Virgin (Both Bogomica, God’s mother, Virgin Mary) – According to the Bible, God’s mother, mother of Savior Jesus Christ. To her, the people have built a special relationship of respect. It is believed that she is a folk agent before her son Jesus and that she conveys the prayers and desires. It is also present in the bangs. It is a protector of the lines, which is why they give birth to help them. It is also believed that it also helps women who do not have children. Therefore, such women went to the churches dedicated to the Mother of God and prayed before her icons. In Macedonia, it also respected the Turks, naming it as Muarem Anne, and called it when a woman gave birth. In the folk songs of some plants (wheat, grapes), she blessed them, because $ worshiped, and others curses (EVLA, Jasiko) because they did not do it. There are many traditions for miraculous (life-giving) icons associated with her name. The people celebrate more holidays associated with its name: Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos – Small Virgin, (21/8. IX), Introduction of the Most Holy Theotokos, (4 ⅻ / 21. Xi) Annunciation, (7. Iv / 25. Ⅲ) , The Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos – Greater Bogorodica (28/15. Ⅷ), the Council of the Most Holy Theotokos (8th and / 26th. Ⅻ), Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos (14/1), Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos (13.ix / 31. Ⅷ), etc. Lit.: Marko Cepenkov, Macedonian folk reputations, book ninth folk beliefs, children’s games, edect Kiril Penakliski and Leposava Spirovska, Skopje 1972, 20; Joachim Krchovski, collected texts, arrived Blaze Koneski, Skopje, 1974; Marko Kitevski, Macedonian holidays, Skopje, 2001. M. Keith.
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