Anna's holiday summer on August 7: history, traditions, ban and signs

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Day of Anna summer — one of the national holidays most esteemed in Russia who is annually marked out on August 7. It is devoted to leaving to other Saint Anna's world, Jesus Christ's terrestrial grandmother. Holiday date remains from year to year invariable. That is known of Saint Anna Svyataya Anna to whom the holiday is devoted on August 7, according to the Holy Writ, was Virgin Mary's mother and Jesus Christ's grandmother. Anna was married to Joaquim. Couple lived in Nazareth, at them a long time it was impossible to conceive the child. When it became the reason of sneers from residents, Joaquim wanted to sacrifice...