Orthodox Kaluga celebrate the Intercession of the Day

This is a great Orthodox holiday, which is a symbol of intercession and consolation.

Its full name is the Intercession of the Most Holy Lady of our Mother of God and the Virgin Mary. It is based on the legend of the appearance of the Virgin in the Vlachernsky Church, when St. Andrew Yurodivy and his disciple Epiphanius saw her pass through the air and spread her head cover over the worshipers.

During the holiday, Orthodox believers read prayers, sing or listen to the tropar, remember their relatives, and also help those in need.

The clergy on this day wear blue vestments, as a symbol of purity and purity of the Virgin Mary, and for laity it was from the Intercession that the season of gatherings and weddings began.

In Russia at this time finished the work in the field and in the garden, began to insulate huts, cattle were transferred to winter feed, and also harvested firewood, doused children with water to protect against diseases.

It was believed that if a northern or eastern wind blows on the Pokrov, then this promises a cold winter.

As reported by “MK in Kaluga” earlier, the Kalugans were told what not to do on Mikhail Solomenny.