Amulets, ancient signs and superstitions. Charms, ancient signs and superstitions Mom died on her daughter’s birthday

larissa

* When swallows fly low, expect wind and rain.
* If a cat, sitting on the ground, licks its tail and hides its head, then this is a sure sign that it will rain.
* The paleness of the moon means rain; clean and bright - a bucket, and reddish - wind and storm.
* Red clouds before sunset foreshadow a storm, the next day - clear weather.
* The clouds before the sun rises, if they are red and black, then there will be rain.
* When the fog falls from the sky and falls on the ground, it means good weather, and if in the evening the fog rises from the ground or from the water, it means a hot day in the morning.
* If someone sneezed during a conversation, the one who spoke at that time told the truth.
* If you take a bucket, bag, basket, jar, plate from someone, do not return it empty. If you put something in, you will have more.
* I didn’t finish the bread and took another piece without noticing - one of my relatives in the distance was hungry.
* If two people yawn at the same time, they should drink wine together.

larissa

* Don't allow anyone to step over your outstretched legs - you won't grow. If you didn’t keep track and this happened, ask him to step back.
* Afraid of tickling means jealous.
* If the first thing on the market is sold well, “anoint” the rest of the goods with the money received - you will sell just as profitably.
* If at the market the thing you want to sell accidentally falls out of your hands, you will definitely sell it.
* Don’t pick up a pin - there will be a quarrel, and if you give it as a gift, take a penny in exchange.
* You should not give a knife as a gift - it will lead to a quarrel; the giver must take money in exchange, even a penny.
* Play with a knife - there will be a quarrel.
* Passing your handkerchief to someone means passing on your tears.
* Leaving a knife on the table overnight means big trouble.
* When the house is dirty, cluttered, and all things are out of place, this is not a sign of well-being. The house is clean and light - a sign of health and good luck.
* Wash your apartment late in the evening - wash your well-being.
* Losing a glove is bad luck.

larissa

* Accidentally spilled tea is a surprise, often a pleasant one.
* When you go to visit a new house or apartment for the first time, bring bread, salt and an icon - for prosperity in that house.
* In order not to jinx your luck, if you talk about it to someone, knock three times on something wooden and spit three times over your left shoulder.
* Before you leave home, you should not sew anything up - otherwise there will be no luck.
* When going on a long journey, do not bathe or wash your hair that day
* so that there is no trouble.
* If you leave the house and something blocks your path - a car, water, stop and think about what you did wrong - you forgot to turn off the gas, remove the kettle from the stove, did not close the door...
* If you often forget or lose your house or car keys, expect theft.
* If someone who is about to leave the house drops their keys, it means bad luck.
* A titmouse will knock on the window - there will be news.
* Seeing a spider in the morning means sadness; during the day - to love; in the evening - to hope; at night - to worries.

larissa

I know quite a few wedding signs, but I’m not sure about all of them. Otherwise, judge for yourself.
The groom should not see the bride in her wedding dress before the painting or wedding.
If you drop a wedding ring, then you need to thread a thread through it, and then the one who dropped the ring must burn this thread, saying “burn all my troubles and sorrows with fire.”
After leaving the registry office or church, young people should be sprinkled with rain from:
- rice, millet, buckwheat, so that the family has as many children as a spike of grains;
- from sweets or dragees to make life sweet;
- from small coins, so that there is wealth in the family;
- from flower petals or confetti to make the life of the young people beautiful and romantic.
In order for the young people not to quarrel, they must break the plate and step over the fragments.
After the painting or wedding, whoever first crosses the threshold of the registry office or church will be the master of the house.
The young husband must carry his wife across the threshold of the house in his arms, then she will always be “carried in his arms” in this house.
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OKSANA

If a close relative dies on the birthdays of children or grandchildren, what does this mean? I heard what it means to love them very much - is that true? or are there other meanings?

Victoria

Oksana, death on the birthday of a loved one, simply launches the Karmic program. For example, one of the children has a birthday on December 7. 1979, and someone close to you dies on December 7, 2004, program 712 is launched, i.e. passing the baton, this may also sound like Karma of the family, which means the deceased did not cope with this program and specifically indicated who would have to work hard on this... The same program can be launched in another way, not necessarily by death on the birthday, it all depends from the severity of detention... For those living, it is not very pleasant to receive the death of someone who loved them as a birthday gift... This is a will for life and a very specific one at that...

Olga

My mother died on September 19, 2006, and my birthday was on September 20. My husband’s father died on his birthday. And my dad died on March 8. What does this mean? All the sins of the deceased passed on to us?

N

The grandmother-witch (a healer, in general - a person with superpowers) makes an AMUL, which should protect a person from misfortunes, the deeds of sorcerers, etc. for the rest of a person’s life. Is it possible to believe in the miraculous properties of this amulet? (this amulet is very expensive, but my grandmother did not tell my friend the price of it, she said that when you can pay enough for this work so that you don’t have to pay for something else, then you will come...) But what about the property of things in the accumulation of negative energy...?

Irina

An amulet (amulet) can be any item made by a person himself or purchased, but it needs to be charged with a holy word. By the way, all minerals are amulets (due to their crystalline lattice)

Irina

for lovers of the horoscope - mineral amulets. ARIES - amethyst and all red stones, TAURUS - agate and all white transparent, Gemini - beryl and all variegated, Cancer - chalcedony and all white opaque, Leo - onyx, carnelian, Virgo - jasper, crystal, aventurine ,Scorpio-bloodstone,amber,coral,Sagittarius-turquoise,zircon,malachite,Capricorn-onyx,chrysoprase,jet.Aquarius-turquoise,obsidiant,sapphire,Pisces-Alexandrite,aquamarine,coral,pearl,Libra-tourmaline,opal and all ocellar

Irina

I must add that the amulets regain their strength after 33 days, 3 months, 7.5 weeks.

N

Thank you, Irina!(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L)(L):-)

And can only a person who has the Gift charge the Amulet with the Holy Word?

Irina

It is enough to read the Our Father 3 times and your amulet is ready, but when the amulet is made for recovery from severe mental illnesses, go to a specialist! And he will not take a large sum, but will only ask for the material for making the amulet. But you must pay with him, only you choose the amount yourself. I think everyone understands why you need to pay

Irina

Speaking about superstitions and other forms of life (about creatures in this case) In the month of November, all women who want to become a mother, but for various reasons cannot - you can contact UTILIANA - she is the patroness of the feminine principle. After contacting, you need to leave her payment. (either write a poem for her, or light a fire and cook something on it, leaving her some of the food)

Irina

Continuing the conversation about other forms of life in DECEMBER, in order to enlist the support of higher powers and ward off trouble from yourself or from your loved ones, you can turn to SWALDER. Payment is a good piece of meat, when you burn it, say out loud to whom and for what the released energy should go

Irina

Christmas is coming and there is a reason to enlist the support of all creatures. To do this, you need to bake a sweet pie + whip cream and put it on the table + put salt on the table + put napkins + light a candle and turn to higher powers for protection and support in the coming year with the following words: my payment to you is beings and entities and higher powers on the table!

Olga

You can’t give a watch, it keeps track of your time (LIFE).. I’ve been convinced many times in fact.. My son was given a wristwatch by his relatives (it stopped after six months). The next time his friends gave him an hourglass, a day later it broke.. And this is very ok...It's better to buy a watch for yourself...

N

Irina, after this ritual should you leave and leave the sweets on the table overnight? (the night before Christmas?) Or sit down at the table and drink tea and cake? (where to put the pie and cream).

Olga

My grandmother (on my mother’s side) died at the age of 88 just on my daughter’s birthday (she was one year old). My grandmother predicted the exact date of her death in 2 days.. She was very wise and believing.. Now I think that my daughter received from the grandmother something that has not yet fully manifested itself... My daughter’s moles are located like constellations in the starry sky...

In everyday life, when we talk with someone we know and he says: “You know, so-and-so died,” the usual reaction to this is a question: How died? Very important How a person dies. Death is important to a person's sense of self. It is not only negative in nature.

If we look at life philosophically, we know that there is no life without death, the concept of life can only be assessed from the perspective of death.

I once had to communicate with artists and sculptors, and I asked them: “You depict various aspects of a person’s life, you can depict love, friendship, beauty, but how would you depict death?” And no one immediately gave a clear answer.

One sculptor who immortalized the siege of Leningrad promised to think about it. And shortly before his death, he answered me like this: “I would depict death in the image of Christ.” I asked: “Is Christ crucified?” - “No, the ascension of Christ.”

One German sculptor depicted a flying angel, the shadow of whose wings was death. When a person fell into this shadow, he fell into the power of death. Another sculptor depicted death in the form of two boys: one boy sits on a stone, with his head on his knees, his whole head directed downwards.

The second boy holds a pipe in his hands, his head is thrown back, he is all focused on following the tune. And the explanation of this sculpture was this: it is impossible to depict death without accompanying life, and life without death.

Death is a natural process. Many writers tried to portray life as immortal, but it was a terrible, terrible immortality. What is endless life - endless repetition of earthly experience, cessation of development or endless aging? It is difficult to even imagine the painful state of a person who is immortal.

Death is a reward, a respite; it is abnormal only when it comes suddenly, when a person is still on the rise, full of strength.

And older people want to die. Some old women ask: “Now that she’s healed, it’s time to die.” And the patterns of death that we read about in the literature, when death befell the peasants, were normative in nature.

When a village resident felt that he could no longer work as before, that he was becoming a burden to his family, he went to the bathhouse, put on clean clothes, lay down under the icon, said goodbye to his neighbors and relatives and died calmly. His death occurred without the pronounced suffering that occurs when a person struggles with death.

The peasants knew that life is not a dandelion flower that grew, blossomed and scattered with the blow of the wind. Life has deep meaning.

This example of the death of peasants dying after giving themselves permission to die is not a peculiarity of those people; we can find similar examples today. Once a cancer patient came to us. A former military man, he carried himself well and joked: “I went through three wars, pulled death’s mustache, and now its time has come to pull me.”

We, of course, supported him, but suddenly one day he could not get out of bed and took it completely unambiguously: “That’s it, I’m dying, I can’t get up anymore.” We told him: “Don’t worry, this is a metastasis, people with metastases in the spine live a long time, we will take care of you, you will get used to it.” - “No, no, this is death, I know.”

And, imagine, after a few days he dies, without having any physiological prerequisites for this. He dies because he decided to die. This means that this good will to death or some kind of projection of death occurs in reality.

It is necessary to allow life to end naturally, because death is programmed at the moment of human conception. A person acquires a unique experience of death during childbirth, at the moment of birth. When you deal with this problem, you can see how intelligently life is structured. As a person is born, so he dies, easily born - easily dies, hard to be born - hard to die.

And the day of a person’s death is also not random, just like the day of birth. Statisticians are the first to raise this problem, discovering that people often have the same date of death and date of birth. Or, when we remember some significant anniversaries of the death of our relatives, it suddenly turns out that the grandmother died and a grandson was born. This transmission across generations and the non-randomness of the day of death and the day of birth is striking.

Clinical death or another life?

Not a single sage has yet understood what death is, what happens during death. Such a stage as clinical death was left practically unattended. A person falls into a comatose state, his breathing and heart stop, but unexpectedly for himself and for others, he returns to life and tells amazing stories.

Natalya Petrovna Bekhtereva recently died. At one time, we often argued, I told about cases of clinical death that were in my practice, and she said that this was all nonsense, that changes were just happening in the brain, and so on. And one day I gave her an example, which she then began to use and tell herself.

I worked for 10 years at the Oncological Institute as a psychotherapist, and one day I was called to see a young woman. During the operation, her heart stopped; it could not be started for a long time, and when she woke up, I was asked to see if her psyche had changed due to the long oxygen starvation of the brain.

I came to the intensive care ward, she was just coming to her senses. I asked, “Can you talk to me?” - “Yes, but I would like to apologize to you, I caused you so much trouble.” - “What troubles?” - “Well, of course. My heart stopped, I experienced such stress, and I saw that it was also a lot of stress for the doctors.”

I was surprised: “How could you see this if you were in a state of deep narcotic sleep, and then your heart stopped?” - “Doctor, I would tell you much more if you promise not to send me to a psychiatric hospital.”

And she said the following: when she fell into a narcotic sleep, she suddenly felt as if a soft blow to her feet made something inside her turn, like a screw being turned out. She had the feeling that her soul had turned outward and emerged into some foggy space.

Looking closer, she saw a group of doctors bending over the body. She thought: what a familiar face this woman has! And then suddenly I remembered that it was herself. Suddenly a voice rang out: “Stop the operation immediately, the heart has stopped, you need to start it.”

She thought she had died and remembered with horror that she had not said goodbye to either her mother or her five-year-old daughter. Anxiety for them literally pushed her into the back, she flew out of the operating room and in an instant found herself in her apartment.

She saw a rather peaceful scene - a girl playing with dolls, her grandmother, her mother, sewing something. There was a knock on the door and a neighbor, Lidia Stepanovna, came in. She was holding a small polka dot dress in her hands. “Masha,” said the neighbor, “you always tried to be like your mother, so I sewed for you the same dress as your mother.”

The girl happily rushed to her neighbor, on the way she touched the tablecloth, an antique cup fell, and a teaspoon fell under the carpet. There is noise, the girl is crying, the grandmother exclaims: “Masha, how awkward you are,” Lidia Stepanovna says that the dishes are beating fortunately - a common situation.

And the girl’s mother, forgetting about herself, came up to her daughter, stroked her on the head and said: “Masha, this is not the worst grief in life.” Mashenka looked at her mother, but not seeing her, she turned away. And suddenly this woman realized that when she touched the girl’s head, she did not feel this touch. Then she rushed to the mirror and did not see herself in the mirror.

In horror, she remembered that she should be in the hospital, that her heart had stopped. She rushed out of the house and found herself in the operating room. And then I heard a voice: “The heart has started, we are doing an operation, but rather, because there may be a repeated cardiac arrest.”

After listening to this woman, I said: “Don’t you want me to come to your house and tell your family that everything is fine, they can see you?” She happily agreed.

I went to the address given to me, my grandmother opened the door, I told how the operation went, and then asked: “Tell me, did your neighbor Lidiya Stepanovna come to you at half past ten?” - “She came, and do you know her?” - “Didn’t she bring a polka dot dress?” - “What are you, a wizard, doctor?”

I continue to ask, and everything came together down to the details, except for one thing - the spoon was not found. Then I say: “Did you look under the carpet?” They lift the carpet and there is a spoon there.

This story had a great effect on Bekhtereva. And then she herself experienced a similar incident. On the same day, she lost both her stepson and her husband, both of whom committed suicide. It was terribly stressful for her. And then one day, entering the room, she saw her husband, and he addressed her with some words.

She, an excellent psychiatrist, decided that these were hallucinations, returned to another room and asked her relative to see what was in that room. She came up, looked in and recoiled: “Yes, your husband is there!” Then she did what her husband asked, making sure that such cases were not fiction.

She told me: “No one knows the brain better than me (Bekhtereva was the director of the Institute of the Human Brain in St. Petersburg). And I have the feeling that I am standing in front of some huge wall, behind which I hear voices, and I know that there is a wonderful and huge world out there, but I cannot convey to others what I see and hear. Because in order for this to be scientifically valid, everyone must repeat my experience.”

Once I was sitting next to a dying patient. I put the music box on, which was playing a touching melody, then asked: “Turn it off, is it bothering you?” - “No, let him play.” Suddenly her breathing stopped, her relatives rushed: “Do something, she’s not breathing.”

I rashly gave her an injection of adrenaline, and she came to her senses again, turned to me: “Andrey Vladimirovich, what was that?” - “You know, it was clinical death.” She smiled and said: “No, life!”

What is this state that the brain goes into during clinical death? After all, death is death. We register death when we see that breathing has stopped, the heart has stopped, the brain does not work, it cannot perceive information and, moreover, send it out.

So, the brain is only a transmitter, but there is something deeper, more powerful in a person? And here we are faced with the concept of the soul. After all, this concept has almost been supplanted by the concept of the psyche. There is a psyche, but there is no soul.

How would you like to die?

We asked both the healthy and the sick: “How would you like to die?” And people with certain characterological qualities built a model of death in their own way.

People with a schizoid character type, such as Don Quixote, characterized their desire rather strangely: “We would like to die in such a way that no one around us would see my body.”

Epileptoids considered it unthinkable for themselves to lie quietly and wait for death to come; they had to be able to somehow participate in this process.

Cycloids - people like Sancho Panza, would like to die surrounded by their loved ones. Psychasthenics are anxious and suspicious people; they worried about what they would look like when they died. Hysteroids wanted to die at sunrise or sunset, on the seashore, in the mountains.

I compared these desires, but I remembered the words of one monk who said this: “I don’t care what will surround me, what the situation will be around me. It’s important to me that I die while praying, thanking God for giving me life and seeing the power and beauty of His creation.”

Heraclitus of Ephesus said: “A man lights a light for himself on the night of death; and he is not dead, having extinguished his eyes, but is alive; but he comes into contact with the dead - while dozing, while awake - he comes into contact with the dormant,” a phrase that you can puzzle over almost your whole life.

Being in contact with the patient, I could agree with him that when he died, he would try to let me know whether there was something behind the coffin or not. And I received this answer more than once.

I once made an agreement with one woman, she died, and I soon forgot about our agreement. And then one day, when I was at the dacha, I suddenly woke up when the light came on in the room. I thought that I had forgotten to turn off the light, but then I saw that the same woman was sitting on the bed opposite me. I was happy, started talking to her, and suddenly I remembered - she died!

I thought I was dreaming all this, so I turned away and tried to go to sleep so I could wake up. Some time passed, I raised my head. The light was on again, I looked back in horror - she was still sitting on the bed and looking at me. I want to say something, but I can’t - it’s terrible. I realized that there was a dead man in front of me. And suddenly she smiled sadly and said: “But this is not a dream.”

Why do I give such examples? Because the uncertainty of what awaits us forces us to return to the old principle: “Do no harm.”

That is, “don’t rush death” is the most powerful argument against euthanasia. To what extent do we have the right to intervene in the condition that the patient is experiencing?

How can we hasten his death when he may be experiencing his greatest life at this moment?

Quality of life and permission to die

What matters is not the number of days we live, but the quality. What does quality of life give? Quality of life gives you the opportunity to be pain-free, the ability to control your consciousness, the opportunity to be surrounded by relatives and family.

Why is communication with relatives so important? Because children often repeat the plot of the lives of their parents or relatives. Sometimes it's in the details that are amazing. And this repetition of life is often a repetition of death.

The blessing of relatives, the parental blessing of a dying person to children is very important, it can even save them later, protect them from something. Again, returning to the cultural heritage of fairy tales.

Remember the plot: an old father dies, he has three sons. He asks: “After my death, go to my grave for three days.” The older brothers either don’t want to go or are afraid, only the younger one, a fool, goes to the grave, and at the end of the third day the father reveals some secret to him.

When a person passes away, he sometimes thinks: “Well, let me die, let me get sick, but let my family be healthy, let the illness end on me, I’ll pay the bills for the whole family.” And so, having set a goal, no matter whether rationally or affectively, a person receives a meaningful departure from life.

Hospice is a home that offers quality life. Not an easy death, but a quality life. This is a place where a person can end his life meaningfully and deeply, accompanied by relatives.

When a person leaves, the air does not just come out of him, like from a rubber ball, he needs to take a leap, he needs strength in order to step into the unknown. A person must allow himself to take this step.

And he receives the first permission from his relatives, then from the medical staff, from volunteers, from the priest and from himself. And this permission to die from oneself is the most difficult thing.

You know that Christ, before suffering and praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, asked His disciples: “Stay with Me, do not sleep.” Three times the disciples promised Him to stay awake, but fell asleep without providing support. So, a hospice in a spiritual sense is a place where a person can ask: “Stay with me.”

And if such a greatest personality - God Incarnate - needed human help, if He said: “I no longer call you slaves. I called you friends,” addressing people, then following this example and saturating the last days of the patient with spiritual content is very important.

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Hello. My husband recently died. Forty days will be on July 25th. The son asks if it is possible to bury the father’s ashes one day before the son’s birthday, that is, the son’s birthday is July 9, and the burial is on July 8, or whether it is possible to bury the ashes on the 40th day after the death of the husband or whether this should not be done. Thank you. Elena.

Elena

Hello, Elena. You can bury the urn with ashes any day. God bless you.

Priest Sergei Osipov

Is it possible to celebrate a birthday if my brother died 3 days before my birthday?

Tatiana

Hello, Tatyana. Refrain from celebrating. There will be many more birthdays, and the soul of the deceased brother now needs you to pray and fast for it.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

Good evening, on my birthday I went to a service, and it so happened that the priest came out at someone’s request for confession. I had a desire to confess too (even though I had not prepared), I confessed and received communion without reading the canons. I reassured myself that I would come after the service and read everything, but the children came to congratulate me, time passed quickly, and I never read the canons, only at the evening prayer I thanked God for giving me the opportunity to take communion on my birthday, and asked for forgiveness. Do I need to repent of this at my next confession? And it also bothers me that I often get offended by my family. Everything was wrong for me, they told me wrong, they answered me wrong. What can you read to find mutual understanding with your relatives and be at peace with yourself? Relatives believe in God, but do not adhere to God’s commandments (that’s putting it mildly). It has become difficult for me to communicate with them, and I can no longer follow their lead. And in general, I am very demanding both of myself and of others. Lately I have moved away from everyone, and I feel good alone. This is fine?

Natalia

Read prayers of thanks after communion and mention in confession that you did not read the rule for Communion. Regarding relationships with relatives, it is more complicated. One thing is clear - you need to remain complacent and show love towards your loved ones. Read Avva Dorotheus, he has a lot about relationships with loved ones, there was even an article in Alpha and Omega that was called something like “Conflictology of Abva Dorotheus.”

Deacon Ilya Kokin

Good afternoon Our whole family goes to church. But my husband’s work colleagues (girls) persuade him to celebrate his birthday with them by going to a cafe. He’s not going to drink, but he can’t understand my objections either, he doesn’t want to be a “black sheep,” as he told me. How should I behave with him if he does go?

Hello, Julia. Go with him. You are “one flesh”, that means all together, or not at all.

Priest Alexander Beloslyudov

On what day after your grandmother's funeral can you go to your friend's wedding?

Irina Koval

Irina, we usually pray for the deceased only during the first 40 days, and, of course, it is not advisable to attend weddings, birthdays and other entertainments on these days. But after 40 days, you can safely go to your friend’s wedding.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Good afternoon, please advise what kind of icon can be given to a woman (relative) for her birthday? She is 45 years old and has two children.

Elena

Elena, any icon will be a good gift for a person who can use it for its intended purpose, that is, pray in front of it. For example, you can give an icon of the Mother of God, since, according to established tradition, women most often resort to Her in their prayers.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello, I have a question. The situation is this: a grandmother died in our family, but she is not my direct grandmother, she is my grandfather’s sister. 40 days will be on July 3, and June 21 will be my daughter’s birthday, 2 years old, can I celebrate? I'm really looking forward to your answer because I'm confused. Thanks in advance.

Sophia

Sophia, for the first 40 days you need to strictly pray for the departed, because... They can no longer pray for themselves. Celebrating a birthday now is not entirely appropriate. I advise you to celebrate your daughter's birthday after 40 days, for example, on the 4th of July (this will only happen this year, then you can celebrate as usual). And your soul will be calm.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Good afternoon I have this situation. I baptized my friend's third child. Later she married her brother (he baptized their second child). My husband and I want to get married. I wanted to find out if the “godfathers” are relatives according to church concepts. Can I marry my godfather's brother? We are expecting a child and wanted to get married before the birth of our daughter, but circumstances are such that we most likely will not be able to do so before the birth. I have already gotten used to the idea that God does not give. Couldn't these particular circumstances hinder us? I'm really looking forward to your answer. Thank you.

Anastasia

Hello, Anastasia! A spiritual relationship, equivalent to a physical one, arises between the godfather and the baptized. Marriage between them is impossible. In your case there are no obstacles. Maybe you are too demanding about the ceremony? If you wish, you can get married modestly without delay. After the birth of the child, there will be even more “circumstances”. God help me.

Priest Sergius Osipov

Is it possible to attend my father’s wake (40 days) if this day coincides with my birthday?

Lara

Lara, commemorating the deceased, especially for 40 days, is more important than a birthday. On the 40th day, the posthumous fate of the deceased is determined, and this is your own father. You must definitely go to church on this day and pray for the repose of your father - this is the most important thing. You also need to go to the wake. The birthday can be postponed to another day, for example, to the next day.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Hello, father, please tell me, my birthday coincided with Radonitsa, is it possible to celebrate it on this day?

Alexey

Alexey, it is possible to combine these two events. Radonitsa is a church holiday when the Church prays for all deceased Orthodox Christians. Birthday is your personal holiday. Therefore, you first need to pray in church on this day - for yourself and for the dead, and then you can celebrate your birthday.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

If the grandmother died on the same day as her granddaughter's birthday...

Larisa

Larisa, each of us is born and dies when the Lord bless. If some dates coincide, there is nothing special about it.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Hello! My husband (and all his relatives) was baptized in the Old Believer Orthodox Church, I in the ordinary Orthodox Church. We are not married, we have a daughter, we want to baptize her on her first birthday in an ordinary Orthodox church. Can one of the godparents be an Old Believers? Thank you.

Anna

Anna, the godfather should be an Orthodox Christian, not an Old Believer. Godparents (godparents) are given to the baby in order to pray for him and teach him the Orthodox faith. Therefore, you need to choose godparents for your child very carefully, giving preference to a churchgoer who regularly attends church and is familiar with the basics of Orthodoxy. Then it will really be useful to the child. The Old Believer will not be able to do all this.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good afternoon I want to give a birthday present to a close friend - an icon. He has a new home, where there are no icons yet. Which one is better in this case? Thank you!

Tatiana

Tatyana, giving icons is a good Orthodox tradition. You can give any icon - it’s the one you like best.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Please tell me that my daughter’s birthday falls during a strict fast, during the last, Holy Week of Lent. Our entire circle and friends do not fast (my husband and I do not either). But I still worry about what is the right thing to do? Tag after post?

Oksana

Oksana. Holy Week is a time of strict fasting and prayer, a special time. All Orthodox Christians pray, fast and prepare for Easter. Celebrations will be completely inappropriate. It is necessary to postpone the birthday and celebrate it after Easter.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Hello, I have 2 questions for you. 1) if a person was baptized in the Catholic Church, can he be baptized in the Orthodox Church? 2) I got into an accident, the car cannot be repaired, but, thank God, I’m alive, what should I do on this day? Should we celebrate like a second birthday, or is it better to fast? Thanks in advance for your answers.

Valery

Valery, for someone baptized in the Catholic Church to convert to Orthodoxy, they need to supplement their baptism. To do this, you need to contact the priest in the temple and explain the situation. You cannot be baptized in the usual manner; it is a sin. We believe “In one baptism” (see Creed). On the day of your miraculous salvation, order a thanksgiving prayer to God in the temple.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

Good afternoon I wanted to know how to do the right thing. My daughter’s birthday falls on Krasnaya Gorka or Farewell. Is it possible to celebrate on this day? After all, on this day everyone goes to the cemetery to commemorate the dead.

Anna

Anna, people go to the cemetery not for Krasnaya Gorka, but for Radonitsa (the general Easter commemoration of the dead, this year Radonitsa is April 29). “Seeing off” - there is no such day in church at all, what does “seeing off” mean, who and where are we “seeing off”? On Krasnaya Gorka, April 27, you can celebrate a birthday, but it is advisable to first go to church in the morning and pray, and only then celebrate.

Hieromonk Victorin (Aseev)

Hello! My name is Dmitry. Born on December 27, 1983, I was baptized on June 27, 1992. I remember exactly that the priest baptized under the name Dimitri. I recently started going to church, but I can’t decide on a patron saint. I pray to Demetrius of Rostov, but by date of birth the closest saint, Venerable. Demetrius (memory day January 31), I can’t find either his icons, or his life, or prayers to him. Can I continue to read Demetrius of Rostov? Thank you.

Dmitry

Dmitry, if St. Demetrius of Rostov is closer to you, then you can continue to consider him your heavenly patron.

Priest Vladimir Shlykov

The great-grandmother died, the child has a birthday, 2 years old, how long after the funeral can you celebrate the birthday?