Trinity is one of the 12 main Orthodox holidays. It is celebrated annually on Sunday, the 50th day after Easter. In 2020, Trinity falls on June 7th. The official church name of the holiday is Holy Trinity Day. Pentecost. It was established in honor of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the Virgin Mary on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The holiday symbolizes the unity of the Holy Spirit, God the Father and God the Son.

history of the holiday

The holiday is timed to coincide with the events that took place on the 50th day after Easter - the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the Virgin Mary. At this time, the disciples of Jesus Christ and the Mother of God were in the Zion Room in Jerusalem. At three o'clock in the afternoon they heard a loud noise, and blessed fire descended on them. After that, the apostles received the gift of speaking in different languages ​​in order to preach the doctrine of Christ to the peoples of the world. This event is described in the Acts of the Holy Apostles.

Traditions and rituals of the holiday

The Trinity has well-established church and folk traditions of celebration.

In the Orthodox Church, it is celebrated for three days. The clergy wear green clothes, which symbolizes eternal life and life-giving. Temples are decorated with tree branches, and the floor is covered with fresh grass.

On the eve of Saturday, an all-night vigil is served. On the day of the feast, the Gospel of John is read, and a festive liturgy is celebrated. The third day of Trinity is called the day of the Holy Spirit. On this day, it is customary to bless water in churches. People take the grass and branches that decorated the temples and bring them home. They dry them and store them all year round - they protect the house from diseases and troubles.

On holidays, people attend services in temples. On the eve of the Trinity, the dead are commemorated: they go to cemeteries and leave treats for the spirits.

According to folk traditions, on the eve of the celebration, the hostesses carry out a general cleaning in houses and yards. They prepare festive treats, bake bread or loaf, which symbolizes fertility and prosperity. Decorate houses, icons with tree branches and herbs. On the day of the Holy Trinity, after the service, it is customary to visit or invite close relatives and friends to visit, to give gifts. After the festive dinner, folk festivals are organized. People go to nature, where they perform ritual dances, sing songs, kindle bonfires.

Traditional healers collect herbs on this day. They believe that nature endows them with special miraculous properties.

Divination for the Trinity

On the day of the Holy Trinity, young girls tell fortunes about future events, marriage, love. When performing rituals, they use plants, water.

Fortune telling on a wreath. On the evening of the holiday, you need to make a wreath of birch branches and four types of grass: thyme, willow-da-marya, burdock and bear's ear and leave it overnight in the yard. If it withers in the morning, then in the near future we should expect minor difficulties. A fresh wreath portends a good year.

Divination by the river. The girl must weave a wreath, insert a lit candle into it and run it along the river. If he drowns near the shore, then the relationship with the guy will be short and unsuccessful. If the wreath floats far along the river with a lit candle, then its owner will have a fateful meeting. A wreath washed ashore marks the wedding this year.

Fortune telling on St. John's wort. In order to find out if a young man has feelings for a girl, she must take a bunch of St. John's wort and twist it with such force that juice flows out of it. If the juice is transparent, then the love is unrequited, and if it is red, then the feelings are strong and mutual.

What can you eat on Trinity

There is no fasting on this day, so it is allowed to eat any food and products.

How to decorate a house for Trinity

To decorate houses, people use young branches of trees, meadow grasses and flowers. The main symbol is the birch. Young green foliage symbolizes the cycle of life and youth. The white color of the branches represents the pure thoughts of believers. Branches of oak, linden, maple and mountain ash are designed to protect the house from evil spirits.

From meadow herbs, people use cornflowers, lovage, thyme, fern, mint, lemon balm, burdock. They weave wreaths from them and hang them on the door, make bouquets that they put on the table or near the icons. Unmarried girls put herbs under their pillows.

What not to do on Trinity

Trinity is a great Orthodox holiday. On this day, you can not do heavy physical labor and household chores. You should devote time to prayers and loved ones. You can not quarrel and get angry at others. According to popular beliefs, on this day it is forbidden to swim in natural reservoirs. People believe that on the Trinity, evil spirits take on the appearance of mystical characters (mermaids, mermen) and are capable of causing harm.

Signs and beliefs on the Trinity

• Rainy day - to a good harvest of mushrooms in the fall.
• On this holiday, you should not play a wedding, otherwise the marriage will be unsuccessful.
• Arranging matchmaking for the Trinity is a good omen. The future marriage will be strong and happy.
• Pentecost is a good time to search for treasures. On this day, the earth is able to generously endow a person with wealth.
• It is considered a good omen to shed tears during the service. Mourning grass symbolizes a rich harvest and wealth.

Congratulations

I congratulate you on the holiday of the Trinity,
I wish prosperity, love, earthly blessings.
On an exalted holiday, a holy holiday
Feel great joy in your soul!

Peace in the family, understanding, care,
New victories, achievements in work.
Blessings and beautiful life,
Celebrate the Trinity holiday with your family!

I want to congratulate you on the Holy Trinity,
Look at the sky with your soul today.
Let the holiday fill your heart with warmth,
And let the sun shine inside you.

I also wish you good health
And find peace of mind in fragrant herbs.
Let the angel always hover at the head,
And may he protect all your ways.

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Trinity in 2017: what date, rituals, traditions, customs of the holiday. Holy Trinity Day is one of the most important religious holidays. In Orthodoxy, the holiday bears the title of the twelfth, that is, it is included in the list of the most significant events in the life of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Trinity in 2017: what date. The date of the Trinity varies from year to year and depends on what date the Easter holiday was. Because celebrate Trinity on the fiftieth day after Easter. Since in 2017, then Trinity will be June 4th.

Trinity in 2017: rituals, traditions, customs of the holiday. Trinity is a holiday that completes the spring cycle of Christian holidays. Then comes the time of fasting and the summer cycle. By tradition, the Trinity is celebrated on a grand scale, with folk festivals, songs and dances, and they also honor Mother Nature.

The main symbol of the Trinity is a birch. That is why birch branches are a traditional attribute and are present in every home. When going to the service, the Orthodox also take birch branches with them to consecrate them. At home they are placed next to the icons. It is believed that these branches protect the house and its owners from negativity, protect against illness and the evil eye.

Going to the temple on the feast of the Trinity is an unchanging tradition of a believer. And after the service, people rush home to cook a festive dinner. The main dish of the festive table is loaf.

After the meal, it is customary to have fun and have fun, arrange games. Leftover food should not be thrown away, it should be given to the poor or fed to birds and animals.

The main thing, like any Christian holiday, is to celebrate the Trinity with a light heart and good thoughts.

The Holy Trinity in 2017 falls on June 4 - that is, on the 50th day after Easter. Therefore, this holiday is also called Pentecost. ICTV Facts has collected everything you need to know about him.

What does the Holy Trinity mean

It was on this day that the Holy Spirit descended on the holy apostles, followers of Jesus Christ, which symbolizes the trinity of God. From that day on, God gave the apostles the gift of speaking in different languages. And it is the Trinity that is considered the birthday of the Church. The week after it is called "Green Christmas".

All Orthodox churches on this day are decorated with branches of birch, lilac, maple - they symbolize the renewal of the soul.

After the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Trinity, a special service is performed in the temples with the reading of kneeling prayers: the priest reads the prayers, kneeling in the Royal Doors, facing the faithful, while the parishioners also kneel, for the first time after Easter.

Traditions and signs

Trinity is celebrated for three days. The hostesses prepare very carefully for it: they clean the house, decorate the house with fresh branches of maple, birch, willow, linden, flowers and herbs, which symbolizes prosperity and a new life cycle.

Saturday before the holiday is a memorial day. People in temples light candles for the repose of deceased relatives. They especially pray for those who died an untimely death, considering them victims of insidious mermaids.

For the holiday, women bake pies, prepare meat and fish snacks. In some regions, eggs are dyed green on this day.

The first day - Green Sunday - is popularly considered the day of activity and deceit of mermaids and other mythical evil spirits. The greenery that decorates houses is a protection and a talisman against them. On the morning of this day, festive services are held in the temples. Then people visit each other. Mass celebrations, fairs begin.

Trinity has always been considered a girl's holiday. They weave wreaths, dropping them into the river for divination. Then they went for a walk in the forest. By this day, a loaf was baked and distributed to unmarried girls in the forest. These pieces were dried and stored until the wedding, then kneading crackers into the dough for the wedding loaf. It was believed that they would bring prosperity and love to their new family. Then, under the birch, they organized a picnic - a festive meal. In the evening, the people were entertained by mummers.

The second day of the holiday is called Klechalny Monday. After the service, the priests went to the fields to read prayers asking God for a blessing on the future harvest.

On the third, Bogodukhov day, the guys chose their brides. The girls “led the poplar”, in the role of which was an unmarried girl - the first beauty in the village. She was dressed up with wreaths, ribbons, branches and taken around the yards. To meet Poplar was considered a great success. On this day, water was blessed in the wells.

The dew that falls on Trinity is considered very beneficial to health. Girls are advised to wash her face in order to preserve youth and beauty.

If it rains on this day, there will be a good harvest, a warm and mushroom summer.

Trinity Prohibitions

You can’t work on the ground for Trinity, but you can collect medicinal herbs.

People say that it is on Trinity that mermaids come out of the rivers to the fields, at night they start their games and live in the forests until St. Peter's Day (July 12). Travelers can be tickled to death by mermaids, which is why swimming in the rivers during Green Christmas is considered dangerous.

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In 2017, the whole Christian world will celebrate the Holy Trinity Day on June 4 - on the fiftieth day after the Holy Resurrection of Christ, therefore the holiday is also called Pentecost.

This is one of the 12 main church holidays - it is dedicated to the gospel event - the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the glorification of the Holy Trinity.

What is the essence of the holiday

The Zion Upper Room, in which the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles in the form of fiery tongues, became the first Christian temple.

Since ancient times, the Trinity has been considered the day of the founding of the New Testament Church on earth, since the Holy Spirit endowed the apostles with special power so that they could preach the Gospel throughout the world and convey to everyone the message of Jesus as the Savior of all mankind.

In honor of the descent of the Holy Spirit, the holiday got its name: this event marked the trinity of God. The three hypostases of the Holy Trinity — God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit — exist in unity, creating the world and sanctifying it with divine grace.

The feast in honor of the Holy Trinity was established by the apostles - they annually celebrated the day of the descent of the Holy Spirit and commanded it to all Christians. There is also an indication of this in the Apostolic Constitutions.

But officially the holiday was established at the end of the 4th century after the adoption of the dogma of the Divine Trinity. Over time, the Day of the Holy Trinity has become one of the most beloved and revered holidays among the people.

The roots of the Trinity Day go back to the times when Russia was still pagan. The week at the beginning of summer marked the final victory of nature over the forces of darkness, the victory of spring over winter, and the beginning of a hot summer.

Therefore, in addition to church ones, many folk traditions and customs have appeared that are closely intertwined with pagan ones, which have become an integral part of this day.

Traditions

They prepared ahead of time for the feast of the Holy Trinity - the housewives began a general cleaning in the house and in the yard a day or two before the holiday. Get rid of unused things, especially those that can remind you of unpleasant moments in life.

People who have their own garden and vegetable garden try to clear them of various kinds of weeds. They uproot weeds and stick them upside down in the ground, then it is believed that these weeds will no longer litter their land.

By the Trinity, houses and temples are decorated with branches of various trees, grass, flowers, as young plants symbolize prosperity, wealth and the continuation of life.

On Trinity Day, the whole family went to church in the morning, where a festive service was held that day. On this day, you can’t ask the Holy Spirit for anything, it’s only important to thank him for being the savior and faithful protector of human souls.

After the temple, everyone went home and had a festive dinner. The feast was rich and varied: cereals, pancakes, all kinds of pies, kissels and decoctions - the holiday was not a fast day, so everything was allowed.

On this day, they also visited cemeteries and commemorated the dead, leaving treats.

In the villages, in the late afternoon, real festivities began - they arranged round dances, sang songs, danced, and performed ritual ceremonies. Fairs were also often held for the whole week, where there was also a lot of entertainment.

Even today it is customary to visit Trinity and give gifts.

Rituals and beliefs

The celebration of the Trinity in Russia lasts for several days, but on the first day, which is popularly called Green Sunday, people should be especially careful and careful.

Therefore, it is customary to decorate their homes with various fragrant herbs, and icons with birch branches, in order to protect themselves from various mythical creatures, such as mermaids, mavkas, goblin and other evil spirits.

In the old days, they believed that these days the mermaids went ashore and lured the guys. To avoid this, bonfires were burned along the banks of rivers and lakes for several nights in a row - it was believed that the hot fire was supposed to stop evil spirits.

The symbol of the Trinity was wreaths floating on the river - so the girls guessed at the betrothed and, according to some beliefs, paid off mermaids and mawks, who also want to dress up. Because the wreaths were very handy.

Her one rite on Trinity was associated with greenery - a girl in love had to weave a wreath for her boyfriend from meadow grass and birch branches. To give it means to confess your love or at least sympathy.

Such a wreath could become not only an ornament and a symbol of tender feelings, but also a protection from mermaids, who on the night of the Trinity gained the greatest strength and were able to lure any guy to them.

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The wreath was supposed to be turned into a talisman by sprigs of wormwood, especially flowering, which, according to legend, repels any evil spirits, including water ones, mermaids, and mawks.

The Trinity was also celebrated in forests, fields, gardens - they sang songs, played funny games. Unmarried girls used their own wicker wreaths to tell fortunes that day. Wreaths were thrown into the water and songs were sung, if the wreaths converged, then this year the girl would be betrothed.

People believed that on a festive night prophetic dreams are dreamed, which are usually given special significance.

There was also a belief that an honest person on this day could find a treasure, as if hearing his call from the depths of the earth.

Signs

A good omen for the Trinity was wooing - it was believed that if they were married to the Trinity, and they got married to the Pokrov, then the life of these spouses would be long, happy, in love and harmony.

Flowers and medicinal herbs collected on such a day are considered healing and can cure any ailment, and the collected dew has a special power that can heal and give strength.

The people believed that rain on the Trinity - for the harvest, for mushrooms, for warm weather. It was a bad omen that if it was hot that day, it means that the whole summer will be dry.

People believed that after the Trinity the weather would stabilize and warm, sunny days would come, Sputnik Georgia notes.

On the day of the Holy Spirit, it is customary to distribute all the little things to the poor, thereby protecting oneself from adversity and illness.

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A topical issue among Russians in recent times is the one associated with the Trinity holiday. In particular, people want to understand what date Trinity is celebrated in 2017. The answer is as follows: the most important church holiday is celebrated today, June 4th.

According to a tradition that has developed over many centuries, the Day of the Holy Trinity is celebrated on Sunday, namely on the 50th day after Easter. It is for this reason that Orthodox Christians also call today's holiday as Pentecost. Trinity is one of the twelfth holidays, which once again emphasizes the most important component of this event.

Trinity 2017: what date, how to celebrate, traditions

The feast of the Trinity in 2017, which fell on June 4, if you understand its essence and try to describe the main features, refers to antiquity, when the Slavs were united with pre-Christian traditions. In particular, the holiday is closely associated with rituals that symbolize the final onset of summer. It is important to understand that the church has never welcomed the boisterous Trinity celebrations. On the contrary, some rituals and customs, as well as prohibitions, for example, on cleaning the apartment, demonstrate the importance of observing all traditions.

A few days before the Trinity, it is customary to thoroughly clean the house, throwing out all those things that have already served their time. In turn, on Holy Trinity Day itself, in the morning you need to go to the temple in order to pray and bless birch branches, flowers and bouquets of herbs. It is customary to put all these attributes of the holiday on the icons and not throw them away over the next year. It follows from the beliefs that Trinity greenery protects the house from the evil eye, and also saves the home during a thunderstorm.

On the Trinity in ancient Russia, festive tables were laid and guests were invited. Perhaps the main dish of the holiday is scrambled eggs, since the face in Orthodoxy symbolizes new life. The girls after the feast went to guess at the betrothed. This tradition has almost not survived to this day, with the exception of some settlements.

As for such a household item as birch branches, with which it is customary to decorate a house for the Trinity, this attribute in Russia was considered extremely important. In turn, the girls put wild flowers under their pillows to drive away evil forces.

What not to do on Trinity

On this holiday, you can not sew, bake and work in the garden. According to popular beliefs, those who work on this day are waiting for misfortune. The people believed that mythical creatures come to Trinity - mavkas and mermaids, so you can’t go alone into the forest or into the field.

In addition, you can not swim, because mermaids can drag you to the bottom. A wedding cannot be scheduled on Trinity, as the family is waiting for misfortune.

What is customary to do on Trinity

On this day, it is customary to decorate the house with flowers and greenery. According to popular beliefs, it is better to give preference to branches of maple, birch, oak and mountain ash, but willow branches are best avoided. From flowers it is better to choose daisies and cornflowers.

The house can also be decorated with calamus, mint, lovage, fern and wormwood, because they can protect the house from evil forces and give health and energy to overcome life's obstacles. But these herbs cannot be thrown away. On this day, it is customary to serve festive dishes on the table.

If the hostess baked a pie or bread, then a piece of it had to be hidden and stored until the moment when the daughter would get married. In addition, it is believed that on this day you can guess the fate. The girls launched woven wreaths into the water, it was believed that if they come together, then you need to wait for the matchmakers.