, until the removal of the Shroud. Whether to follow other customs or not is everyone’s personal choice.
What not to do on Good Friday
Good Friday, what should you not do on this day? As has already been mentioned more than once, the main prohibition is not to eat food or drink water, that is, to observe the most strict fast. If your health does not allow you to fast all day, then you can drink water and eat bread; this is not considered a sin if there are life-threatening reasons.
On this day you can’t do any housework (after all, that’s what it was given for). Maundy Thursday), do not indulge in the celebration of life. If possible, Good Friday is best spent in solitude (with the exception of going to church), reflection and prayer.
Another list of what not to do on Good Friday:
Do household chores, which includes cleaning, cooking, and laundry. If all holiday preparations If you didn’t manage to do it on Maundy Thursday, you can finish preparing Easter treats on Saturday, but not on Good Friday.
Interesting! Despite the fact that there is a regulation that you cannot cook on Good Friday, our ancestors were convinced that this was the most appropriate day to paint eggs and cook Easter cakes ki. In order for Easter cakes on Good Friday to turn out fluffy and rosy, no one should see how the housewife kneads the dough. In the meantime, the Easter cake is ripening in the oven, you can’t make noise.
There is a ban on washing the body.
It is prohibited to weave, darn, or cut.
It is forbidden to sing (even divine songs), dance, and it is advisable to refrain from watching entertainment programs and TV in general.
Attend and organize entertainment events.
We must refrain from work. Of course, in today's world this is no longer considered a sin when it comes to hired work, where responsibilities are responsibilities. But along with this, it is worth abandoning earthworks, housework and other types of work that are not necessary and can wait for a more suitable day.
Important! One should abstain from food until the Shroud is taken out. However, even after this, the meal should be modest, for example, you can cook kutya, taste some bread and drink some water. Great .
Other signs for Good Friday:
If you bake bread on Good Friday (despite the fact that you can’t cook on this day, you can start baking after the Shroud is taken out), it is believed that it can become healing and will never become moldy.
It is believed that you should not pierce the ground with metal objects (shovels, rakes, etc.) on this day. Those who do not follow this prohibition will face trouble.
If you hang your laundry to dry on this day (which, by the way, you can’t do on Good Friday, since you can’t wash it), then blood stains will appear on it.
If you break the fast on Good Friday and drink water, then throughout the year a person will be tormented by thirst, which cannot be quenched by any drink. Abstaining from food and water on this day symbolizes the thirst that Jesus Christ experienced on the cross.
If on Good Friday the sky is strewn with stars, then there will be grainy wheat.
On Good Friday you need to wake up and look out the window. If a young girl is the first to see a flying bird, this is a sign of new pleasant acquaintances; if a young man sees the same animal, this is good news. If the first person your eyes fall on is a cat, then this is a sign of wealth. Seeing a dog first is not good news. But if you see an old man or a disabled person first, then unfortunately, troubles and illnesses will come to the house.
The list of what not to do in 2016 is quite impressive. But we should remember that this is the most sorrowful day of the year, so we must try to follow all the prohibitions in order to honor those moments when Jesus Christ atoned for all human sins on the cross. Moreover, there is only one day left after Good Friday.
Happy Easter!
Good Friday is a sacred day for Christians. Liturgy is not celebrated on this day, thus emphasizing the significance of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. On those rare occasions when Good Friday coincides with the Annunciation, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is still served.
The entire Holy Week - Week, imposes a number of restrictions on the laity, obliging them to perform their traditionally prescribed housework and housework on each day. How to live righteously these last six days of Lent?
Special schedule
Traditionally, MondayWeeks served to beautify the house: on this day they whitewash the walls, paint the fence, and repair the porch. Cleaning the premises and washing floors is postponed from traditional Saturday to this Monday.
Wednesday— we pick up tails around the house, finish work in the garden, on the ground. On Wednesday, icons are put in order and candles are prepared to protect against illnesses and misfortunes. On the third day of the week, they get rid of garbage after cleaning and make preparations for painting Easter eggs.
In Clean ThursdayEveryone is told to swim! Bathing the sick and weak will relieve illness. According to legend, if a girl washes her face in a silver bowl on Maundy Thursday in the morning, she will be able to keep her face fresh for a long time and will become more beautiful. Candles are brought into the house from churches - according to legend, a candle on Thursday of the Week will save the house from fire and disaster. Salt used to be baked in the oven, which became healing. Maundy Thursday is the day when the souls of the righteous come to earth to celebrate the “Dead Easter” in churches. By night they visit church service and it’s better not to catch their eye - you might end up in trouble! Sometimes they go to the cemetery to remember the dead, but the church does not really approve of this tradition. On the same day, in the evening, you can start baking Easter cakes.
On the night of Good Friday, the dough is kneaded while hungry, under the prayer of the Holy Mother of God. To make the cake tasty and fluffy, it needs to be coated three times. sign of the cross, put it in the oven, saying: “Lord, help!” No one else should see the kneaded dough; while baking, it is forbidden to make noise, talk loudly, or slam doors - you can scare away the grace!
Ready-made Easter cakes are added to the Easter basket with eggs, homemade sausage and a piece of meat (lard) for subsequent consecration in the church.
If you are an enviable housewife and can boast of culinary talent, then you can add something you prepared yourself to the basket for blessing. hard cheese or a curd cake baked according to a special recipe. Vegetables, horseradish, fruits, salt and herbs will not be superfluous in such a basket. Among the alcoholic drinks in the church on Easter, you can sanctify red wine - Cahors.
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On this day, field work and house cleaning are strictly prohibited - all cleaning must be completed on Thursday! Washing and sewing are considered sins. On this day, fasting is the most severe - you can neither drink nor eat, honoring the torment of Christ. Eating food is allowed only after removing the Shroud from the church - a large piece of material with an image embroidered on it of the deceased Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary lying in the tomb. The removal of the Shroud usually takes place at three o'clock in the afternoon, after which the parishioners are allowed to refresh themselves with a loaf of bread and clean water. It is believed that righteous deprivation and patience during fasting will bear fruit - by persistently enduring thirst throughout Good Friday, you can avoid subsequent harm from any drink.
It was believed that if you dried your laundry on this Friday, undetectable scarlet spots would appear on it, and plants planted in the ground would not take root. The soil into which a shovel or other household tool enters will become diseased and stop producing crops.
On Friday it is only permissible to sympathize with Jesus Christ, remembering his suffering, fasting and praying.
On Good Friday, it is necessary to refrain from entertainment, celebrations and carnal pleasures. Those who drink alcohol on this day risk becoming drunkards or causing irreparable harm to their health. Children conceived on this day risk being born weak and sickly. There is also a serious risk that they will become criminals.
If you do not want to lose your health, then avoid performing any cosmetic procedures on Good Friday: you cannot cut your hair, dye your hair, or do a manicure.
Even if you have a holiday or birthday on this day, you should postpone all special events to another day, because you cannot sing, dance, or listen to loud music. A person who rejoices on Friday of Holy Week will then cry for the rest of the year! You need to perceive Good Friday in sorrow - as if one of your relatives had died.
You cannot spit on the ground on Great Friday - all the saints will turn away from the spitter and he will lose their protection and patronage.
Good Friday: how to survive it?
- On Good Friday, it is recommended to bless some kind of ring in church, not necessarily made of precious metal. Any favorite decoration will do. After consecration, the item will turn into a talisman and will protect its wearer all year long, provided it is worn.
- Old people recommend weaning a child from the nursing breast on this day. Then the baby will grow strong and strong.
- If you bring twelve lighted candles from church after the service and let them burn out completely in the house, then good luck and prosperity will come to the family.
- Any dough kneaded on this day will produce bread that will not mold throughout the year. There is a belief that such bread can even cure a sick person. It is recommended to keep a piece of Easter cake baked on Good Friday at home behind icons - it will protect your home from harm.
- You can cast conspiracies for health and treatment of the sick - on this day they are especially strong.
- The only exception for gardeners is for parsley, which, if planted on Good Friday, will give a double harvest. It should be taken into account that parsley will have to be sown by digging the beds by hand, without the use of metal tools.
- And don’t forget the main thing - after Good Friday, Bright Friday will definitely come. Christ's Sunday, a day of great celebration and joy for the entire human race! Happy Easter!
Orthodox Christians celebrate Good or Good Friday. This day is the most mournful of all those that occur during Holy Week and the penultimate day of Lent. On Good Friday, Christians again and again remember the last earthly day of the life of Jesus Christ. In particular, in their memories they rely on the sufferings of the cross and death.
On Good Friday, it is prescribed to observe a very strict fast, up to complete abstinence from eating food. This is precisely the concept that church ministers adhere to exactly until the end of the service, which on Friday is of a special nature. IN Orthodox traditions A large number of signs and customs have been preserved, as well as prohibitions that are relevant for Good Friday.
When is Good Friday in 2018?
In 2018, Good Friday falls on April 6th. This is the day when the Passion of Christ is remembered. If we rely on the Gospel, then it was on this day that Jesus was put on trial, committed way of the cross to Golgotha, where he was crucified. On Good Friday, the earthly life of the Savior of mankind ended.
Worship on Good Friday
Special services start back at Maundy Thursday, which is also called Pure. On this day in all Orthodox churches The service, which is called the Sequence of the 12 Gospels, ends. During this process, believers stand in the temple with lit candles. During the service, twelve passages from the Gospel are read, which are dedicated to the suffering, torment of the cross and death of Christ.
In total, three services are held on Good Friday. In the morning the Hours are served, then, as on Maundy Thursday, the Gospel of the Passion of Christ is read. In the afternoon they serve vespers with the rite of removing the shroud. Then follows the evening service, which is called Matins. Holy Saturday with the rite of burial of the Shroud.
Good Friday 2018: what to do
Good Friday is the most strict day Holy Week Great Lent. According to ancient legends, on this day it is better to completely give up food, allowing yourself some bread with cold water. This should happen in the evening - after the ceremony of removing the Shroud takes place.
Good Friday has always been especially revered in the folk Christian tradition. A large number of traditions and customs have been preserved to this day and are observed by true Christian believers.
For example, in villages in Rus', throughout Holy Week, peasants burned bonfires on high hillocks, which paid tribute to the memory of the god of fire Perun to protect the fields from evil spirits and all kinds of evil spirits. People tried to drive away evil spirits with loud screams and noises. They also specially drove horses around the village in order to scare away evil spirits with horse stomping. Brooms and whips were used to protect against the “evil one,” which were taken into the hands of a variety of segments of the population. In the other hand they held lit candles or a torch.
If we rely on the later Christian tradition, then after reading the 12 Gospels in churches, believers preferred to carry lit candles home to save their home from evil spirits. They placed splinters next to the icons.
On Good Friday there are a large number of prohibitions that apply to all Orthodox Christians. The following prohibitions have survived to this day:
- On this day it is not customary to do anything around the house. According to legend, a good housewife should finish all her chores on Maundy Thursday, and there should be no housework until Easter.
- In memory of the incredible torment of Christ that he endured, it was believed that on Good Friday one should not pierce the ground with iron, since this is a great sin that leads to troubles. Simply put, on Friday it was impossible to harrow, plow, and the like.
- On Good Friday, any fun is prohibited. In particular, it was forbidden to laugh loudly, talk, walk or sing. Those who decide to break this tradition, according to ancient legend, will be tearful all year.
- Also on Friday, women were not allowed to sew, cut or wash, while men were prohibited from chopping wood, as well as all work with an ax and any other metal equipment.
Good Friday 2018: signs and customs
On Good Friday, it was customary to observe a large number of customs, while people built their future on the basis of signs. The following have survived to this day:
- According to an ancient superstition, on Good Friday you can find out if there are “charmed” things in the house. To do this, you should go around all the rooms with lit candles. And if it starts to crack, it means there is a “charmed” object nearby that you need to get rid of as quickly as possible.
- It is believed that the ring, which is consecrated on Good Friday, protects against various diseases.
- The folk calendar indicates that if on Good Friday the night is starry and the morning is clear, then good harvest can be expected from wheat, whereas if the morning is cloudy, then the field will be overgrown with weeds.
- Despite the fact that it was not customary to work on Good Friday, there is a belief that parsley or cabbage sown on this day gives a double harvest.
- It was believed that bread or Easter cake baked on Good Friday never becomes moldy and generally has healing properties. Such a cake was stored for a whole year, and sometimes even used as a remedy for illnesses.
- Good Friday, according to ancient belief, is considered a great day for weaning babies. In this case, children grow up healthy, strong and happy.
Good Friday in Orthodox faith considered the most mournful day throughout church year. According to scriptures, it was on this day that Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross in agony. Every year the date of Good Friday is different. After all, this day directly depends on when exactly Easter comes.
Good Friday 2018, what date the Orthodox will have, depends on the date of Easter. IN this year Easter will be quite early, it falls on April 8th. Accordingly, if you look at the calendar, it is not difficult to understand that Good Friday will be on April 6th. On this day you need to abstain from any work and be sure to go to temple. Let us once again emphasize the fact that this is the most mournful day of the year.
Also, Good Friday is the penultimate day of Lent. On this day, in churches, during services, and in prayers at home, the passion of Christ and his painful death on the cross are remembered. Also on this day, the body was taken down from the cross and buried in a cave. April 6th is the exact date that Good Friday will be in 2018.
Preparing for Good Friday
On Maundy Thursday, the day that precedes the described Friday, you need to finish at home general cleaning. It is important to do this on Thursday, because on Good Friday all business activities will be strictly prohibited. Moreover, it is no longer possible to clean up from Good Friday until the second week after Easter.
Also on Good Friday you need to stop preparing the festive Easter table. If on Thursday housewives can calmly paint eggs, put dough on Easter cakes, put cottage cheese Easter, jellied meat and aspic, then on Friday you need to refuse any kitchen work.
- Perform any homework. It has already been noted that you cannot clean or cook on this day, you also cannot sew or do laundry. The Church considers all these actions on the holiday to be a great sin.
- You cannot work with the soil on Good Friday: dripping, planting, or even watering. It is believed that everything sown on this day will yield absolutely no harvest.
- Stop drinking alcohol completely. Actually, it's going Lent when alcohol has long been banned. But even if a person does not fast, then on Good Friday one must definitely refuse to consume alcoholic drinks to avoid becoming an alcoholic.
- Any carnal pleasures are prohibited. If children were conceived on this day, people said they would be born sick and could become criminals in their future.
- You should also avoid cutting and coloring your hair. In general, on Good Friday you should not go to a beauty salon for any reason.
- Of course, you need to refrain from entertainment activities: even watching TV.
What do you do on Good Friday?
We have already noted exactly what should not be done on this important and mournful day before Easter. Now, of course, we need to note those things that are welcomed on this day.
You should try to spend this day in peace and quiet, pray a lot, remember the torment of Jesus Christ, which he accepted in the name of all mankind. You should definitely go to church on this day, ideally for morning and evening services. The evening service is important, during which the Shroud is brought to the center of the temple. This is a piece of fabric on which a full-length depiction of Jesus Christ is depicted. The shroud is located in the center of the temple on a hill, decorated with flowers, and the Gospel is placed on top of it. Evening service ends before the Shroud.
Important! During the church service in front of the Shroud, it is important to stand with your head bowed and bow low during the substitution of the cross. You should also venerate the Shroud at the end of the service.
What to eat on Good Friday?
April 6th is the date of Good Friday 2018. It should also be noted that this is one of the strictest days of Lent. On this day church canons They prescribe complete abstinence from food for the entire day. With the appearance of the first star in the sky, you can eat some bread and drink some water.
Important! Such strict dietary regulations are mandatory for clergy. As for the laity, the usual strict fast can be observed. For example, eat twice a day, not three.
Signs and customs of Good Friday:
- People believed that if for three years in a row on Good Friday one adheres strictly to fasting and abstains from food and drink, then a person will be able to see his death hour three days before death. Many wanted this in order to properly prepare for their death
- People also said that if you completely abstain from food on Good Friday, then God will forgive all sins (starting from the last confession).
- After the service in the temple, you need to buy and light a light. Do not put out the candle and go home with it, put it in the red corner. Now, spending time in prayer, wait until the candle burns out completely. It is believed that such a ritual provides happiness and prosperity to the home for the whole year.
- You can walk around the house with a lit candle that you brought from the temple. If somewhere a candle starts to smoke or crackle, there is something with bad energy there: it is recommended to get rid of it.
- Although church tradition only has a negative attitude towards magical actions and rituals, it is believed that conspiracies that are read on Good Friday have strong effect and are protected for a whole year.
If you know exactly how calculations are carried out and what kind of day it is, then in subsequent years it will not be difficult to independently determine the date of this day. You just need to count back two days from the date of Easter; this year it falls on April 6, provided that Orthodox believers celebrate Easter on April 8.
About the symbols of Good Friday
If we talk about figurative symbols, then, of course, first of all we are talking about the transition from earthly life to eternal life, which exists outside the body. The material symbol of this day is the Shroud. We have already discussed how much attention is paid to it in this material. It is believed that in Turin they bring into the temple exactly the Shroud that was wrapped around the body of Christ after it was taken down from the cross. Therefore, many pilgrims go on Good Friday precisely.
In conclusion of this material, I would like to remind you that Good Friday is the most mournful day of the year. This is the last day of the life of the Son of God, the Savior of mankind Jesus Christ on earth. The laity know what happened next and what exactly they celebrate on Easter Sunday. But on Good Friday, attention is paid precisely to those events that historically took place on this day.
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Friday before Easter Christians celebrate one of the most sorrowful days in church calendar , since it is at this time that the suffering and death of Jesus Christ is remembered.
Good Friday(as this day is called) involves the performance of certain rituals in churches, here it is performed worship of the shroud– a board with the image of the Savior. She is placed in the middle of the temple, surrounded by white flowers, in front of her is a censer, then the Gospel is read and chants are sung.
Long Good Friday begins with the morning service, when the Gospel is read before the Shroud. During the day, a board with the image of Christ is taken out, while “Lamentation” is read Mother of God", and in evening time A funeral service is taking place. At this time, in churches, all people stand with candles and listen to the “canon of Holy Saturday.” It should be said that worship occurs until late evening on Saturday, and after the religious procession the shroud is brought back to the temple. There the Sunday Gospel is read about angels, the crucified Christ and the place of his burial.
Good Friday, like any other day of Holy Week, has many different prohibitions, as well as signs that must be observed in order for there to be peace and tranquility in the family.
Good Friday: What not to do
Absolutely all sincere believers do not eat anything at all until the removal of the shroud. And immediately returning from church, Friendly family sits down to dinner table eat food.
- It is important to note the fact that dinner on Good Friday is a fast one; you should not even eat fish on this day. On Good Friday, fasting is extremely strict. Products that can be eaten on a given day are: vegetables, fruits, lean bread. All food must be eaten even without vegetable oil.
- In order to protect yourself from poisons, you don’t need to drink anything throughout the day of Good Friday.
- Any household chores should be postponed until another day, since it is on Good Friday that you cannot do anything.
- It is important to note that on Good Friday there is a special ban on sewing.
- Also, you cannot wash clothes on Good Friday, even if you use washing machine. There is a special belief that if you wash something on Good Friday and hang it out to dry, it will in any case become covered with drops of blood.
- Also, it is absolutely not worth chopping wood on Good Friday, as this is bad omen have a great day.
- You cannot sing, dance, walk, have fun, laugh, drink alcohol, quarrel or swear on Good Friday. It has always been said that the person who amused himself on Good Friday next year will greatly grieve, cry and suffer.
- You cannot violate the integrity of the earth on Good Friday, because grief may happen. Anything planted on Good Friday will be lost.
- Those who follow the strictest rules of the Great Pre-Easter Lent do not even wash themselves on this day. Violation of these prohibitions is considered a great sin.
- You cannot stick iron objects, such as shovels and rakes, into the ground on Good Friday: this will bring trouble. Therefore, plants planted on this day will die. Only parsley sown on Good Friday will yield a double harvest.
Good Friday: what you can do
- All preparations for the Easter holiday must be completed on Maundy Thursday, so that on Good Friday nothing distracts from prayers and services.
- Housewives were only allowed to bake Easter cakes and plant cabbage. On Good Friday you can and even need to bake Easter cakes. They say that Easter baked today will never spoil or become moldy. Easter cake baked in Holy Week, can heal from any disease, protect from bad weather and fire.
- To obtain strong amulet, we need to consecrate the ring today.
- People believe that parsley sown on Good Friday will give a rich harvest, unlike other plants that cannot be planted on Good Friday.
Signs of Good (Great) Friday
- A loaf of bread baked on Good Friday cures all illnesses and never goes moldy.
- If bees are transported on any day other than Good Friday, they will certainly die.
- If you are thirsty on Good Friday, no drink will harm you for a whole year.
- If it is cloudy on this day, then the bread will be covered with weeds.
- If the sky is starry on Good Friday, then the wheat will be grainy.
- Rings blessed on Good Friday protect the wearer from all illnesses.
- Easter baked goods saved from one Good Friday to the next prevent whooping cough.
- The sign says that if you wean a baby on Good Friday, the child will be strong, healthy and will live happily.
- On Good Friday it is also customary to determine whether there are spoken things in the house. From the church they bring an unburned candle that was in their hands during the service, light it and go through the rooms. Where it crackles, there is a damaged item.
- In addition, after Friday service, it is customary to bring twelve burning candles with which they stood in church to the house. Candles should be placed in the house and allowed to burn out to the end - this will bring happiness and prosperity to the house for the next twelve months.
If, while sprucing up your house on Maundy Thursday, you didn’t have time to look into the kitchen and bake some Easter eggs, you’ll have this opportunity on Saturday. This cannot be done on Good Friday.