The Assumption of St. Anna

On 25 July the Orthodox church celebrates the assumption of St. Anna. This is the second day of the year, dedicated to this Saint (on 9 December Orthodox Christians celebrate the Conception of St. Anna). She is honoured as the patron of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. On this day, women should not work, because it is believed that if they work, they will have difficult delivery or will suffer a miscarriage. Housewives knead fresh flat cakes and present them to other people for the health of their children. St. Anna is considered as the patron of motherhood, but at the same time her feast is related with the ancient pagan concepts of the Great God-mother.
On this day, everyone named Anna, Ana, Yana, Enko, celebrate their name day.