Orthodox Church celebrates Holy Spirit

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Feast of Holy Spirit is associated with a sense of celebration of Pentecost and is marked on Monday. On that day the Church celebrates the life-giving Holy Trinity - God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, who have equal dignity Bozhesko. Holy Spirit gives life to creatures and holy people and human bodies. His image is a virtual pigeon.

Holy Spirit is celebrated on the fifty-first day after Easter. These celebrations originated Mermaid Sunday. Bulgarians believe that the Holy Thursday to Holy Spirit all the dead souls are free - on the ground. They usually stay in the flowers and trees, with a walnut tempt them to assemble on that day. Souls of the Spirits' Day they came back and closed until the next year on Maundy Thursday when the gates of heaven are opened. To say good souls of slaughtered men make an offering, tables, and sing songs. Spirits' Day is always on Monday - 51 days after Easter, and all week called Mermaid Sunday.

Mermaid Sunday: It is believed that this week come rusaliite who are unclean and evil spirits, so various rituals designed to placate them and to act to ensure fertility, health and family welfare. People decorate their homes with garlands of flowers and grass, walnut and wormwood noise. Mermaid is play games, sing songs are, are made Sacrificial.

According to popular belief these days ends Mermaid sowing began on Ascension. Throughout the week kept houses and walnut wormwood noise. Pelin bear a leg to protect from disease Mermaid. Strict respect for the work bans. Women do not spread, do not spin or weave, do not wash. Do not sleep during the day, especially outdoors. People avoid walking across the field and the fields to a table does not occur rusaliite, which is considered the most dangerous place and believe that you stepped on it, must be sick and possibly die. For the most dangerous of the whole week is considered Mermaid Mermaid Wednesday and Friday.

If someone gets sick this week, he will not or very difficult to recover. During the whole period houses rusalii walk, sing songs and play. They are dressed in special clothing and perform magic acts. Their aim is to enjoy the mermaids and they drive to grow corn, fruit trees and vines give rich fruit. Where are rusaliite past, no one ill.