Shrovetide: what must be done these days * Poultry farming

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This year, Shrovetide week lasts from Monday, February 24, to Sunday, March 1, and after the evening church service Lent begins.

Maslenitsa - a festival of fun, festivities, spring meetings, and, of course, baking and eating pancakes. On the last day of this period, on Forgiving Sunday, you should definitely go to church, ask for forgiveness from God and all living things.

According to centuries-old traditions, this week pancakes are baked with various variations of fillings, in addition to meat, they prepare a lot of cottage cheese and fish dishes. It is believed that you need to get enough of food, since you will not be able to eat all these products in the post.

The week is divided into two parts: narrow Pancake week, from Monday to Wednesday, and wide - until Sunday. In the first half of the festivities, you can and should do household chores, from Thursday all work should be stopped.

The date of the holiday is tied to the date of Easter. After the Pancake Week, 8 weeks later, Sunday is celebrated.

What you must do in time during the festivities

Although it is believed that the main thing that needs to be done on this holiday is to eat plenty of pancakes, in reality, this is far from the most important.

Here is a sample list of what’s needed for a week:

Tidy up the house. This is what is desirable to do in anticipation of the post. It is believed that if you hold this event before him, then there will be no need to be distracted by the hustle and bustle of everyday activities, but devote more time to spirituality and prayer. Even if church attendance is not included in the plans, then putting things in order in the house ahead of spring will still be very helpful.

To visit and host relatives and friends. Previously, the ancestors believed that the happier the week passes, the more prosperous the year will be. Therefore, you do not need to limit yourself to attending holiday events dedicated to Shrovetide, of which a huge number are held. It is also necessary to visit relatives and friends and invite them in response to their home for holiday treats and pancakes.
Tune in to positive. You need to remove all negative from your head, and from discussion - gossip, condemnation, think only of good, drive depressive thoughts. This will help communication with nice people, walks in the fresh air, participation in festivals, meditation and hobbies.
Apologize. On Forgiving Sunday, it is advisable to go to the temple to ask God for forgiveness. It is believed that it is necessary to forgive all enemies, enemies, and ask everyone to forgive themselves. It is not necessary to do this in relation to those who really offended, it is believed that you can offend reluctantly, without even knowing about it. This ritual should be performed in order to purify your soul.

This is the only pagan holiday recognized by the Orthodox Church.

The main attribute of the holiday week are pancakes. You can cook them with various fillings and additives: fish, caviar, honey, jam, sour cream, cottage cheese, fruits, chocolate, caramel - everything your heart desires except meat.

What is forbidden to do in Pancake week

There are also bans for this week:

Those people who plan to keep fast should refrain from eating meat, since the week is considered cheese and milk. Fish is allowed to eat.
You can not give in to despondency, sadness, negative thoughts, because Pancake Week is a fun holiday.

It is forbidden to drink alcohol.
It is necessary to refrain from quarrels, because otherwise, you can bring yourself and your family into trouble for the whole year.
It is strictly forbidden to go hunting and kill animals.

Omens

There are various beliefs that allow you to determine how the coming year will pass, what the weather will be and the volume of the crop.

In ancient times, in Maslenitsa, men searched for brides. To the clothes of guys who wanted to get married or to the clothes of their parents, the girls tied a block of wood - a symbol of procreation. For this, the guys had to treat the girl with sweets or make some kind of gift.

Here are some of them:

Bake a huge number of pancakes - to the prosperity, concomitant luck. To prepare little or no oven at all - for material difficulties, problems.
Pancakes come out successful, delicious and tasty - to well-being, prosperity, prosperity. Pancakes are unsuccessful, torn - to a poor harvest, misfortune, poverty.
How to spend a Pancake week - this will be the whole next year. That is why it is advisable to spend this period in festivities and fun.
To play a wedding in a given period is a happy fate.

Cold and frosty weather - warm spring, early.
Suddenly hit frosts - the summer will be wet.
Abundance of icicles - to a rich harvest.
On Monday, all relatives at one rich table - all within a year, happiness and prosperity await.
If you throw away unnecessary things - to new things.
If you know the prohibitions, signs and what you can and should do this week, and how best to carry it out, you can get good luck and happiness for the whole next year.