Coffee-Scented Souvenir “Christmas Star – Epiphany”

A toy from the new series “From Roman to Jordan” – “Epiphany”.

The stars of this collection illustrate winter Ukrainian holidays, sewn from natural fabrics, filled with padding polyester, and hand-painted by Ternopil craftsmen.

The Baptism of the Lord is the third and final great holiday of the Christmas cycle, which is popularly called Jordan. On the eve of the holiday, men cut down a hole in the river, installed an ice cross and a throne. It was believed that at midnight before Epiphany, the water in the rivers was agitated, and when consecrated the next day – on the Jordan – it had extraordinary properties. It was protected all year round, it was used to bless homes, and it was drunk for illnesses. In Slobozhanshchyna, there was an interesting belief that on Epiphany Day there is a moment when water turns into wine.