Malinga ndi miyambo ya Orthodox pa August 2, ndi mwambo wokondwerera holide yoperekedwa kwa Eliya mneneri. Munthu woyera wochokera ku nthawi yakale amaonedwa kuti ndi wovuta kwambiri, koma nthawi imodzimodziyo mwachilungamo. Amatha kuthetsa mvula, mabingu ndi mphezi. Pali miyambo ndi miyambo yosiyana pa tsiku la Ilya, momwe ntchitoyi idasungidwira mpaka lero. Iwo awuka chifukwa cha zaka zambiri za mwambo ndi kusunga anthu. Lero aliyense ali ndi ufulu wodzipangira yekha ngati kuli koyenera kuziwona kapena ayi.
Zikondwerero ndi miyambo pa tsiku la Eliya
Pofuna kudziika yekha woyera, anthu akale adayesa kumunyengerera m'njira zosiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, pawindo kunali mwambo wokonzera mkate, mchere ndi zina. Madzulo, chakudyacho chinkaponyedwa m'nyanja yapafupi. Sikuti anthu amangoopa mkwiyo wa Ilya, komanso mizimu yambiri yoipa yomwe idayesa kubisala, inatembenuka ndi nyama zosiyanasiyana. Mphamvu yosayenerera idayesedwa kuti iwononge anthu omwe samavala mitanda. Kuti muteteze nokha, mukhoza kuchita mwambo pa tsiku la Eliya, zomwe muyenera kuyatsa kandulo ya mpingo dzuwa lisanadze. Pambuyo pake, dziloleni nokha katatu ku chiwembu chotere:
"Eliya Woyera, ndikukwezera maso ndikukupemphani: Ndipulumutseni ku machenjerero a osayera, kuchokera ku machenjerero a ophedwa. Mu dzina la Atate, ndi la Mwana, ndi la Mzimu Woyera. Amen. "
Kuwonjezera apo, mizimu yoyipa ikhoza kulowa mnyumbamo ndipo Ilya anayambitsa zowunikira mozizira m'nyumba za anthu. Kuteteza motsutsana ndi izi, panthawi yamvula yamkuntho, amalingalira kuti atseke zitseko ndi mawindo mwamphamvu, komanso kuti apange mairasi ndi zinthu zonse zowala. Makandulo amatsala makandulo pafupi ndi zithunzi ndikuwerenga chiwembu:
"Woyera, woyera, woyera! Ilya mneneri, kupatula mabingu kuchokera ku bingu, kuchokera muvi wa chisokonezo. Amen. "
Kuyambira nthawi zakale anthu ankakhala pa tsiku la Ilia osati miyambo yokha, komanso ankaganizira zizindikiro zosiyana. Wotchuka kwambiri mwa iwo amanena kuti simungathe kusambira pa August 2, chifukwa madzi ayamba kutentha ndipo mermaids akhoza kukoka pansi pa madzi. Ngati mvula ikagwa tsiku limenelo, ndiye kuti mutha kuyembekezera kukolola kwa rye chaka chamawa. Nyengo yozizira pa tsiku la Ilya inasonyeza kuti zikanakhala zotentha kwa masabata asanu ndi limodzi. Ndizosatheka kugwira ntchito lero, chifukwa mutha kudzidzimutsa nokha. Bingu lamphamvu ndi mphezi pa August 2 zikulosera chisanu ndi chisanu.