Good Friday is a day dedicated to the remembrance of the death penalty, the sufferings of the cross and the death of Jesus Christ, as well as the removal of the body and burial from the cross.
It is believed that it was on Friday that Jesus Christ was crucified. Therefore, this day is dedicated to the memories of the judgment of the Savior, his crucifixion and death at Calvary. The Good Friday service includes three readings of the gospel account of these events. Also, since April 14 (in 2017, the date fell on this day), several prohibitions are associated, which believers must observe
Dos and Don'ts on Good Friday
1) On Good Friday, there is a strict food restriction - Lent is still in effect. You must refrain from eating until you take out the Shroud, and after that you can only eat bread and drink only water.
2) It is prohibited to carry out agricultural work.
3) You also can't do housework. It is important to finish cleaning and washing on Maundy Thursday. It is undesirable to cook, touch sharp metal objects, do sewing and embroidery.
4) Bread cannot be cut - only broken.
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5) You cannot go to entertainment events and have fun, since Good Friday is a day of mourning.
Signs of Good Friday:
- A loaf of bread baked on Good Friday will heal all diseases and will never grow moldy.
- On Good Friday, in no case should you pierce the ground with iron; the one who does this will be in trouble.
- If the washed laundry is hanged to dry on Good Friday, blood stains will appear on it.
“If bees are transported on any day other than Good Friday, they will certainly die.
- If you endure thirst on Good Friday, then no amount of drinking will harm you for a whole year.
- Rings consecrated on Good Friday protect the wearer from all diseases.
- Easter buns kept from one Good Friday to the next prevent whooping cough.
- Parsley sown on Good Friday produces a double harvest.
- If babies are weaned on Good Friday, they will be strong, healthy and live happily
- If it's cloudy on Good Friday, the bread will be with weeds.
- If on Good Friday the sky is starry, then the wheat will be grainy.