On April 7, Christians of the Eastern Rite celebrate the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the third most important holiday after Christmas and Easter. It is believed that on this day the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary, who informed her that she would become the mother of Jesus Christ..

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What not to do on the Annunciation.

It is forbidden to engage in physical labor on the holiday. You can also not do housework: sew, knit, wash, embroider.

You can not swear, swear, wish others harm. It is forbidden to even think about the bad.

The holiday falls on Great Lent, so it is necessary to observe the restrictions of this time: you can not eat meat and dairy products, drink alcohol and overeat. But in honor of the holiday, some fasting restrictions are softened: you can eat fish and seafood.

On a holiday it is forbidden to give someone a loan.

Signs of the Annunciation.

Based on the weather on the Annunciation, they tried to predict what the harvest and summer months would be like.. If the day was windy, with morning fog and hoarfrost, a fruitful summer was expected..

The rain that day promised a harvest of mushrooms and bread. To a good collection of spring, cucumbers, milk mushrooms was frost; to warm summer days and to an abundance of nuts - a thunderstorm.

On the day of the Annunciation there are no swallows - by the cold protracted spring. The Annunciation sky is dark, starless - chickens will lay few eggs. Annunciation snow on the roofs will not melt until May 6 (Egoria), and severe frost by forty frosty matinees.