One of the significant church holidays after Christmas and Easter is the Ascension, therefore the question is whether it is possible to work on this day believers are asked quite often. Many are not sure of the correctness of their attitude to the holiday, because it falls not on the day off, but on Thursday, as they celebrate it on the 40th day after the Bright Sunday. And yet on this day it is considered necessary to visit the temple, solemn service, at home the housewives had to bake in advance special rectangular cakes with a staircase decoration at the top symbolizing that heavenly staircase with which Jesus ascended to heaven. And it was also necessary to fry and eat fried eggs - so they remembered their ancestors. However, some things should not be done for the holiday.
Can I even work for the Ascension?
On the question of whether it is possible to work for the Ascension, the church categorically answered the ban. On this day it was impossible to wash, prepare to clean the house, do another "black work". A bright holiday should help to cleanse a person of all extraneous thoughts, he must turn to God with all his heart, and not take up with worldly thoughts.
Is it possible to work in the Ascension in the garden?
Since the Ascension always happened at the end of May - the beginning of June - the period of active agricultural, as well as dacha work, for believers there was always a special question whether it is possible to work with the earth in Ascension. The Church attributes this activity to exceptions and does not extend its prohibition to it. It is possible to work in the garden for Ascension , but only after dinner and only within the necessary.