Tatiana Day (completely “Holy Martyr Tatiana Day”) – also serves a holiday for students. From where the tradition comes from celebrating this day, what date will be in 2021, customs and rituals of the holiday will consider in today’s material.
Tatiana Day in Orthodoxy is celebrated on January 25.
Historical information
Holy Tatiana’s day has a non-passing date, it falls every year on January 25. Accordingly, in 2021 it will be celebrated quite soon – only after 1.5 weeks.
The Great Martyr Tatiana for his origin was Roman, all his life, she faithfully served the Lord, assisted with poor, patients in need. But similar to many Christians of those times, she was persecuted by the Inovers, trying to force to faith in the pagan deities.
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If someone had not obeyed, he was expected by a cruel fate – brutal torture and usually execution. It happened with Tatiana. First she leads to the temple of God Apollo, forcing it to pray to him. The believers instead begins to pronounce Christian prayers from which the idol is scattered into pieces, and part of the temple falls, killing many priests.
Then Tatiana is waiting for brutal torture, which lasts a few days. During one of them, 8 executioners who have tormented by the girl are suddenly seen angelic creatures that reflect their blows. Then the tormentors themselves also believed in the Christian God, asked about forgiveness to Tatiana, for which the Roman authorities were beheaded.
The latter ordered to release Tatiana on the stage, where there were hungry lions, in the hope that they would burst it into pieces. But the beasts began to behave like pets – became closed to her legs. And when they tried to drive into the cells, they rushed to the executioners of the girl and devoured them.
After a long-lasting Tatian torture was executed on January 25, 226 (new summer style). The church is attributed to the face of saints, and the day of her death began to read as a holiday.
How is Tatiana’s day becoming the day of the student?
Here you need to turn to the story again – more precisely by 1755, when the Queen of Elizabeth Petrovna was signed by a decree open Moscow University. His founder – Count Ivan Shuvalov decided to associate the opening date of the educational institution on the birthday of his mother Tatiana. In this connection, students begin to honor Tatyana as their patroness and intercession, and Tatiana Day has since been celebrated every year in memory of the birth of Moscow University. Subsequently, this tradition is transformed and turns into a holiday for all students in higher educational institutions.
In 2005, the authorities of the Russian Federation decided on January 25 to officially take the Day of Russian Student.
Traditions of the holiday
Russian students Tatiana celebrated squeezed since the very moment of his appearance. So according to the memories of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, on January 25, 1884, students were “all, except for Moscow-river, and that was just because she was frozen.” At the same time, the students of the students in their professional celebration treated very condescendingly – they did not touch them even touched.
Special pomp is a holiday for the beginning of the 20th century, when the birthday of the second daughter of the last Russian king Nicholas II is also celebrated in this date. Then in Tatiana the day rich people tried to do something good for students – for example, to provide them with material support.
In the times of the Soviet Union about the glory of Tatyanian Day temporarily forgot, they remembered only believers. Repeated the holiday starts from the second part of the 90s of the 20th century. And henceforth, it is considered to be the day not only of students, but also students in technical schools.
Funny students, of course, invented many traditions and rituals associated with Tatianin Day. Probably the most widely known rite – call balls. Under the challenge means freebie (that is, luck, luck). And calling it, students ask for good estimates in the test book with a practically gift, without significant efforts.
How do you call on the ball? Some students do this at home (in a hostel), while others go to the balcony or outside – it is believed that then the chances of success above. For a consulting effect, you need to shake your test book, saying: “Bowl, come!”. It may happen that some person with a good sense of humor will hear your calls and will answer them “already on the way” – it is extremely a good sign that guarantees the highest scores to freebies at the nearest session.
There is another interesting option to make luck in learning. To perform it, you need to draw a house on the last sheet of credit book. It may be tiny size, but the smoke from it must pass through the entire page. The main thing is that the teacher will subsequently discovered this caricature, although many know about student superstitions and treat them with humor.
The last custom of Tatianina Day, according to the reviews of students, always works on “Hurray.” If the exam is scheduled for January 26, then on the day of Tatiana, you need to get drunk well and put a book under the pillow and abstracts on the topic. But not to read them and not “tool”, otherwise the effect will be directly opposite. Do you believe in such signs or not, but since the time of the old days there was a saying related to this holiday: “On the day of Tatyana – all students are drunk.”
What can I, and what can not be done?
Let’s now talk about the permitted and prohibited actions related to Tatianin Day. After all, it is not necessary to forget that besides the day of all students, this is also the date of memory of the Holy Martyr, who has affected their faith.
So, that need to make a holiday?
- Visit the Temple of God, where it is customary to pray for a successful study, an easy learning of knowledge. Be sure to place the Candle of Holy Tatian in the church.
- Traditionally, on this day, women bakes homemade bread, which symbolizes the sun and as if he calls the luminaire again to light the Earth with his rays.
- If you have a secret desire, then you can make it a holiday. To this go, leave the highest elevation in the area of your stay and there from the pure hearts ask the sun to fulfill your dream.
- In antiquity in Tatiana, the day of young girls was supposed to go to the river early in the morning, where they were engaged in knocking and washing rugs. For help, they came guys who carried net rugs home. Then the rugs should have been hanging on the fence – so that everyone saw, what a good mistress lives in the house. In some cases, such a rug helped the girl to arrange his personal life.
Interesting! According to an old belief, the girl who appeared on the light in Tatiana’s day was destined to become a beautiful mistress: “Tatiana and a loaf bake, and the ribs across the children beats, and the dance behaves.”
But what Things are under the ban on January 25:
- Quarrels, disputes, violent clarification of relations, especially with native people. It is believed that in which family on this day a quarrel – those people are waiting for financial difficulties for the entire next year.
- Heavy work – cleaning in the house, needlework and other activities. Hover orders in the dwelling in advance.
- Even in Tatiana, it is impossible to refuse help if you have asked something. The holy martyr was a patronage of those in need, so apply January 25 asking for at least a couple of kopecks.
Ritals and rituals
Everyone is probably known that “Students have fun from the session to the session. Many students believe in the magic of the holiday and spend various rituals in it, they are all connected, of course, with learning, easy “freezing” receipt of good estimates. Let’s consider several popular ways.
Ritual “Order of the Universe”
To perform it, prepare a paper sheet on which you write a neat handwriting: the order of the Heavenly Office (from above, in the “header” of the sheet), and then the words of the order itself:
“I order (what is the name of the teacher) to accept the exam (your name) on the subject (indicate the discipline), putting the rating” excellent “or” good “(or specify the right score).”
From the bottom on the left side to write “to immediate execution!”. Put the date of the exam and at the very bottom to write “Heavenly Office”. So that the letter reached the recipient it needs to be washed into the toilet. And wait for results.
Ritual to pass an exam “Magic ironing”
That thing is taken (any), which you put on the exam, and thoroughly clogs on the day before. At the same time, say such words:
“How smoothly ironing your clothes, so I ride the exam!”
Ritual “Get a happy ticket”
Perform it if you dream about getting a slight question that you can answer well. When you choose a ticket, cross the fingers on your left hand at your back and mentally say:
“Angel behind his back, point my ticket.”
And after the ticket, you already stretch with the help of the right hand – the necessary one should get caught.
Rite “Connect Subconsciousness”
Our subconsciously is given a very large role in life, although we often do not even think about it. Nevertheless, if you pay more attention to your inner sensations, develop intuition, then life will become more easily. Consciousness can help and in successful exam. According to this rite for the night, a summary is put on an important event under the pillow, while saying:
“Or the topic, or knowledge, tell me the subconscious.”
In a dream, you can see a ticket number, or the question that is pulled out. Or an insight can condesuate you right on the exam when the correct answer itself comes to mind.
Choose the ritual most like you, and let him give you high scores on the exam!
