Today, according to the church calendar, the Day of Saints Marina and Lazarus is celebrated. The Great Martyr was born in the city of Antioch in Asia Minor into the family of a pagan priest. Marina lost her mother in infancy, the nurse was engaged in the girl, who raised her in the Orthodox faith.
When the father learned that his daughter had become a Christian, he abandoned her. At the age of 15, Marina was captured during the persecution of Christians and imprisoned. Under torture, the saint was forced to renounce her faith, but the girl was unshakable. She died through the beheading, but she never renounced Christ’s faith.
Today, July 30, an important ban is in force, failure to comply with which can lead to big trouble.
Marina was associated with people of the sea kingdom. The people believed that she fled from there to live on earth. Since then, the sea king has been looking for her and sends lightning bolts to punish the rebellious daughter. Therefore, on July 30 thunderstorms with lightning often occur, which are dangerous to people, as they cause fires and deaths.
The people also believed that if you look at lightning on this day, you can go blind. Therefore, on July 30, they tried not to leave the house and not look out the window.
And today you must definitely try to have one dish on the table that brings happiness and success. It’s about fish. Today, according to popular belief, it is imperative to eat a fish dish for everything to turn out wonderful in life.
Today, July 30, Leonid, Marina, Veronica, Margarita celebrate name days.