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Do you celebrate Name Day in Russia?
In Greece - Cyprus every day is associated with a Saint and the person who has the name of the Saint celebrates (exactly like birthday).
In case you have: What do you say to the person who celebrate (i.e. wishes). For example for birthday is: С днем Рождения
We have exactly the same thing here but we don't really celebrate this. I'm sure most people don't even know when their Name Day is but everyone sure has an idea of what именины isQuote:
Originally Posted by Antonio1986
As you can see именины is from the word имя (name). The conventional phrase for this occasion is С именинами тебя or Поздравляю с именинами and anything like that
Do you know whether other Christian Countries celebrate it? (e.g. USA, UK, Italy etc).Quote:
Originally Posted by iCake
Именины, "день ангела", день тезоименитства.
It is сelebrated by Orthodoxal and Catholic Christians.
Именины (Name Day) часто путают с Днём рождения. Обычно в просторечии. Например: "Справляет именины", "У тебя сегодня именины".
Именины в правильном значении празднуют те люди, которые следят за церковным календарём. Не однозначно: это ближе к вере, или к суеверию? Также поздравить с именинами - это повод проявить внимание к человеку. Если внимание надо проявить, а другого повода нет:)
This is the first time I've ever heard of this holiday.
Scott from the USA
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Originally Posted by Antonio1986
In Orthodox tradition Name Day depends on Baptize Day, so you should be baptized to celebrate Name Day. Before revolution birth day was not celebrated and noticed in official papers. Because Church was a department of State Administration and priests got salary, they gave birth certificates, marriage, etc. Name day was in those papers. After revolution Church was banned from the state, and before 1930 it was a radical ban. Christmas was forbidden, baptize was forbidden, name days were forbidden. Even birch tree was forbidden as a symbol of Tsarist regime. New Year and Birth Day were forced as holidays. That's why here Name Day and Christmas are so weak holidays. Christmas left because it was forbidden not so long. But baptizing was forbidden till 1980x. So Name Day tradition just died.
P.S. Lenin's wife forced party to return a birch tree to gave holiday to children.
About Church as a clerk department.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Священн..._церкви
Ну это не особо распространено. Редко с таким сталкивался. Может быть, в сильно религиозных семьях.