Christmas - one of the main Christian holidays.Orthodox Christians celebrate the birth of the Savior on 7 January.The temples and monasteries are committed Vigil serve royal watch all-night vigil.
Each holiday has its own "Code of Conduct", which required a certain way and act provides for a ban.So, you can not do on Christmas?
The church
Going to Vigil and other services, you must take care of the outer and inner well-being.Women refuse to cosmetics, clothe the closed dress or wear a sweater and a skirt.On the head should be a handkerchief.Men, on the other hand, come to church with her head uncovered.
main thing is that you can not do on Christmas, it's come to church angry, aggressive, with a sense of resentment toward the neighbor.The heart has to make up for joy over the birth of Christ.To achieve such a state of mind help to confession and communion.
During the service, are prohibited to be distracted too closely considered icons and priests.We must stand with his head down, and listen to prayers.
great sin he considered leaving the service before its termination.All the prayers and prostrations are made with thoughts of God.
House
Preparing for Christmas begins with fasting, and on the eve of the holiday at all hungry.In the evening there is the Holy begin only when the first star.
What not to do at Christmas, except for non-meal hours before the set?Wear old clothes, to come on holiday in the black, do hard labor.Dishes for the holiday table prepared in advance.Only permitted to break the fast of 7 after Vespers.Also excluded classes in needlework, crafts.Breakfast is not recommended to drink water, or summer will be thirsty, and the landlord does not have to go to court in order not to "make" family well-being.
Christmas night is strictly prohibited guess.Tempt fate, as a rule, during Christmastime, but this pastime is not welcomed by the church.
until January 14, the hostess is not engaged in cleaning, and after the New Year the old rubbish is collected and burned in the yard.
Christmas Eve were not allowed to bathe in a bath.And it is not only in the upcoming troubles (chop wood, apply water), but also that the water washes away sins, and in such an important holiday man ordered cleaned independently with the help of prayer and fasting.
The Christmas holidays are not hunted.It was believed that at this time the animals inhabit the souls of the dead.
Our ancestors clearly knew what not to do on Christmas.Signs are rooted in paganism, when a person is considered a part of nature and sought to live in harmony with the surrounding world.
In relation to other
Christmas - a family holiday, so marked in the circle of relatives.Guests are usually not invited, but the one who came to take the honors.
Before the revolution in the Christmas week it was decided to pay visits, however, stay in someone else's house does not exceed 15-20 minutes.At this time, spoken greetings and wishes.Long visitality also refers to the fact that you can not do on Christmas.With the invention of telephone calls have replaced short visit.
During Christmas we can not forget about your neighbor.Before Christmas it was decided to give alms, to treat the poor.
During the celebration of Christmas remembered not only for the living but also the dead.On the table, lit a candle and placed devices for ancestors.So when Christmas comes, it can not be done on this day, so it is to forget about their roots, those who lived on earth before us and contributed to our birth.
All of the above is true not only at Christmas, but Christmas - this is an additional reason to recall the moral and family values, to think about how to behave Christian.
Alone with a
During religious holidays should be paid attention to your inner world.Is no exception and Christmas.What not to do on January 7 is to save the soul hatred, envy, anger, depression and other negative emotions and feelings.The soul must be open to God, so there should be no thoughts of carnal pleasures, become lustful.
Traditionally, holidays are celebrated at the table.But, although after Advent allowed to break fast, overeating yet not worth it.
Christianity and paganism
Some restrictions related to the rejection of the Christian religion pagan traditions.Even in the XIX century, it was declared at the state level, how to celebrate Christmas.It was forbidden to engage in idolatry, dress up in inappropriate attire, arrange songs and dances.At the same time, Christianity is not completely eradicated paganism, and transformed him.
Church allows during Christmas be childlike and fun from the heart, and sing Christmas carols today even monks.Singing allows you to feel the atmosphere of the holiday, get rid of depression and stress.
How to celebrate Christmas today
According to church canons before the holiday is prescribed to comply with Advent.At this time, you can not eat meat and other animal products (butter, eggs, milk, cheese).The monastery fast more strictly, and for the laity are permitted exemptions.On the eve of preparing sochivo - lean porridge with honey, dried fruit and nuts.
Christians visit all statutory services.Before Vespers need to sleep and drink some coffee.Before Communion, committed after the service, do not eat for about six hours.
confessed possible and after the service, but it is better to do it in advance, as the priest is difficult to make a confession in a large number of people in the party.
children to take Vigil only at their request.Parents need to bring a little clean the coverings to a tired child could nap.
Here, perhaps, and everything that you can and can not do at Christmas.
feel the joy of a long Vigil service helps comprehension of exactly what happened that day.What happened was really incredible that God came to earth and brought before the people in human form.Jesus Christ has given each of us the hope of salvation.
