When is the Day of Spirits in 2022 for the Orthodox

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

On Monday, immediately after Trinity, which invariably falls on Sunday, like the holiday of Easter, the Day of the Holy Spirit is celebrated. Its date is one of the rolling holidays, so you can find out when the Spirits day is in 2022 by simple calculations: this is the 51st day after Easter (it is not for nothing that Trinity is called Pentecost). Monday, Holy Spirit Day is the end of the 90-day Easter cycle. There is one more point of reference - the Spirits Day comes 10 days after the Ascension of the Lord.

Exact date

Some sources have already reported that in 2022 this holiday falls on June 6, but this is an incorrect statement. You need to focus on the Orthodox Trinity, which, like many other significant dates, is tied to Easter. The coming of Bright Sunday is annually announced by the Jews, who have thousand-year counting methods for this, and Orthodox Easter in 2022 falls on April 24.

Trinity is the fiftieth day off from Easter Sunday, June 12th. In some countries of the Spirits, the day (51 days from Easter) is also a public holiday. In Russia, they simply believe that the big church holiday that fell on Sunday is compensated by an additional day off on Monday, June 13.

The Eastern Slavs previously celebrated three green days - Saturday, Sunday and Monday: Eve, Pentecost and Bogodukhov Day. On Saturday, herbs were collected in bouquets, which were sanctified the next day in the church, where the collected bouquets were fragrant, and the priests were in green vestments.

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It is not difficult to find out when the Spirit is the day in 2022 for the Orthodox: you can look at the church calendar issued by the Orthodox Church, or calculate it yourself. Catholics' calculations are not more complicated - for them the Day of Spirits coincides with the Trinity (it also falls on the 50th day). But Catholic Easter in terms of dates always differs from Orthodox.

Traditions and Beliefs

The name of the holiday comes from the event described in the New Testament. On this day, the descent of the Holy Spirit took place on the apostles of Jesus Christ. The worshipers saw flames and this led to the emergence of new abilities - they began to heal the sick, speak in different languages. This was granted so that they could preach Christianity throughout the world. Almost everyone was prepared for a martyr's death, but it was not in vain - the word of Christ spread throughout the world, attracted many adepts, gave people hope and faith.

The answer to the question of what date the Orthodox Spirits have Day does not determine the traditions and meaning of the holiday. In Orthodoxy, some pagan traditions remained, combined with religious dates:

• an evening service is served in the church on the eve, and a solemn service on Monday on Spirits;
• consecrate wells and houses to protect themselves from mermaids and evil spirits;
• food is taken in nature, laid out on the ground in order to feed it and get a bountiful harvest;
• on the Day of the Holy Spirit, you cannot work, especially with the ground, and swim (plus another week), so that the activated evil spirits do not harm;
• people have long listened to the earth, but she whispered the secrets and secrets of life only to the most pious.

People collected medicinal plants because they believed that the herbs picked that day gained special strength and guaranteed healing. It is also necessary on the Spirits day to open windows and doors so that the Holy Spirit penetrates the house and endows it with its miraculous power and patronage.

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Signs and beliefs

This day was considered the real beginning of summer: people believed that heat begins to come not only from the sun's rays, but also from the ground as a nurse. There is a list of what you can and cannot do on the 51st day after Easter, on Spirits Monday:

• you cannot work, take up household chores, but you can cook food for a festive treat;
• do not run, so as not to harm your fate, do not swim in the river;
• you need to rejoice the guests and treat them, otherwise there will be no money all year round;
• you cannot visit the cemetery - remember the deceased only in the church, especially since Green Saturday is parental, it is intended for this (in the church they light a candle for the repose, be sure to attend a solemn service).

Some traditions cannot but be associated with paganism - for example, branches of young birches were carried to the church, and then placed near the icons. Some argue that this is for accession in the house of grace, others - that the souls of the dead sit on them. It is also advised to wash with well water at dawn in order to preserve beauty and youth for a long time.

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Outcomes

• Spirits Day, a great religious holiday, comes immediately after Trinity and in 2022 falls on Monday, June 13th.
• On this day, you can collect healing herbs, give gifts to the poor, but not work around the house.
• A solemn service is held in the church, you can light a candle for the repose.
• On the Monday after Trinity, it is not advised to go to the cemetery.