With the Baptism of the Lord (January 19), as well as with Christmas and Christmas time, there are many popular signs and beliefs. To trust them or not is everyone's personal business! However, it is worth replacing that our ancestors received considerable benefits in their family and households, relying on baptismal beliefs and signs!

For example, our ancestors believed that by looking at the night baptismal sky it was possible to determine the weather of the following months. Raise your head up on Epiphany night. If the stars shine brightly - the summer weather will be dry and hot, the spring will start early, and the “Indian summer” will last longer than it should be. However, the bright stars in the sky on the Epiphany Eve also indicate that the year will be calm, without major political and economic upheavals.

If a girl wants to be beautiful, she must wash her face with holy water on January 19th.

Dangerous Full Moon

If Baptism falls on the full moon, beware of floods and river spills. A very relevant sign for our days! True, the elderly claim that the full moon is also an assistant in financial matters. so, gentlemen, entrepreneurs, do not forget to look at the baptism evening in the sky!

New Moon Cool

If Baptism coincides with the new moon - expect long frosts. Spring will be rainy and slushy, and summer will be cool. The new moon also indicates that nature begins a new cycle of development. This year, you (especially if you were born on a new moon) may also have some events that completely change the usual way of life.

On this holiday, in no case should you cry and swear with anyone!

Epiphany Health

A lot of snow for Epiphany - to good health! Melted baptismal snow, like baptismal water, has powerful healing power that it does not lose all year. They can be treated with joint diseases, cutaneous diseases, cuts, and burns.

We also offer you a couple of beliefs that are not related to the weather.

“If only not a page!”

In old times, a girl on marriageable age on the eve of Epiphany left the house. If the first man she met on the way was young and handsome, then the wedding is just around the corner. If he was old and weak, this year there will be no marriage.

Do you hear at the baptism of ceaseless barking of dogs? This is for well-being and material wealth.

Generous barking

Do you hear at the baptism of ceaseless barking of dogs? This is for well-being and material wealth. Dogs just call you to hunt, promising good prey. This does not mean that you must immediately take a gun and go to the forest. Your “prey” may be a successful business deal, a fee, a new high-paying job or an unexpected inheritance.

In addition, it was believed that the person who is baptized that day will be happy for the rest of his life.

Our ancestors also believed that after the priest had dedicated water in the river, it was impossible to wash for 12 days.

It served as a good sign if on this day the young people agree on a wedding: "The Epiphany Handshake - for a happy family."

It was believed that if during the service near the river it snows, then next year it will be horticultural and melliferous.

If Baptism falls on the full moon, beware of floods and river spills.

If at Epiphany the trees were covered with hoarfrost, in the spring they tried to sow winter wheat on the same day of the week - the crop will be rich.

Earlier that day, we closely watched the weather on that day. If it was a clear day, then the year would be barren, if there was a thaw, then it would be fruitful, and in cases when there were many stars in the sky at night, then everyone was waiting for a dry summer and harvest for peas and berries.

Full month - to the big spring flood.

If on this day the wind blew from the south, then everyone expected a stormy summer.

And if fog goes into open water, our ancestors believed there would be a lot of bread!