Today you can not swear, quarrel, conflict and wish others harm.
What happened on this day:
Today the Orthodox Church celebrates Epiphany Eve, which is also called the Eve of Epiphany. This is the evening that precedes the feast of the Baptism of the Lord and is a preparation for it. On Epiphany Christmas Eve, as well as on Epiphany itself, it is customary to bless the water in churches.
What not to do on January 18:
► swear, quarrel, conflict
► wish people harm
► drinking or fetching water with bad thoughts
► mix holy water with ordinary
Folk signs and beliefs:
Epiphany evening, Epiphany Eve, Hungry Kutia, Second Christmas Eve.
► “If on this day there is a snowstorm, snow or drifting snow – there will be a harvest”, “If the snow bends the branches on the trees, there will be a good harvest, the bees will swarm well”, “There is little snow on the branches of trees – in the summer do not look for mushrooms or berries” , therefore, the national gratitude “Thank you, the frost that caused the snow”
► If on Epiphany evening the stars shine and burn, then the old people predicted the fertility of the lambs, then they said: “The bright stars will give birth to white brights”
► In addition, if there is a blizzard on this day, the same will happen on Maslenitsa, if there are strong southerly winds, there will be a stormy summer.
► If it snows in the morning, then the harvest of bread will be good
► There was snow on Golodnaya Kutya – buckwheat will be born
► Clear skies on Epiphany night, be a good harvest of peas
► If there is a full month in the sky on Epiphany Christmas Eve – to a big flood of rivers
► If dogs bark a lot, then there will be a lot of game and animals in the forest
Angel Day is celebrated:
Grigory, Evgenia, Joseph, Matthew, Roman, Sais, Sergey, Tatyana
Born today:
1882 – Alan Alexander Milne (d. 1956), English novelist, author of Winnie the Pooh
1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor, Oscar winner (twice), Golden Globe and other awards
1962 – Tamara Gverdtsiteli, pop singer, pianist, composer, People’s Artist of Georgia
1986 – Valentina Semerenko, Ukrainian biathlete, Olympic champion (2014), world champion (2015) and Europe
1986 – Vita Semerenko, Ukrainian biathlete, Olympic champion (2014) and Europe, twin sister of Valentina
Also on this day:
1778 – English navigator James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands and named them the Sandwich Islands.
2012 – Wikipedia for one day closed access to its English-language site in protest against the bill under discussion in the United States to combat Internet piracy
