Troitsa (the Trinity)- Old Traditions

On Troitsa (the 50th day after Paskha) the houses were usually  decorated with fresh green branches. The
maiden's clothes were put on young birch-trees and songs and dances round the birch-trees took place.
The garlands made of birch branches and flowers were put into water for fortune-telling.
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автор: Туриченко И.Е. 

PALM SUNDAY

И когда вошел Он в Иерусалим,

весь город пришел в движение
и говорил: кто Сей?
Народ же говорил: Сей есть Иисус,

Пророк из Назарета Галилейского.

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