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December 4 marks the entrance to the temple of the Holy Theotokos
On Friday December 4 there is a great feast on the church calendar: the Entrance to the Temple of the Holy Theotokos. Another name for him is the third purest. Remember how the Mother of God, at the age of 3, was first brought to church to serve the Lord. Then the high priest took Mary to a place where children did not usually go.
In popular tradition, it was believed that winter comes from this day.
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According to legend, Mary’s parents Joachim and Anna were unable to have children for a long time, which was considered a disgrace. However, when they promised God that they would deliver the child to their service, a miracle happened.
When the girl was three years old, she was taken to Jerusalem and Mary entered the temple, climbed fifteen steps and stayed there to help, and her parents returned home.
This promotion is considered symbolic. In the Church there is a word “ladder” which means spiritual ascent. The Virgin Mary in one of the songs of the church is called the ladder by which humanity ascends to heaven. This image is directly related to the holidays.
Popular signs and traditions
The Christmas fast continues in December, but fish, vegetable oil and cahors are allowed on this day. The believers struggled to attend a religious service, prayed to the Mother of God, asking for her intercession.
The fishermen were in a hurry to catch fish before that day, because it was believed that after the Third Pure, the ice would become stronger and the fish would be tasteless.
The girls believed that the water in Most Pure One acquires special love properties and tried to give the boy she liked water.
If time allowed, we started sledding. But in the first ice in the reservoirs he had not yet walked, it was believed that he was still fragile.
At the Entrance to the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, it was not customary to work hard. On this day, no weddings were played, they did not get married, but children can be baptized.
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