How to bless the young? Parent's Guide

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

A wedding is not just a holiday, it is a whole collection of rituals, rituals and traditions that are performed in different countries in their own way.

For example, in Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Belarus, the customs are similar, so the wedding day there is almost the same. I would like to dwell on the Slavic celebrations.

At the wedding there are a lot of paraphernalia, which is already considered mandatory: a towel, a loaf, a trifle and sweets for sprinkling young people, icons, candles, glasses for young people, a bride's bouquet, a garter, a scarf for a young wife and so on. Let's take a closer look at some of the above. Towel is a symbol of family, unity and prosperity. It must be embroidered by hand. On the wedding towel, each cross and symbol means something:

• two doves - a sign of endless love;
• bunch of grapes - fertility and we alth;
• cross - the sun, goodness, light and happiness in a new family;
• viburnum - fidelity and female beauty;
• oak - male energy andstrength.

Loaf is served to young people after the wedding by the groom's parents along with their blessing. How to do it right and not forget anything? Not every parent knows how to bless the young, what to use. This is a very important moment. During the entire wedding, the newlyweds are blessed twice: the first time the bride's parents give their instructions after the ransom, the second time the groom's parents with the loaf already congratulate the young family in the restaurant. Let's start in order. How to bless the newlyweds before the wedding?

After the groom passes all the tests prepared for him by his friends, it's time for instructions from the future mother-in-law and father-in-law. The bride's parents should use the icon of the Mother of God, most often the Kazan icon. This sacrament is best done away from a noisy company that has already begun to drink champagne. The icon must be directed towards the young and held with a towel, not with your hands. Before blessing the young, parents say parting words and wishes to the new family. Then you need to make the sign of the cross on the bride and let her kiss the image, then the same thing needs to be done to the groom. Hands are tied with a towel for as many knots as possible. There is a belief that a family will have as many children as there are knots.

How do parents bless the young after marriage? When the bride and groom arrive at the restaurant, the father-in-law and mother-in-law with the icon of the Savior, holding it with a towel, similarly make the sign of the cross in turn onyoung. Then the parents offer a loaf of s alt. People believe that whoever bites off the largest piece will be the head of the family. Before blessing the newlyweds, the groom's parents should congratulate the children on becoming one family.

The main advice to parents who do not know how to bless the young is to be sincere. No need to prepare speeches and long speeches, speak from the heart. Only then will your blessing turn out to be truly parental and will certainly be remembered for the rest of your life. After the celebration, the icons with which they blessed the young are taken into the house of the young family and placed in a red corner.