Congratulations on the name day: the history of the holiday

Sooner or later, almost all baptized and believing people receive congratulations with the name-day people. Similarly, sooner or later you have to go to the name-day of a friend, colleague, boss or just a friend. What is to give and how to behave, not everyone knows. Even the history of this holiday is not known to everyone. First of all, of course, it is important to think over the text of the congratulation on the name day. It can be a speech, very short, which you must say when handing a gift. You should remember some details related to this holiday.

First, the name day is "the day of the name". On another such holiday is called the day of the Angel. Because every day is dedicated to some saint. Of course, such an event has a religious background. In order to create the right mood for the person on this day, we must come up with a good congratulation. Nominees are sometimes considered more important than their birthday. Therefore, congratulations on the Angel Day are a bit different.

Today you can find many interesting postcards designed specifically for such an event. There you can find even congratulations in verse. It is interesting that some types of such congratulations are nominal, intended for the day of a certain saint. You can find specifically how to congratulate Olga, Vladimir or the owner of another name. Every saint, like every name, has his own character and specificity.

Namedays have their own history, and it is quite long. The first congratulations on the name day were held in the 17th century in the Russian Empire. This happened according to certain rules. Usually, even more than that for the birthday was prepared for this holiday. The day before his family brewed beer and baked loaf. The birthday party was to go and confess to the church on the day of the Angel. The family put candles for him. Then all together returned home and celebrated. Congratulations at the same time invented themselves. Later, with the distribution of the printing house, congratulations on the name day were decorated on postcards.

Another interesting holiday, associated with the day of the Angel - is the day of the namesake. It was the day the Tsar celebrated his birthday. If mere mortals baked kalachi and cooked beer only for themselves, then the sovereign did this for the whole people. It was a very noisy and joyful holiday, when lights and fireworks were lit all over the country. Congratulations on the name day continued until the arrival of the Bolsheviks. This is a religious holiday, which has a direct bearing on baptism. And the new government denied religion and similar ceremonies.

Of course, it was difficult for people to get out of old habits, and the Bolsheviks tried to come up with an analogue for the name day. They were also called "stars" or "october". However, this practice has not become a tradition. The field of how the Soviet Union collapsed, the name day returned. Today, congratulations on the name day have again spread and are enjoying great success. Someone might think that the day of the Angel received the name of a saint who was born at that time. However, most often, the day is given to an ascetic who has died. This is absolutely true, because when a saint was born, he was still a simple man. In addition, he probably had a completely different name.

Devoting himself to serving, he changed his name and his life. By the time of his death, he had reached the peak of development and the goal of his journey. Therefore, the day on which the saint performed the transition has a special aura. The saint becomes the heavenly patron of the man who bears his name. A person can change the name in the passport. But the way it was called during baptism is invariable. In olden times, a man in his life often wore the wrong name, which he was christened, but another. The true name of the newborn was concealed, so as not to jinx it. Change the real name given at the ceremony, a person can only at the initiation of the monks. Despite all the congratulations, the name-day first of all remain the day of spiritual perfection.