The Twelfth Orthodox holiday of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Virgin Mary) is the most important event for the faithful. On this day in the churches the service is ruled, and prayers are read in the houses and are preparing for the celebration. Long since old women at the Nativity of the Virgin have watched the signs and performed rituals, and today young people congratulate each other, sending beautiful pictures and poems. Although most of the youth and children are still not familiar with the history of the holiday.
What is the date of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 2016? history of the holiday
The history of the feast The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin takes its roots during the period of the reign of Herod the Great. At that time, the wealthy Jews Jacob and Anna were living in the suburbs of Jerusalem. They had a lot, but not all. A married couple desperately prayed to God for a child, but only silence was heard in response. People gradually turned away from Anna and Jacob, considering them sinful, damned, punished. After tens years the bright angel - the messenger of the Lord appeared to spouses. He informed the couple about the upcoming birth of their daughter, which was unspeakably happy despite their advanced age. Mary was granted to parents who had long believed in their childlessness, as indulgence and God's grace. This girl was destined to become the future mother of the Savior as a result of the Immaculate Conception. The feast of the birth of the Virgin takes a weighty place in the Orthodox calendar of great dates. Annually, millions of people expect it to reflect on their own and universal morality, to recall the miracle that happened thousands of years ago. What date is the Christmas of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2016 known to adults and children. Since this Orthodox holiday is not a passing one, it always falls on the same date - on September 21.What can and can not be done at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
What can and can not be done on the day of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos is an important issue. We'll look for an answer together ... The morning of a festive day is best to begin with a prayer and thanks to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then part of the compulsory program is a visit to the holy temple, where believers can put a candle at the altar, remember the parable of the miraculous birth of the Virgin and think about their life principles and moral principles. On such a day, one must certainly be kind, sensitive, generous, caring and disinterested. If there are unnecessary things, you can distribute them or give them, needing to feed and suffering to console. But there are also things that can not be done at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. For example, it is strictly forbidden to dissemble, foul, quarrel and break off relations. On such a day, no spirits are acceptable and hard work is absolutely unacceptable. Residents are forbidden to dig in the ground, and gardeners - to cut trees, transplant bushes, etc.Folk signs for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Especially popular at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin used household and natural signs. With their help grandmothers not only predicted the weather, luck and a generous harvest, but also corrected the future, beckoned fortune, changed destiny. For example:- If the woman on the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin is kind to others and generous to outsiders, the Lord necessarily grants her many heirs;
- If the table on September 21 is covered magnificently, the harvest will be abundant;
- Stained hands on the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary indicate the soon receipt of profitable work;
- On such a day the weather sets the tone for the entire season. If it's raining on the 21st, autumn will be damp, if it's dry and sunny, autumn will be late;
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin - pictures on an Orthodox holiday
Despite the solemnity of the holiday, lavish feasts and mass festivities with dances and alcohol are completely uncharacteristic of him. In the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, it is customary to be in the family circle and congratulate others on pictures on the Orthodox holiday. Even forgotten friends or distant relatives can send a symbolic postcard with an illustration by mail or on the Internet. We have already collected the best pictures for the Orthodox holiday of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin!Prayers for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On a bright holiday, the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, prayers and poems for children play an important role. Small and young Orthodox children should be introduced from the very childhood to the history and religion. Only in this way our children will be able to understand the essence of the holiday and sincerely thank the Blessed Virgin Mary for the birth of a savior who gave hope to every living person.Prayer One
O, Most Holy Lady, Christ the Savior our God-chosen Mother,With God's holy prayers, God's consecrated and God's beloved!
Who does not please you or who does not sing, your glorious Christmas.
Christmas is yours to be the beginning of the salvation of men, and we,
Sedyaschie in tme sinnings, we see Ty, Inaccessible Light dwelling.
For this reason, the revelatory language can not sing freely in the domain.
Thou art exalted above the Seraphim, O most pure.
Obacho receive from present unworthy servants your present praise and do not reject our prayers.
We confess our greatness,
To you in affection we fall and fast in the intercession children's love
and the most gracious Mother boldly ask:
Pray to your Son and to our God,
a lot of sinning, sincere repentance and a good life,
May we be able to do all that pleases God and our souls useful.
We hate all evil, strengthened by the Divine grace in our good deeds.
You are our shameless hope in the hour of death, grant us a Christian death,
comfortable procession on the terrible ordeals of the air and the legacy of the eternal
and the ineffable blessings of the Kingdom of Heaven, and with all the saints we confess ours incessantly
let us praise the one true God,
in the Holy Trinity of the one who is worshiped, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Prayer Two
Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of heaven and earth,To your miraculous image pripadayusche, touched verb:
Serve graciously upon Thy servants, and with Thy almighty intercession, bring forth the necessary.
All the faithful children of the Holy Church of the Church, save, turn unfaithful, err on the right path,
old age and weakness of the forces of support, young in the faith of the holy to grow, courage to the good side,
sinners to repentance bring and all Christians plead hear, sore uvrachuy, griefs have sunk,
traveling traveling.
You are the scales, the All-Merciful,
as helpless, as a sinner, as embittered and unworthy of the forgiveness of God,
so help us, yes, no sin of vanity, seduction and devilish seduction
we become angry with God: Imams are the Writer, the Lord will not turn away.
Even if you are glorified, you can give us all a gift as a fertile source,
rightly singing Ty and extolling Your glorious Christmas.
Deliver, O Lady, the Fall and the troubles of all, who earnestly call upon Your holy name
and worshiping your honest image.
You, with the prayers of iniquity, purify our tuna, the more you fall and we cry out the packs:
detach from us every enemy and adversary, all sorts of misfortunes and disastrous unbelief;
with your prayers, the rains that offer rain are plentiful and the earth is plentifully fruitful,
put our fear into the hearts of the Divine to fulfill the commandments of the Lord,
Yes we quietly and peacefully live for the salvation of our souls, for the good of our neighbors and for the glory of the Lord,
For to Him, as glory, honor and worship as glory and honor and the Creator, Savior and Savior,
now and ever and for ever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer is the third
Oh, the Most Blessed and Blessed Virgin, the Lady of the Theotokos,from the barren, according to the promise born and purity for the sake of your soul and body,
to be the Matter of the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, with Nymz, now in heaven, staying
and Imasha bore boldness to the Blessed Trinity, from Lazy, like the Queen,
you are crowned with the crown of the eternal reign.
In the same humble way to You we resort and ask: Shall we come to the All-Merciful Lord God
forgiveness of all the sins of our free and unwilling; suffering our fatherland to our salvation,
peace, silence and piety restoration, times are peaceful and serene, the sedition of wicked are not involved;
to the abundance of the same fruits of the earth, air of blessing, rains are peaceful and prosperous.
And all that is needed for our life and salvation, ask us from your Son, the Christ our God.
But in the best way, we should be decorated with good morals and good deeds, yes,
Imitators we will be to your holy life, from the youth to the earth you were adorned,
favored by the Lord; This is why you were the most honest Cherub and the most glorious Seraphim.
To her, Madame Blessed, wake us in all the way to the Assistant and wise to the salvation of the Instructor, may You be the last and you are able to be vouchsafed,
Heavenly Kingdom, the sufferings of Your Son, the Exodus, the executors of the Saints
His commandments are promised.
You, Mistress, are our only hope and hope in the Boz, and We give you our whole belly,
for your intercession and for the sake of intercession, you are not ashamed to be in the hour of our exodus from this life, and at the Last Judgment of Your Son, the Christ our God of the gum, His standing is to be vouchsafed,
and there eternally rejoice with everyone from the age of Him to the good-hearted and silently glorify, praise,
thank and bless him with the Father and the Spirit for ever and ever.
Amen. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2016 (September 21) is a bright and kind holiday, closely connected with many signs, prayers, rituals. Prepare beautiful pictures and poems for children in advance to congratulate your relatives. Pay attention to your actions, forgive other people's grievances and thank the Progenitress for the great cause!