On April 23, Christians of the Eastern Rite celebrate Great Saturday - the penultimate day of Great Week and the last day of Great Lent.. Despite the fact that the next day believers will celebrate a big holiday, Easter, Saturday is still considered a day of mourning.

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What not to do on Holy Saturday.

On this day, you can not eat food cooked using heat treatment..

Can't drink alcohol. Those who followed all the prohibitions of Great Lent can drink some red wine to maintain their strength.

On this day, you should refrain from intimacy..

It is forbidden to work at home, wash, iron. Do not do needlework and work in the garden.

You can not engage in physical labor and construction work.

Signs of Holy Saturday.

A clear and warm day promises a warm and sunny summer. If it is cloudy on this day, then the summer will be cold and rainy..

If you do not sleep on the night from Saturday to Sunday, then you can attract happiness for the whole year.. It is believed that it is on this night that happiness walks among people, and it is important not to oversleep it..

If a consecrated egg is thrown into water on this day and washed with it, then this will make a person healthy and prolong youth..