On September 11, Eastern Rite Christians celebrate the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. The holiday is celebrated on the day when the prophet who predicted the coming of the Savior and baptized him was executed.

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Celebration traditions.

The traditions of this day are associated with prohibitions on eating and cutting round products.. These prohibitions are due to the fact that such objects resemble the head of a prophet, which was cut off on the orders of King Herod..

On a holiday, you can not use sharp objects, products must be broken.

On this day, it is also necessary to keep a strict fast, which means that you should stop eating meat dairy products, alcohol.

The people believed that from this day autumn begins..

On a holiday you can not arrange feasts, sing and dance.

You can also do needlework and housework.

Prayer to John the Baptist.

Baptist of Christ, honest Forerunner, extreme prophet, first martyr,.

mentor of fasting and hermits, purity to the teacher and close friend of Christ!

I pray, and resorting to you, do not reject me from your intercession,.

do not leave me fallen with many sins; renew my soul with repentance,.

like a second baptism; cleanse me, the sins of the defiled, and compel me to take in,.

even if nothing badly enters into the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.