How many beliefs and traditions revolve around the wedding! The only thing that at least partly reconciles with them is that, in general, it has always been like that. Do not consider the number of people's signs associated with the marriage. This is not surprising. After all, marriage was always given immense significance, as an act of radical change in the position of both men and women and equally (or even more) as a blessing for the birth of children. Fears that evil spirits or evil people may somehow undesirably interfere with the process and spoil everything, leave their imprint on all customs associated with the marriage. For example, fears of the evil eye, manifested in the custom of hiding the face of the bride under the veil, and in the derogatory nicknames that rewarded the bride and groom in the "carol" songs present, claiming that the bride is rarely ugly, and the groom is almost completely disabled. But all this, in fact, is superstition.
Collecting signs about which month it is better to marry is the same as believing that you can not marry in a leap year or in May.
It is sometimes very difficult to draw a line between a sign and superstition. It is best, of course, to be free from such things by a person and not to decide which month it is better to marry, but simply to leave when everything is wanted. But if it does not work, if you want some kind of confirmation of your desire, which gives confidence in your decision, then, of course, you can turn to the people's signs, there is nothing wrong with it, while the signs do not cover common sense.
In which month is it better to marry by popular signs?
Slavs are mostly Orthodox people, but many pagan customs were accepted and "digested" by the church, unless they contradicted the main thing - faith in God. What can be wrong with the practice of baking pancakes or "larks" in the spring, and how does this contradict Orthodoxy?
Here and folk customs are partly adjusted to the church calendar, as the church customs are partially adjusted to the local folk agricultural calendar (textbook example - the consecration of apples to the Transfiguration).
Traditionally, it is not customary to marry during multi-day fasting (and on one-day - Wednesday and Friday - it is possible!). There are four Orthodox fasts four, of which two are non-transient and two passing (that is, their time, or even the length, fall on different days of the usual calendar).
Non-transient:
- Christmas (Filippovki) post - from November 28 to January 6 - precedes the celebration of Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7.
- Uspensky - from August 14 to 28 - prepares believers for the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. "Assumption" means that the Mother of God did not die, but fell asleep.
Passing (depends on Easter):
- Great - from Monday the seventh week before Easter .
- Petrov - begins a week after the Trinity and lasts until July 12. Thus, its length depends on how early Easter was: the earlier Easter, the longer the fast.
It is not customary to marry (and not crown) in some Orthodox holidays.
It is not necessary to get married during the critical days.
And when is it better to get married?
According to the people's
Another good time, also quite popular in the past, is the time after the Christmas holidays and before Shrove Tuesday. In the old days there were problems with food at that time, but now, thank God, they are not there!
So the question of which month to marry can be easily solved in terms of people's acceptances, and this can support the resolve of the bride and groom.