Every year at the end of August, Orthodox people celebrate a bright religious holiday - the Apple Savior, which is included in the twelve most important events of the liturgical church year. Gardens and vegetable gardens on this day are strewn with ripe apple fruits, from which excellent pies and delicious jam are obtained.
The great holiday of the Apple Savior, which has a second name - the Transfiguration of the Lord, is annually celebrated in Russia on August 19. On that day, the Orthodox Church recalls the event that is associated with the life on earth of Jesus Christ and took place on Mount Favorit. Christ, presented in divine glory before his disciples, was illumined with a bright light. Therefore, the symbolic meaning of the holiday is the transformation of human souls.
On Yablochny Spas, the strict Assumption Fast is somewhat weakened, you can eat fish on this memorable day and drink wine in moderation, as well as consume the consecrated fruits. According to custom, liturgies and solemn services are held in churches, the canon is sung and the paremias are read, after which apples and other fruits are illuminated with water and prayer in gratitude to the Lord God for the presented harvest. All Orthodox and clergymen dress in white clothes, because it is the white color that is the symbol of a bright holiday.
Believers always celebrate the Apple Savior, make jam and bake pies, which they treat each other. At sunset in ancient times, people went out into the fields to spend the summer singing. After all, it is not for nothing that it is believed that summer begins to change in autumn after the Apple Savior. Many Orthodox people still believe that apples in the Transfiguration of the Lord have magic, and before eating the fruit, it is necessary to make the most cherished wish, it will certainly come true.
In the squares of some cities, the celebration of the Apple Savior is held. The funniest part of the holiday is a musical entertainment program in the style of the Russian traditions of our ancestors. Visitors can listen to performances by balalaika players and guslars, as well as folklore ensembles. Orthodox Christians can take part in round dances, dances and songs.
