What is the purest Thursday in 2016? Signs and customs on Pure Thursday: what we do
Gathered at the Last Supper on Thursday, and already knowingabout his future crucifixion and ascension, Jesus washed each of his disciples feet. He was preparing them for the sacrament. All the customs of Pure Thursday - the day when Orthodox Christians wash off themselves and everything around them, sins and filth, originate in this biblical story. Today, Pure Thursday (the fourth day of Holy Week) is an excellent occasion to make general cleaning in your homes and cleanse your soul of bad thoughts by going to confession and communion. On Pure Thursday you need to clean and wash everything around, not forgetting about the purity of the soul and the purification of thoughts. Only then will you meet the Bright Christ Sunday with true rejoicing and all-encompassing joy and love. This year the Orthodox meet this day on April 28. Pure Thursday 2016 prepares us for the Great Easter on May 1, 2016.
Clean Thursday in 2016 - what number should I start cleaning?
This year's Great Pure Thursday is 28April. As always, the purification of souls and the ablution of the body occur three days before Easter. Cleaning in the house is an obligatory part of the traditions of Clean Thursday, but the main meaning of this day is the purification of the soul from all bad things. In the morning, believers visit the church and ask the priest to release their sins. Majesty of the Orthodox church on the eve of Good Friday, beautiful solemn hymns in the church, dark clothes of priests - all this provides for the most sincere repentance. Visiting the temple, believers go home to continue cleaning in their homes. After repentance, the general cleaning carries the meaning of a sacred ritual, during which Christians think only of the purity of their lives, of rejecting all unclean, sinful. Cleaning is a symbol of liberation from evil thoughts and the best way to make your home even more beautiful is by preparing everything in it for the meeting of the Great Day - Easter.
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Why is Net Thursday so called?
Christ, who washed the feet of his disciples, informed themabout his future execution. Breaking bread, he presented it to the apostles as his body, and water diluted with water - as his own blood. The body and blood of Christ were sanctified by Jesus himself, cleansed of all evil. The Last Supper was held in a specially prepared, washed room. Everything had to symbolize the purity and absence of evil. Already more than two thousand years, remembering about the Last Supper and the events that took place during the meal, the believers greet Clean Prayer with prayers, confession and communion - the taste of the body and blood of the Lord - unleavened bread and wine. Today, everything, even far from following all Christian traditions, people connect Pure Thursday with washing, cleaning, bathing. It is believed that the water on this day has unusual properties - it washes away all the sins accumulated during the year. Clergymen recommend cleaning the house, washing and washing the floors and windows on the eve of the Cleanest Thursday - Wednesday night. The very same Thursday they advise to devote to visiting the church service, cooking Easter cakes and Easter eggs, dyeing eggs. Most of the faithful people will meet Pure Thursday 2016 in the same way as our ancestors celebrated it - cleaning, bathing, communion.
What do we do on Pure Thursday?
All the Holy Week (six days before Easter)is dedicated to the preparation for the Greatest Day. Pure Thursday washes away all the filth that has accumulated in the souls and houses in a year. All household members. Including children, remove the dwelling, shake out the carpets, wash the windows, wipe the dust on all surfaces, clean the cupboards. Most families on this day collect old things and clothes and take them out of the house. Unsuitable for further use, items are simply thrown away, and still preserved, but no longer necessary clothes, toys, household items, furniture is exposed on the street. Poor people can take their clothes and things. Painting Easter eggs is one of the most common practices of the Holy Week. Paints eggs on Thursday, and by tradition this pleasant work is performed by children.
What can I do on this day?
All work related to cleaning, washing,cleaning the house of rubbish and preparing the Easter meal, is performed on Thursday, three days before Easter. On Pure Thursday, you need to remove extra things from the house, thus, making room for everything new, clean.
What can not be done 3 days before Easter?
The Great Lent continues, therefore celebrations, festivities and fun on this day are excluded.
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Signs and customs on Clean Thursday 2016
Customs
The main custom of Thursday before Easter, whichall believers will follow and on Clean Thursday 2016 - cleaning houses and apartments, getting rid of everything dilapidated in the house. On this day, a Sunday menu is made, products for Easter are purchased, a dough for cakes is mixed.
Signs
The Church refers to the signs associated with the PureThursday is skeptical, but in the people they still follow, for most of them promise profit and happiness. For example, it is believed that the money counted on this day three times, will not be transferred to the house until the next Great Lent. Girls wash their morning dew and add beauty. Hair, slightly clipped on Pure Thursday, promise to be thick and not fall out. "Thursday Salt," specially blown on Wednesday night for Pure Thursday, helps from the ailments and alleviates the problems. The main feature of the Great Clean Thursday, 2016, supported by the church, is connected with purification. It is believed that the confessed and bathed (better in the bath), the person remains healthy the whole year.
