Good Friday: dos and don'ts on this day

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For Orthodox believers, the strictest day of Holy Week is coming.

About this day

A number of rules must be strictly observed on this day, because it was on Friday that Jesus was crucified Christ. As a rule, believers remember the Savior's sufferings, read prayers in front of icons and ask the Almighty to forgive their sins.

On Good Friday, special services are held in all Orthodox churches, in particular, during the daytime service, the Shroud is removed from the altar – a large plate of material with an iconographic or embroidered image of the removal of Christ's body from the cross. Believers make reverent worship before her, remembering the Lord's passions.

On this day, Great Lent requires almost complete moderation from food (the strictest fast). They usually don't eat or drink anything until the Shroud is taken away, and for the rest of the day they eat only bread and water.

What is strictly forbidden to do on this day:

• swear, slander
• think about the bad
• refuse to help
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• drink alcoholic beverages
• do household chores
• work with the land
• handicrafts
• chop firewood
• cosmetic treatments
• get a haircut
• celebrate
• blame someone
• gossip
• wash and clean.

What to do this day:

• visit church
• help the needy
• bake pascha
• paint eggs.

Omens:

• warm and clear weather – to a sunny spring and a rich harvest
• rainy day – spring will be cold and late
• cloudy weather – there will be a lot of grass in the garden.

According to folk omens, the dream you have on the night of April 22 will allow you to look at yourself from the side At the same time, you can see all your shortcomings, which are not visible in ordinary life.