Third, Bread, Autumn or Nut Spas - traditions, signs, conspiracies. The strongest prayers for Honey Savior, protecting from troubles and troubles

According to Orthodox church calendar Nut Spas is celebrated on August 29. This is the third Spas after the honey and apple versions of the holiday, which also fall in the last summer month. Another name for Nut Spas is Bread Kvass.

Christians celebrate the event at the very end of summer, on August 29. In addition to the two names already mentioned, the holiday in some regions is also called the Savior on Canvas. As for the Orthodox and church name of this day, it is written in the calendar as
The Savior Not Made by Hands.

HISTORY OF THE HOLIDAY

Nut saved— the history of the holiday and traditions go back far into the past. This holiday is called not made by hands for the reason that when Jesus Christ washed himself, he wiped his face with a towel. His face was imprinted on this towel. The Miraculous Image of Christ is the symbol of this day. The image was not created by human hands, it was created by God himself. It is precisely because of this biblical history associated with a towel, people traditionally went to consecrate the Nut Spas natural fabrics. In the old days, women made these fabrics themselves, then blessed them in the church and sewed clothes for the whole family. Popular name The Nut Spas was received due to the fact that at this time of year the villages were already harvesting nuts. It was also customary to consecrate them in the church; the tradition is still preserved in many regions.

TRADITIONS

Nut Saved: the history of the holiday and traditions, photos of the holiday in the church show that the image of collecting nuts for this day and consecrating them in the church is still popular. Previously, with this holiday, the harvesting season had already ended, and the wheat had almost been harvested. It was on this day that bread was baked from the new harvest wheat. Hence another name for the holiday church day- Bread saved.

Interesting! Among the main rural traditions that can be distinguished for this holiday are the customs of cleaning the well, holy springs, and the consecration of new wells. On this day, it was customary to drink pure water from a new source.

In Rus', for every Savior, there were many signs and customs that people tried to observe. They said that if a lot of nuts are collected in the summer, then next year the grain crops will grow well. On August 29, in Orekhovy it was the branches that saved walnut possessed healing and magical powers. If such an opportunity exists, then you can make some kind of souvenir or talisman from this wood. Both for yourself and as a gift.

Interesting! A broom, collected from nut branches on this holiday, drove illnesses out of the house.
They also said that on August 29, birds already fly south. The cranes, at least by this time of the Savior, had already completely flown away to spend the winter in warmer climes.

You can tell fortunes using nuts. A wish is made and one nut needs to be cracked. If the kernel is good, solid, and even tasty, then your wish will definitely come true. But if the kernel is black or the nut is empty, then, unfortunately, all the wishes will not be fulfilled. At least this year.

Folk sayings on Nut Spas:

The Third Savior supplied us with bread.
If there are a lot of nuts this year, then there will be a lot of bread next year.
Swallows fly south to winter three times, at three times of the Savior. The third flight marks the last flight of the swallows.
If the cranes fly away only to the third Savior, it means there will be frost outside on Pokrov.

How to celebrate?

You definitely need to buy something, a small souvenir, at the Third Spas. If this is not done, then people believed that the whole year would pass in bad and unstable conditions. financial situation. You definitely need to go to church.

Usually, bath brooms are prepared for Orekhovy Spas, of course, those that are made from hazel. Such brooms can drive away diseases and strengthen a person’s strength. It is customary to bake bread at the Third Spas, but from this year’s grain harvest. It’s great if nuts are added to the bread.

In addition, the girls wondered about the future and love. They picked the nuts and determined what it would be like next year. Ripe nut - to Great love, unripe - to important news, rotten - to trouble, and bitter - to problems

You cannot refuse work and be lazy, because during the Third Savior people were harvesting and preparing for winter. It is imperative to help those in need and we must not refuse children, the poor and the sick. During the Third Savior, you cannot go into the forest without some kind of amulet, because there you can meet evil forces

The roots of the Nut Savior holiday go back to pre-Christian times. Signs and traditions of the holiday, as well as rituals and conspiracies that can only be read on this date, can be found in this article.

The Third Savior - the essence and date of the holiday

August is rich in holidays. In the last month of summer there are three Spas - Honey, Apple and Nut. The latter is the final, Third Savior. ABOUT The Nut Savior is celebrated on August 29, the day after the Assumption and the end of the Assumption Fast. According to the date, it is also called Autumn or Cold Spas.

In pre-Christian times, Nut Spas was a harvest holiday, like Honey and Apple. The hazelnuts are ripening, the grain harvest is coming to an end, hence another name - Khlebny Spas. This is reflected in the proverbs: “The Third Savior stored up bread.”

Several centuries ago, on August 29, they began to trade in canvas and linen. Therefore, the date is sometimes called the Canvas Savior. Fairs were filled with new goods, people free from harvesting sought to purchase useful things for everyday life.

With the advent of Orthodoxy in Russian lands, a religious meaning was added to the agrarian meaning of the holiday. The harvest festival became an expression of gratitude to the Lord for “our daily bread.” The Autumn Savior is revered Martyr Diomede. They pray to him for recovery. Revered Feodorovskaya icon Mother of God . Women pray before her for harmony in the family, deliverance from everyday difficulties, pregnancy and easy childbirth.

Coincides with the date of the Savior of Bread anniversary of the transfer of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands. With his help, Christ's disciple healed Abgar. After this, the Muslims stole the image. Centuries later, Emperor Michael managed to return him to Constantinople. In the 13th century, the icon was stolen again during one of the crusades. It was transported on a ship, it sank, and the relic was lost forever.

Traditions and rituals

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The Orthodox peasant began his day with prayer, church, and participation in the blessing of water. As in Honey Spas, on Khlebny it is customary to bless water in wells. Usually they pay attention to those that were ignored by previous water blessings. Well water was collected in reserve; it was considered healing. Those who did not have time to clean the well on August 14 began to do so now. They walked around it, symbolizing the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.

Household worries were not avoided, this weekday, dedicated to collecting grains and nuts, baking, preparing and preserving vegetables and fruits. Bread was baked from flour from the new harvest, the crumbs were not thrown away, they were given to the birds. If it was possible to finish collecting grain for the Savior of Grain, the sickles were tied with the last spikelets and left in the red corner - for next year’s harvest.

Despite the rampant forest evil spirits, they went to collect mushrooms and nuts. The most respected woman was the first to begin the search. settlement, after her the others entered the forest. The girls predicted the future for the year. The first nut found will be ripe and tasty - wait for great love. The unripe one will bring news, the rotten one will bring grief. It looks ripe, but tastes bitter and promises problems in your personal life.

Canned vegetables, mushrooms and compotes - homemade preparations do not end there. The Third Spas was considered the right time for making vodka and moonshine tinctures. Particularly popular was the one infused with nuts collected on the same day. It is good for colds.

Nut Spas, as mentioned earlier, is a trading day; sales of fabrics began with it. Traditionally, they visited fairs and markets. At the end of summer, new agricultural tools will come in handy to replace worn-out ones. It was necessary to prepare for the autumn cold, to acquire warm clothes.

They started work after the church service, and after a day of work they set the tables and celebrated. In the villages, the holiday was not celebrated on a large scale; there was too much work at the end of summer. In cities, festivities were noisier and more widespread. In some regions they celebrated right in the fields. Those working there were greeted with bread and salt, treated to buckwheat porridge, and invited to the table at sunset.

The day before the Third Savior, the Assumption Fast ends, prohibiting the consumption of meat, fish and some other products. Therefore, the feasts for the grain harvest festival were plentiful. The main decoration of the table is a loaf. Dishes with nuts were always served, mainly baked goods and sweet porridge. Baked apples, meat and mushroom pies, and charlottes were on every table.

Vodka infused with walnut membranes was very popular. At the table they wish you good health, like a nutshell, grace and blessings. It is not superfluous to wish for wealth.

As on any other Christian holiday, you should visit the church. Below we describe the products that can be blessed at Nut Spas. Give alms, treat the poor with nuts and bread. You should pray for prosperity, family troubles, conception and easy childbirth, and recovery.

Do not avoid work related to food preparation. Khlebny Spas - harvest festival, so doing home canning is not a sin. You can work in the garden or vegetable garden, bake bread, which should become the main decoration festive table.

Fairs are one of the traditions of the Third Savior. It is worth following the example of your ancestors; shopping at Khlebny Spas brings good luck.

For the feast, baked goods are prepared with nuts and apples. Honey is no longer the main character of the table, as at Honey Spas, but no one forbids adding it. Pies with mushrooms, vegetables and meat are appropriate for a meal. Baking should come first - it is a harvest festival after all. They invite guests, treat neighbors - it is customary to share at Spas.

What can be sacred in church

Nut- the main date attribute. Any nuts can be blessed. Ideally, collected personally in the forest or on personal plot. But you can also sanctify purchased ones. Nuts symbolize health and prosperity.

Can't be ignored bread and other baked goods. It must be made from new harvest flour. Again, it is best to sanctify products that you personally make.

It is not prohibited to add to carts apples and honey, but usually they are consecrated in previous Spas. Sometimes they bring vegetables to the temple. Poppy seeds and raisins will also not be superfluous.

Water sacred in almost any religious holiday, and August 20 is no exception. Holy water will help from any trouble. Regular well water, also acquires healing properties.

Superstitions and signs on the Third Savior

Usually in Orthodox holidays You can’t work, but the Third Savior is harvest time. Therefore, they do not avoid work; they are engaged in canning food for the winter and collecting fruits and grain. Laziness will be punished by living in poverty for a year.

It was believed that there was no harvest of bread and nuts at the same time. If there is a lot of grain, there will be few nuts, and vice versa. For more than two years in a row, as the ancestors believed, there is no abundance of hazelnuts. Bath brooms are made from walnut branches at the end of summer. They were used to treat the most serious illnesses. But such a broom needs to be stored separately from the rest so that it does not lose its properties.

You cannot refuse food to the poor, otherwise you will have to beg for alms yourself. Anyone who does not let a wanderer in for the night risks finding himself without a roof over his head. You can't swear or wish harm. All bad words and actions will be returned to the sender, everyone will receive what they deserve for what they did on Orekhoviy Spas.

You should buy something, at least an inexpensive thing. A miser who leaves merchants without money on this day risks spending a whole year in poverty. At the table you need to try every dish and praise the hostess - you will live in abundance for a whole year. For every treat you need to make a wish. If the hostess becomes embarrassed in response to praise, be lucky.

You can't go into the forest without a talisman. On August 29, evil spirits rule there. She can commit fornication- make you get lost “in two pines.”

A nut falling on your head means good luck. Wealth is promised to the one who finds two or three fused nuts. They should be kept in a wallet or pocket, picked up from the ground or picked from a tree with the left hand. Receiving a bag of nuts as a gift is good luck.

If the cranes have flown away, there will already be frosts by Pokrovi, and spring will be rich in sunny days. Birds are in no hurry to go south - autumn will be warm, winter will come late, and spring will be cold. The thunderstorm promises a warm autumn and late winter.

Rituals and conspiracies for the Bread Savior

There is a belief that on August 29, witches make staves, wands and magic wands. Traditional material - hazel. Mages with the necessary skills acquire new tools filled with the power of the Nut Savior. It also enhances conspiracies and rituals, the main components of which are nuts and bread.

Double nut spell

The double or triple nut itself is money talisman attracting wealth. It can be strengthened with a spell:

Let the lucky nut become a talisman for me,
It will bring me luck and a whole cartload of money.

As the money sign advises, keep it in your wallet or pocket - closer to the money.

Nut love spell

All three Spas contribute love magic . On the Third you can make a love spell as strong as a walnut. Pick one and split it into two halves. Use the edible part for its intended purpose. On a small piece of paper, write your name and your lover's name. Place it in the nut and tie the halves with red thread so that they stick together. Pick it up and read the plot:

She connected the two parts into one whole, and cemented our love.
The servant of God (name) will yearn for me, the servant of God (name),
I am the only one to think and dream about.
Our hearts will beat in unison,
And destinies will forever be intertwined.
May Nut Savior fulfill my wish,
My life will be filled with happiness. Amen.

After reading, you need to bury the nut where your loved one lives. This must be done silently, go home - without looking around, without entering into conversations.

Nut talismans

Inside nut shell you can put a note with cherished wish, rewind the halves with thread and carry them with you. Within a year, your wish will come true. In Rus', love spells were made in this way, in China they attracted good luck, in Europe they cast spells with money. It is possible to glue the halves together with glue - if the note falls out, the wish will not come true.

Finely crushed walnut shells attract money. It is sprinkled on banknotes, goods before trade, and work tools. Among modern neo-pagans, money cosmetics based on the corresponding plants are popular - mint, basil, chamomile. Crushed shells can be included in the scrub.

Tie the walnut branches crosswise with red thread and hang them near front door. The amulet will close the entrance to evil spirits, black sorcerers and other dubious personalities.

Money plot for bread

They talk about wealth bread baked with your own hands from flour of the new harvest. They do this before placing it on the festive table in honor of the Savior of Bread. You need to say the spell three times:

The grain fell into the ground, grew into a sprout, turned golden into an ear, and turned into bread. Just as there is plenty of grain in the fields, I have money to the sky. Just as the grain grows and heads, so my money grows and increases. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The first piece should go to the one who slandered.

Ritual to fulfill a wish

You need to set aside a piece of bread cut from the one put on the festive table on August 29th. It must be said on the next Saturday or Sunday after the Nut Savior - no later than a week later. If the bread goes bad, Higher power are not ready to fulfill your wish. Get up at dawn, light a candle. Salt the bread with these words:

I meet the gods with bread and salt, I welcome my dream. I wish that (describe the wish in one phrase). I eat bread and salt, I get what I want, I thank the gods.

Eat salty bread. Take three sips of water from a full glass and say:

Just as all life comes from water, so will my desire come from it. Water, water, make my dream come true.

Extinguish the candle by dipping it into a glass with the remaining water with a spell:

Bread, salt and water will never let you down. Bread, salt and water are joy, not trouble. As I said, so it will be. Amen.

A candle goes to the church, the remaining water goes to the sewer.

Treating children with bread

On the date of the Savior of Nuts, healers have long received sick children. We treated enuresis, fear, the evil eye, and stuttering. With this spell, you should roll a piece of black bread over the baby’s head:

I roll bread, I roll it, I drive away trouble from God’s servant (name). I roll out, lure, drive out all fears, admonitions, lessons, evil eyes, invitations, envy, insincere praise, secret malice. I drive it out of the arms, from the legs, from the head, from the cheeks, from the veins, from the veins, from the white curls, from the clear eyes. Fright, fear, go away! In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

People cannot eat this bread; it is given to dogs or birds. Another way to treat children's problems does not require conspiracies, it is enough to know the prayer "Our Father" by heart. Read it nine times over a three-liter jar of warm water. Undress the child, place him in a basin and pour it over him from head to toe. Throw a piece of black bread into the water for a couple of hours. Then give it to the dog or birds.

The Third Savior is a holiday of the harvest and the end of summer, which with the advent of Orthodoxy also acquired a religious meaning. This is a day filled with the power of the earth and nature. Its energy can be directed to treatment, enrichment or love spell. There are many signs and traditions of the Bread Savior. He who follows them will find happiness.

On the last day of the summer month, namely August 29, the Bread Savior is celebrated, also called the Nut Savior. Traditionally, baking on holiday is incredible. delicious bread from the new harvest and then consecrate it directly in the temple. Many different conspiracies for the Nut (Bread) Savior are read for good luck, for protection and for gaining strength.

The third Savior is popularly called the Nut or Bread Savior. He completes the two-week Dormition Fast. It is celebrated annually at the same time - August 29 (new style). It got its name as the Nut Festival because the nuts are fully ripened by this day, and the Bread Festival because on this day housewives began baking bread from the new harvest.

Nut saved signs and customs, conspiracies: the history of the holiday

The tradition of celebrating the Nut (third) Savior has been going on since ancient times. The holiday is dedicated to the miraculous salvation of the prince of the city of Edessa from leprosy. He was able to heal with the help of a towel on which the face of the Savior was imprinted.

The servant of the Mesopotamian prince, the painter Ananias, sent to Jesus Christ, was unable to capture his image on canvas. However, the Lord's face remained on the towel as he wiped his wet face on it. This is how the Savior Not Made by Hands appeared, possessing miraculous power. The first Byzantine icons were painted from it.

CONSPIRACIES

On this day, you must definitely bring some collected nuts into the house. It’s very good if you can find a double or triple nut - this means that you will definitely get rich soon. For such a fruit you need to read a special spell:

“Let a lucky nut become a talisman for me,
It will bring me luck and a whole cartload of money.”

Keep the charmed nut next to your wallet. You can carry it with you. It will help attract money into your life and significantly improve your financial situation.

Nut Spas plot for marriage

Girls who for some reason cannot get married can perform a love ritual. To do this, on August 29 you need to pick a nut and bring it home. Split it into two halves. Remove the edible part.

Write your name and your loved one's name on a small piece of paper. Fold the leaf several times and place it in the nut. Tie the fruit tightly with red thread so that it does not fall apart. Take it in your hands and read the plot:

“She connected the two parts into one whole, and cemented our love.
The servant of God (name) will yearn for me, the servant of God (name),
I am the only one to think and dream about.
Our hearts will beat in unison,
And destinies will forever be intertwined.
May Nut Savior fulfill my wish,
My life will be filled with happiness. Amen".

After that, take the nut, take it to your loved one’s house and bury it there

Nut saved signs and customs, conspiracies: the most common questions

On Orekhovy Spas it is customary to bless new wells, go to springs and drink water from them. Also on this day, loaves and pies are baked from the flour of the new harvest. There were no big celebrations for the holiday.

Don’t give up on work, as Nut Saving is the time of harvesting and preparing food for the winter. You can't go into the forest without a talisman - there you can meet evil spirits and do not refuse food to the needy and strangers.

Signs and beliefs on the Nut Savior

If the nut trees gave good harvest, it means that people spent the past year righteously.

If, while collecting nuts, one of them falls on your head, there will be an unexpected profit.

How to make a talisman for home and family on Spas?

Nuts hidden on holiday different parts home, also protect its inhabitants. Outsiders should not know about this amulet.

If you were jinxed at Orekhoviy Spas?

Walnut branches that appear out of nowhere in the courtyard of a house or in an apartment after the arrival of guests are a sign of damage caused to its inhabitants. They need to be scooped up with a broom and then thrown into a body of water with the current. Water will take away the evil eye. But don't take them to whoever you think brought them. It is better that the person does not know that you have found them and know that he is harboring a grudge. Do not repay evil with evil, it is better to protect your home and family from such a person, communicate less with him.

How to predict the weather on Spas?

Cranes that have flown away before the Third Savior are a sign of the onset of frost before mid-October (until October 14, when Intercession is celebrated). A thunderstorm on this day foreshadows a warm autumn. Its sign is the calm flow of the river on holiday.

Harvesting and sowing crops on Spas

It is customary to finish sowing winter crops at Khlebny Spas. First they say a prayer at home, after the wife and bread and salt they send the men to the fields. The seed rye was put into bags and placed on a cart on top of three sheaves. In the field, the men were given buckwheat porridge, and at the end of sowing, the whole family tasted porridge and pie.

By Nut Spas, the entire wheat harvest should already be harvested and stored for the winter. It is believed that if this is not done before the holiday, the harvest will rot and there will be famine. If someone, for objective reasons, does not have time to do this, it is customary for the entire village to come to his aid.

When harvesting, a little wheat is left behind, which needs to be harvested on the eve of the Nut Savior. When cleaning it they say:

Harvest spell:

“Having harvested two fields, plowed the third, give it back and put it down”

Charge yourself with power at Nut Spas

Wheat is piled into breasts. The last ears of corn are pulled out of the ground with a sharp movement. They need to be thrown back, saying:

“Stubble, my stubble, I reaped you, I was losing my strength, here’s the stubble for you, and give me my strength.”

The number of resulting breasts is counted. An odd number of them means changes in life. They can be good, for example, marriage, or bad, for example, death will come to the house.

Sometimes the last ears of corn are not harvested, in the belief that they will give the earth strength to grow subsequent harvests.

The end of the stubble is always celebrated with chants, after which the sickles are washed in a pond, saying:

A spell that charges Khlebny Spas with power:

“Willow, willow, give me my strength before the second stubble”

One of the sheaves is carried home, it is called the “birthday” sheaf. They decorate it for Easter, sprinkle it with Epiphany water, sing songs to it, and dance around it.

After going to church at Orekhovy Spas, it is customary to go to the fields. This is how people thank the earth for the harvest - the harvested one, and the one that will be harvested in the future.

Nut or Bread Spas – folk holiday which is noted August 29 the day after the Feast of the Assumption Holy Mother of God- This is the last, third festival of the passing summer, which symbolizes the end of the harvest.

On this day, the Orthodox Church celebrates the transfer of the Image of Jesus Christ Not Made by Hands from Edessa to Constantinople. On the same day, the church celebrates the icons of the Most Holy Theotokos of Fedorov and Port Arthur.

Nut saved

The third Spas is called Nut, Bread and even Canvas. On this day, our ancestors baked bread, collected ripe nuts and traded linen at fairs. People said: “First Savior - they stand on the water; - eat apples; Third Savior - they sell canvases on the green mountains.”

Other names for Nut Spas

In the last days of August in Rus', since ancient times, the collection of wild nuts (hazel), as well as the baking of bread from the grain of the new harvest and the trade in homespun linens and canvases began. In this regard, the holiday was also called:

Savior on canvas,

Savior on the canvas,

Canvas saved.

This day was also called Little Savior - it is considered a kind of semi-holiday, since it falls on the after-celebration of a very important holiday in Orthodoxy - the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.

Well, the popular names of the holiday - Autumn Spas and Cold Spas - remind that with the end of August, summer, alas, gives way to autumn.

Traditions and customs

The most important tradition Orekhovogo Spas, like other big ones religious holidays- attending church services and praying.

By church tradition on these days nuts (hazel, walnuts), bread and loaves made from first harvest flour.

On this day, according to tradition, they finished harvesting the grain and baked the first loaf of flour from the new harvest. The bread was blessed in the church and then eaten by the whole family.

In the old days there were such proverbs: “The Third Savior has stored up bread,” “If the Third Savior is good, there will be kvass in the winter.”

The ritual of keeping the remains of the first loaf, wrapped in a canvas rag behind the icon, has been preserved in some villages to this day. People believed that in this way they lured prosperity into the house and protected the family from hunger.

In many cities and villages, fairs were held on Khlebny or Orekhovy Spas - it was believed that trade on this day would be especially favorable.

At the fairs one could find an abundance of various fabrics, which the villagers willingly came for, since there was an opinion among the people that on this day they needed to buy something from fabrics.

It was not customary to celebrate the Bread (Nut) Savior in any special way, since at that time the suffering was in full swing, and people had no time for entertainment. In the morning they attended church, blessed nuts, bread, grains and went to prepare the fields for winter sowing.

Also on this day, housewives prepare a medicinal nut tincture: jumpers walnuts pour vodka and leave in a dark place.

The celebration of Nut Spas was no longer on the same scale as Apple and Honey. Summer was ending and the cold was beginning. And people tried to quickly prepare food in their barns.

At lunchtime they went to church to light bread and pies made from new grain. They prayed before the icon of the martyr Diomede.

By evening, the peasants cleaned the healing underground springs and cleaned the wells. In general, we were preparing for autumn and winter. And only then they sat down at the table. It was customary to serve a tincture based on walnuts, as well as bread and pies.

Well, we ended the day with a wash in the bathhouse. People made brooms from hazel, which protected them from diseases and the evil eye.

Housewives baked bread and pies with mushrooms, prepared various dishes with the addition of nuts and treated them to their family and friends. Since the Assumption Fast ended, dishes of meat and fish were put on the table. But the main dishes were:

fresh bakery;
apples with honey.

Customs and signson nut saved

On this day, you can eat nuts from the new harvest, before which they are illuminated in the church. There is a sign that if the harvest of nut tree fruits is good, then next year there will be a rich harvest of rye.

On Orekhovy Spas it is customary to sow winter crops and bake pies from the flour of the new harvest.

Our ancestors, after morning prayer, accompanied the men with bread and salt to the field. Three sheaves were placed in the cart, on top of which sacks of rye were placed for sowing. Arriving at the field, the men tasted buckwheat porridge, and after sowing, returning home, they ate porridge and pies with the whole family.

Sayings and signs

The Third Savior saved bread.
The harvest for nuts is the harvest of bread for next year.
There is no harvest for nuts two years in a row.
If the crane flies to the third Spas, then it will be frosty on Pokrov.
Swallows fly away three times, three times.
“After the Assumption has come - the sun has set in autumn” (Ukrainian)

If, while collecting nuts, one of them falls on your head, there will be an unexpected profit.

How to predict the weather on Spas?

Bread or Nut Spas: conspiracies

“Let a lucky nut become a talisman for me,

It will bring me luck and a whole cartload of money.”

Keep the charmed nut next to your wallet. You can carry it with you. It will help attract money into your life and significantly improve your financial situation.

There is a belief that on August 29, every witch made herself magic wand. The material for its manufacture was hazel, which on this day is filled with a special magical power. Simple people On the third Spas they made themselves walnut brooms for the bathhouse. It was believed that using these brooms would help cure various diseases. But they need to be dried and stored separately.

Nut Spas plot for marriage

Girls who for some reason cannot get married can perform a love ritual. To do this, on August 29 you need to pick a nut and bring it home. Split it into two halves. Remove the edible part.

“She connected the two parts into one whole, and cemented our love.

The servant of God (name) will yearn for me, the servant of God (name),

I am the only one to think and dream about.

Our hearts will beat in unison,

And destinies will forever be intertwined.

May Nut Savior fulfill my wish,

My life will be filled with happiness. Amen".

After that, take the nut, take it to your loved one’s house and bury it there.

Fortune telling for love and attitude at Orekhovy Spas

Having picked a nut from a tree, you need to eat it and determine its taste. Sweet it portends good luck in love affairs, bitter - disappointment, betrayal of a loved one, an unripe nut announces important news, and a rotten one promises trouble.

How to make a wish on Spas?

There are many ways to make wishes on the third day. Here are the ones I use. This is very simple fortune telling, but my predictions came true, so much so that I believe in them.

From the collected nuts, they pick up the one they like appearance, conceive a wish. Then it needs to be split. A tasty, large kernel foreshadows the fulfillment of a wish; an empty or rotten nut is a sign that it is not destined to come true.
After making a wish, you need to pick up a lot of nuts (as many as will fit), spread them on the table, and count their number. An even number will mean that your plan will be fulfilled soon.
On the street, they draw a circle with a radius of 15-20 cm, throw 13 nuts into it, after mixing them in their hands and making a wish. You need to throw the fruits up, not down. The plan will come true if it hits the center of the circle most of nuts (7-13). If there are fewer of them, the wish will not come true. You can take a close look at the composition of nuts in a circle. Its shape and location can tell the fortuneteller something if he uses his imagination.

What to cook for the Third Spas? Festive table on Nut or Bread Spas

During the feast, it is customary to rejoice at the end of the harvest and feast on treats. You need to try all the dishes on the holiday table for prosperity and health.

The Bread Savior falls at the end of the Dormition Lent, at which time you can already eat various dishes. The head of the table are nuts. The third Spas ends the August Spas, in honor of which it is customary to eat apples and honey. These products, along with nuts, are the main ingredients from which holiday treats are prepared.

Meat dishes should not be ignored either. They can be improved by adding nuts and fruits.

On this day, there must be bread baked from new flour on the table. Guests are treated to food and treats not only in the house. You can go out into the street and distribute the prepared dishes to neighbors and passers-by.

Recipe for Nut Spas – Cookies with nuts and honey

A quick baking option is weightless honey-peanut “snails” made from store-bought dough. If you do not adhere to the exact list of ingredients, the strudel dough that is ideal in all respects is replaced with puff pastry, puff-yeast dough, peanuts with hazelnuts, walnuts or almonds, flower honey with sugar, and the yolk that gives gloss is completely abandoned.

Ingredients

semi-finished dough for strudel - 200 g;
peanuts - 100 g;
honey - 50 g;
eggs - 1 pc.

How to cook

Preheat the nuts in a dry frying pan - keep for a couple of minutes at high temperature, remove the husks and let the aroma reveal itself.
Grind the peanuts by rolling them with a regular rolling pin by hand, or in a blender bowl.
Mix peanut crumbs with any type of honey - the filling for baking is ready!
Since we have “live” dough that has not been frozen, we immediately unroll the roll and cover it with an even layer sweet filling from peanuts and honey - roll the layer again.
We cut the “bundle” into pieces about 2 cm wide.
We lay out the future “snails” cut side up/down on the parchment - keeping a small distance. Lubricate the “washers” with egg yolk diluted with water or milk and place in the oven, which has already been heated to maximum. Bake at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Cool the freshly baked snails on a wire rack and lightly dust them before serving.
Homemade honey-peanut snails are equally good with coffee, tea, milk or berry juice!

There are three Spas in August - Honey, Apple and Nut. Summer ends and autumn begins with Nut Spas on August 29. This holiday marks the end of summer. Nature is preparing for the arrival of autumn. The last fruits are produced by planting and fields. Everything is getting ready for a new stage of life.

Due to the fact that in the culture of the Slavs Christian and folk traditions, the holiday on August 29 has several names. According to church traditions, it is associated with the transfer of a canvas with the Face of Christ Not Made by Hands to Constantinople from Edessa in 944. History tells that long ago in the city of Edessa its ruler, Avgarius, fell ill. No healers could help him. But he heard that there is Jesus Christ, who became famous for his miracles. He believed in him and sent his clerk Ananias to Palestine. He found Jesus, but it was not possible to approach him due to the huge number of people.

Then he decided to paint the face of Christ, believing that he too had the power of healing. But he could not depict the facial features of the Son of God. Seeing the painter's efforts, Jesus ordered water and a towel to be brought. He washed and dried his face, and His image was clearly imprinted on the canvas. Ananias delivered the Face of Christ Not Made by Hands to King Abgarius, who was healed. The miraculous cloth has healed the sick more than once. In 944, the Face was transported to Constantinople. However, in 1204 it was stolen. Apparently, the relic sank along with the thieves' ship. From this story came the name of the day, August 29, Savior on Canvas.
August 29th marks the end of the Assumption Fast - short but strict. It involves food restrictions and strict adherence to the daily menu. It is mainly used for vegetables, fruits, boiled, baked, raw. No dairy products are used, sometimes vegetable oil. Lasts 14 days.

The name Nut Spas marks last harvest nuts This day is also called the Bread Savior. The Dormition Fast ends, the harvest ends, women begin to bake fresh bread, which becomes the main decoration of the table.

Customs and rituals for August 29

Traditionally, on this day people go to church for worship. Nuts, bread, fruits, honey, and ears of corn are placed in the basket for blessing. On this day, housewives baked bread from new grain. A medicinal tincture was prepared from the membranes of the nuts. They were poured with vodka and allowed to brew. There was a special attitude towards wells; they were cleaned and blessed. Be sure to wash with water from wells and dry with a towel. In this way they preserved youth and beauty.

We made nut brooms. It is believed that it is on this day that the nut gains strength. Therefore, brooms from walnut branches are made for each family member. They are stored separately from the rest so as not to lose their strength. Walnut is thanked for the brooms. Women wove wreaths from the branches of one walnut tree. He protected the house from evil forces, evil eye.

What you can and cannot do at Orekhoviy Spas

Unlike previous Spas, you can work on August 29th. They are trying to complete all field work and preparations for winter. New harvest nuts are allowed. If there were no special holidays in the villages, then festivities and fairs were held in the city. They sold nuts, fruits, vegetables, canvases, linens.
This day was given magical properties, so they did magical rituals and fortune telling. To protect yourself from damage and the evil eye, you need to eat the first picked nut and give the second to a passerby. A nut falling on the head promised good luck and wealth. If the nut was sweet, this means good luck in love; if it was bitter, you should expect your loved one to betray you. Unripe, rotten fruits predicted changes and failures.

They wished for wishes to come true. If the nut is ripe, the wish will come true, if not, then it will not happen. The fulfillment of the desired prophesied an even number of nuts in a handful. They carried out conspiracies for money and wealth. To do this, it was necessary to find a double or triple nut and cast a spell. Keep the nut in your wallet or pocket. It will bring good luck and wealth.