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Universal Parent Services (Memorial Services, Memorial Saturdays) 2016

2. March 26, 2016 - commemoration of the dead. Second week of Great Lent. In temples, a funeral service is performed, at which all the souls of the dead are commemorated. Such prayerful care of the living for their deceased relatives brings them great relief in torment or consolation (if the souls are with the Lord).

It should also be recalled that if a Christian prays for the deceased, then he, in turn, asks God for mercy for the living.

3. April 2, 2016 - Saturday of the third week of Great Lent. Ecumenical parental commemoration (parental memorial Saturday).

4. April 9, 2016 - Saturday of the fourth week of Great Lent. Ecumenical parental commemoration (parental memorial Saturday).

From this article you will find out what date Orthodox parental Saturdays will be in 2019. You will also learn about the meaning of this Ecumenical worship.

Parental Saturdays in 2019

Often these special days of commemoration of the dead are called "universal parental Saturdays." This is not true. There are two ecumenical commemorative Saturdays: Meatfare Saturday (on the Saturday preceding the Week of the Last Judgment) and Trinity (on the Saturday preceding the feast of Pentecost, or also called the holiday Holy Trinity- the birthday of the Church of Christ).

The main meaning of these “ecumenical” (common for the entire Orthodox Church) funeral services is in prayer for all the Orthodox who have died, regardless of their personal closeness to us. This is a matter of love, not dividing the world into friends and foes. The main focus these days is on all those who are united with us by the highest kinship - kinship in Christ, and especially those who have no one to remember.

Parental Saturdays in 2019 fall on the following dates:

• – March 2, 2019.
• Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent - March 23, 2019.
• Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent - March 30, 2019.
• On Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent - April 6, 2019 - the pre-feast of the Annunciation, therefore, the funeral service is not performed.
• Commemoration of the dead warriors– May 9, 2019.
• Radonitsa– May 7, 2019.
• – June 15, 2019.
• – November 2, 2019.

• Parental Saturdays in 2020 fall on the following dates:

  • Universal parental Saturday (meatless)– February 22, 2020.
  • Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent - March 14, 2020.
  • Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent - March 21, 2020.
  • Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent - March 28, 2020.
  • Commemoration of the dead warriors– May 9, 2020.
  • Radonitsa– April 28, 2020.
  • – June 6, 2020.
  • – October 31, 2020.

• Parental Saturdays in 2021 fall on the following dates:

  • Universal parental Saturday (meatless)– March 8, 2021.
  • Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent - March 27, 2021.
  • Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent - April 3, 2021.
  • Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent - April 10, 2021.
  • Commemoration of the dead warriors– May 9, 2021.
  • Radonitsa– May 11, 2021.
  • – June 19, 2021.
  • – November 6, 2021.

For the primary commemoration of people dear to us personally, there are other parental Saturdays. First of all, these are the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent, and besides them, the parental Saturday established in the Russian Orthodox Church, which was originally intended to commemorate the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo, but gradually became a common memorial day .

This memorial service falls on the Saturday preceding the memory of St. vmch. Demetrius of Thessalonica - patron saint of Prince. Dmitry Donskoy, at whose suggestion, after the Battle of Kulikovo, an annual commemoration of the soldiers was established. But over time, the memory of the soldiers-liberators was supplanted in the public mind, which is very regrettable, and Dimitri's memorial Saturday turned into one of the "parents' days."

Why "parental"? After all, we commemorate not only our parents, but also other people, often not connected with us by any family ties? For different reasons. First of all, not even because parents, as a rule, leave this world ahead of their children (and therefore, too, but this is not the main thing), but because in general our primary duty of prayer is for our parents: of all people whose temporary earthly life is over, we first of all owe those through whom we received this gift of life - our parents and grandparents.

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International Women's Day March 8 is a memorable date for the United Nations, and the organization includes 193 states. Commemorative dates announced by the General Assembly are designed to encourage UN members to show increased interest in these events. However, at the moment, not all Member States of the United Nations have approved the celebration of Women's Day in their territories on this date.

Below is a list of countries that celebrate International Women's Day. Countries are grouped into groups: in a number of states, the holiday is an official non-working day (day off) for all citizens, somewhere on March 8, only women have a rest, and there are states where they work on March 8.

In which countries is March 8 a public holiday (for everyone):

* In Russia- March 8 is one of the most beloved holidays, when men congratulate all women without exception.

* In Ukraine- International Women's Day continues to be an additional public holiday, despite regular proposals to remove the event from the list non-working days and replace it, for example, with Shevchenko's Day, which will be celebrated on March 9.
* In Abkhazia.
* in Azerbaijan.
* In Algeria.
* In Angola.
* In Armenia.
* In Afghanistan.
* In Belarus.
* To Burkina Faso.
* in Vietnam.
* In Guinea-Bissau.
* In Georgia.
* In Zambia.
* In Kazakhstan.
* In Cambodia.
* In Kenya.
* In Kyrgyzstan.
* In North Korea.
* In Cuba.
* In Laos.
* In Latvia.
* In Madagascar.
* In Moldova.
* In Mongolia.
* In Nepal.
* In Tajikistan Since 2009, the holiday has been renamed Mother's Day.
* In Turkmenistan.
* In Uganda.
* In Uzbekistan.
* In Eritrea.
* In South Ossetia.

Countries where March 8 is a day off for women only:

There are countries in which only women are released from work on International Women's Day. This rule has been approved:

* In China.
* In Madagascar.

Which countries celebrate March 8, but it's a working day:

In some countries, International Women's Day is widely celebrated, but is a working day. This:

* Austria.
* Bulgaria.
* Bosnia and Herzegovina.
* Germany- in Berlin since 2019, March 8 is a day off, in the whole country it is a working day.
* Denmark.
* Italy.
* Cameroon.
* Romania.
* Croatia.
* Chile.
* Switzerland.

Which countries do NOT celebrate March 8:

* In Brazil - most of the inhabitants of which have not even heard of the "international" holiday on March 8. The main event of late February - early March for Brazilians and Brazilians is not Women's Day at all, but the world's largest Brazilian festival, also called the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, according to the Guinness Book of Records. In honor of the festival, Brazilians rest for several days in a row, from Friday to noon on the Catholic Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent (which for Catholics has a movable date and begins 40 days before Catholic Easter).

* In the USA, the holiday is not an official holiday. In 1994, an attempt by activists to get the celebration approved in Congress was unsuccessful.

* In the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) - most of the country's population considers the holiday as a relic of the communist past and the main symbol of the old regime.

Traditions and customs of Maslenitsa:

The essence of the Maslenitsa holiday in the Christian sense is as follows:

Forgiveness of offenders, restoration of good relations with neighbors, spiritual and friendly communication with relatives and friends, as well as charity- that's what is the main thing in this Cheese week.

It is no longer possible to eat meat dishes on Maslenitsa, and this is also the first step towards fasting. But pancakes are baked and eaten with great pleasure. They are baked fresh and leavened, with eggs and milk, served with caviar, sour cream, butter or honey.

In general, during Shrovetide week one should have fun and attend festive events (skating, skiing, snowtubes, slides, horseback riding). Also, it is necessary to devote time to the family - to have fun together with relatives and friends: go somewhere together, the "young" should visit their parents, and the parents, in turn, should come to visit the children.

Date of Maslenitsa (Orthodox and pagan):

IN church tradition Maslenitsa is celebrated for 7 days (weeks) from Monday to Sunday, before the most important Orthodox fast, so the event is also called "Pancake Week".

The time of the Maslenitsa week depends on the beginning of Great Lent, which makes Easter, and every year it shifts in accordance with the Orthodox church calendar.

So, in 2019, the Orthodox Maslenitsa takes place from March 4, 2019 to March 10, 2019, and in 2020 - from February 24, 2020 to March 1, 2020.

As for the pagan date of Maslenitsa, then d the ancient Slavs celebrated a holiday according to the solar calendar - at the time of the onset of astronomical spring, which occurs in . The Old Russian celebration lasted for 14 days: it began a week before the Spring Equinox, and ended a week later.

Description of Maslenitsa celebration:

The tradition of celebrating Maslenitsa with a merry festivity has survived to this day.

Most Russian cities host events called "Wide Shrovetide". In the capital of Russia, the city of Moscow, the central platform for festive festivities is traditionally the Vasilyevsky Spusk of Red Square. Also held abroad "Russian Maslenitsa" to promote Russian traditions.
It is customary, especially on the last Sunday, when workers and students can take a break, organize mass holidays like in the old days, with songs, games, seeing off and burning an effigy of Maslenitsa. Carnival towns organize stages for performances, places to sell food (pancakes are a must), and souvenir products, attractions for children. Masquerades with mummers and carnival processions are held.

What are the days of Pancake week, what are they called (name and description):

Each day of Maslenitsa has its own name and has its own traditions. Below is the name and description for each day.

Monday - Meeting. Since the first day is a working day, in the evening father-in-law and mother-in-law come to visit the parents of the daughter-in-law. The first pancakes are baked, which can be given to the poor in remembrance of the dead. On Monday, a straw effigy is dressed up and displayed on a hill in the place where the festivities are held. In dances and games, stylized fisticuffs "wall to wall" are held. The "first pancake" is baked and solemnly eaten as a reminder of the soul.

Tuesday - Gamble. The second day is traditionally the day of the young. Youth festivities, skiing from the mountains ("pokatushki"), matchmaking are signs of this day. It should be noted that the church forbids weddings on Maslenitsa, as well as in Lent. Therefore, on Maslenitsa Tuesday, the bride is married to play a wedding after Easter on Krasnaya Gorka.

Wednesday - Lakomka. On the third day, the son-in-law comes to mother-in-law for pancakes.

Thursday - Revelry, Revelry. On the fourth day, folk festivals become massive. Wide Maslenitsa- this is the name of the days from Thursday to the end of the week, and the day of generous treats itself is called "riotous quarter".

Friday - Mother-in-law evening. On the fifth day of Shrove Tuesday mother-in-law with friends or relatives comes to visit son-in-law for pancakes. Pancakes, of course, should be baked by her daughter, and her son-in-law should show hospitality. In addition to the mother-in-law, all relatives are invited to visit.

Saturday - Zolov's gatherings. On the sixth day husband's sisters come to visit(you can also invite other relatives of the husband). It is considered good form not only to feed the guests plentifully and tasty, but also to give gifts to the sisters-in-law.

Sunday - Seeing off, Forgiveness Sunday. On the last (seventh) day, before Lent, one should repent and show mercy. All relatives and friends ask each other for forgiveness. In places of public celebrations, carnival processions are organized. The effigy of Maslenitsa is solemnly burned, thus turning into a beautiful Spring. With the onset of darkness, festive fireworks are launched.

In churches, also on Sunday, at the evening service, the rite of forgiveness is performed, when the priest asks for forgiveness from church servants and parishioners. All believers in turn ask for forgiveness and bow to each other. In response to a request for forgiveness, they say "God will forgive."

What happens at the end of the Maslenitsa celebration:

And at the end of the Maslenitsa holiday, Orthodox believers begin one of the most important fasts. We all remember the saying: Not everything is Shrovetide for the cat - there will be Great Lent".

. The deceased are commemorated on the 9th day after it. In 2016, the holiday falls on May 1st. This is the first Sunday after the spring full moon. Therefore, believers will rush to the cemeteries on May 10th. The custom was laid down after the baptism of Russia. Let's find out how it was.

History of parent's day

The second designation of the parent day is Radonitsa. The name is derived from Radunitsa. So they called one of pagan gods. He kept the souls of those who had gone to another world. In order to provide peace to their ancestors, the Slavs implored the spirit with sacrificial gifts. From the 9th century they were replaced by Easter attributes - Easter cakes, colored eggs, candles. Sorrow has been replaced by joy for the transition of the deceased to eternal life. Therefore, the date was tied to Easter. It symbolizes the victory over death, because Jesus bled to death and resurrected to ascend to Heaven.

Radunitsa was transformed into Radonitsa so that the words “genus” and “joy” could be read in the name of the holiday. By the way, historically, Russians called relatives not only blood relatives, but in general all ancestors. Therefore, it is not contrary to tradition to bring Easter gifts to the graves of strangers.

Outside Russia, the custom to commemorate the dead existed until the 9th century. Evidence of this is the records of the Monk Sava, dated to the 5th century. The treatises of John Chrysostom also belong to the 4th-5th centuries. The Archbishop of Constantinople explained the essence and meaning of the commemoration of all the departed, not only relatives. Some Christians leave the earthly world, perishing in the seas, impassable mountains, on the battlefields. How and where exactly a person disappeared, often remains a mystery. Therefore, it is the business of the church and believers to count in memorial prayers all kinds of accidental, unexpected deaths. By the way, they do it not only on Radonitsa. IN Orthodox tradition many days are set aside for the veneration of the dead. It's time to get acquainted with them.

List of parenting days

The main Parents' Day - in 2016, as in any other year, falls on Tuesday of the second week after Easter. This is the 9th day from the Resurrection of Christ. However, believers are given the opportunity to remember their relatives every Saturday. The name of this day in Hebrew means "peace". In Israel, the 6th day of the week is a non-working day. Time is devoted to rest and prayers for the dead.

There are 6 special Saturdays in a year. They are also called parental days. The dates on which they will fall in 2016 have already been determined:

1. Meatfare Saturday is scheduled for March 5th. The date is calculated by subtracting a week from . On this day, believers are allowed to eat for the last time. meat dishes. Hence the name. In the Jerusalem Charter, written by Savva the Sanctified, it is not meat-fare, but the Ecumenical Parental Sabbath. The same psalms are sung to it in churches as in Radonitsa.
2. The second parental Saturday in 2016 falls on March 26th. The date falls on the 2nd week of Lent. During its duration, it is not possible to make private commemorations - magpies, for example. Therefore, in order not to deprive those who have left the earthly world of representation before the Lord, Sabbath services and visits to graves are held.
3. The third parental Saturday is celebrated on the 3rd week of Lent. In 2016, the day falls on April 2nd.
4. The fourth parental Saturday falls in 2016 on April 9th.
5. Trinity Saturday is no longer timed for Easter, but for a holiday. In 2016, the memorial day is scheduled for June 18th. The dead are remembered because the descent of the Holy Spirit is the final stage of the salvation of mankind. Angels, that is, the souls of ancestors, also took part in this matter.
6. Dmitrov Saturday is celebrated on November 5, a week before the day of veneration of the Great Martyr Dmitry of Thessalonica. Dmitry Donskoy was named in his honor. He won the Kulikovo field. After the battle, the prince commemorated all the fallen soldiers by name on the day of his angel. Over time, they began to remember all the departed Christians, and not just those who served.

parent day rules

All parenting days have the same rules. Believers attend temples, in particular, funeral services. Christians take with them meatless dishes. This is a sacrifice on the requiem table. Its contents are distributed to church employees, those in need, sent to orphanages. In addition to churches, believers also visit cemeteries. However, of all memorial Saturdays, only Radonitsa has been declared a day off in Russia, and even then not in all regions. Therefore, the greatest attendance of cemeteries is fixed exactly on the 9th day after Easter.

About the holiday Radonitsa, video

Parental days are memorial days for deceased ancestors. In the calendar of the Orthodox Church, every day is dedicated to a specific event, memorial days. Remember according to the church Orthodox custom their deceased relatives are taken on certain days of the year. These days are called parental days or parental Saturdays, although these dates do not always fall on a Saturday.

Radonitsa, Trinity Saturday and Dimitrovskaya are considered the most important parental days among the people, but there are also Ecumenical memorial days.

In addition, it is necessary to honor the memory of departed relatives on the day of their birth and on the day of death. Many commemorate the deceased on the day of his angel (the saint in whose honor he was baptized).

Concerning parent Saturdays 2016, they are scheduled for certain days when common liturgies (commemorative services) are read in churches, and every believer can join this prayer, remembering his relatives. During the year of such special memorial days- 9, of which 6 times always falls on Saturdays, they are called "Universal Parental Saturdays". Once we honor the memory of the dead on Tuesday on Radonitsa, and May 9 and September 11 are set aside for the remembrance of the deceased soldiers and can fall on any day of the week.

Commemoration at the Divine Liturgy (Church note)

Those who have Christian names are commemorated of health, and only those baptized in the Orthodox Church are commemorated of repose.

Notes can be submitted to the liturgy:

At the proskomidia - the first part of the liturgy, when for each name indicated in the note, particles are taken out of special prosphora, which are subsequently lowered into the Blood of Christ with a prayer for the forgiveness of sins

First, on March 5, the universal meat and meat Saturday will come. Then, on March 26, comes the second Saturday of Great Lent. The next parent's day falls on April 2. Saturday of the fourth week of Great Lent will come, a week later, on April 9th.

May 9 will be the day of remembrance for all those who died during the Second World War. On June 16, on the seventh Thursday after Easter, there will be a day of remembrance for suicides, unbaptized and violently killed. In 2 days, June 18 will be Trinity parental Saturday. September 11 is a day of remembrance for soldiers who died in the war. November 5 - Dmitrievskaya parental Saturday.

Universal Parent Saturdays

Ecumenical parental Saturdays, or Ecumenical memorial services, according to the liturgical charter of the Orthodox Church, are performed twice a year:

Meatfare Saturday - On March 5 there will be a memorial day called the Ecumenical Meatfare Saturday

This is the most ancient and solemn memorial day. Its history dates back to the early centuries of Christianity and should remind believers, first of all, of the Day of Judgment. According to church tradition, the first Christians gathered in cemeteries and prayed for their fellow believers, especially for those who died suddenly and therefore did not receive a decent burial.

The meaning of the ceremony is to prepare the souls of all believers for a new, afterlife and meeting with God, not forgetting about the souls who left the earthly world. On Meatfare Saturday, they remember those who have died from Adam to our time. IN folk beliefs the motive of preparing for the upcoming renewal is also traced - only here it means the renewal of nature and the transition to spring; It is no coincidence that Saturday precedes the merry Maslenitsa.

In Belarus and the western regions of Russia, the Meatless Parental Saturday is a kind of meeting of all members of the family, both current and former. When the table is laid, you can see the number of devices that exceed the number of those present: in this way they treat the deceased relatives. On this holiday, alms are served in the name of the salvation of all Christian souls.

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Trinity Saturday -On June 18, a memorial day falls, which is called Trinity Saturday.

An equally significant day for special commemoration The dead in Orthodoxy is also Trinity Saturday. According to legend, on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Christ, the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles and they received the gift of teaching people the Word of God.

The day symbolizes the complete purification of the soul by the Holy Spirit, the transition to the highest level of perfection and familiarization with universal human knowledge. On Trinity Saturday, absolutely all the dead are commemorated, including those who are in hell.

Counts a bad sign if on Trinity it is not possible to visit the graves of relatives: then they will come to the house and begin to disturb the living. To appease the dead, sweets or the remains of a memorial dinner are left in the cemetery. A lot of folk legends are connected with Trinity Saturday.

Girls can't do any homework. A wedding on the Trinity is an extremely ominous sign; people believe that the marriage will be unhappy. Beliefs advise not to swim, because mermaids frolic on the Trinity and can carry the living into their kingdom.

Parental Saturdays during Lent

Saturdays, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent

There will be a memorial day on April 9 - this will be the fourth parental Saturday of Great Lent.

The meaning of Lenten memorial days is a manifestation of care and love for the souls of the deceased neighbors. During the most important for Orthodox fasting divine liturgies are not held - it turns out that the souls remain forgotten. Due respect is given if believers go to church and read prayers for dear to my heart people so that the Lord does not leave them without his mercy. It is advisable to read a prayer for the departed and at home.

It must be remembered that such a prayer brings God's grace to the Christian himself. In the whirlwind of everyday routine and household trifles, the kindest feelings seem to be overwritten; those whom we truly love, we begin to treat with condescension, and sometimes with disdain. It is a pity that the awareness of the importance of each word or moment comes too late, and then many forget the deceased.

Regardless of whether a person considers himself a Christian or not, he must accustom himself to grateful reverence and memory - this is part of his upbringing and moral culture. Therefore, parental Saturdays are, first of all, days of deep respect for each other.

Private parenting days

Radonitsa, the ninth day after Easter, is a significant day for Eastern Slavs, in which Christianity and the ancients are closely intertwined folk customs. The word "Radonitsa" is the same root as the word "rejoice." According to church interpretation, the idea of ​​the complete victory of Jesus Christ over death was reflected in the celebration; it was on the ninth day after his Resurrection that the Savior descended to the dead and proclaimed to them the joyful news of his Resurrection.

The commemoration of the dead at this time bears the imprint of solemnity: when visiting cemeteries, one should not indulge in noisy festivities, and the dead should be remembered in silence. Often buried in graves Easter eggs and likewise they christen with their loved ones.

In the Chernihiv region, it is customary to leave crumbs in the hope that the ancestors will come, feast on them and bring news. There is a sign on Radonitsa: whoever calls the rain first, he will become more successful. From Radonitsa, funeral services begin to take place in Orthodox churches.

Day of Remembrance of Orthodox Warriors, for the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland on the battlefield killed —11 September

The commemoration of Orthodox wars on this day was established in the Russian Orthodox Church decree of Empress Catherine II in 1769 during Russian-Turkish war(1768-1774). On this day, we remember the Beheading of John the Baptist, who suffered for the truth.

Against the background of other memorial days and parental Saturdays, this day seems the most poignant and tragic. The celebration is connected with the biblical legend of Herod. During the celebration, King Herod, delighted with the dance of his stepdaughter Salome, swore in public to give her everything she wanted.

At the instigation of her mother, the insidious Herodias, Salome asked for the head of the prophet John the Baptist on a golden platter. The king, fearing universal condemnation, complied with the request. Since then, the holiday has become the embodiment of courage and perseverance in the struggle for faith and a just cause.

In 1769, when Russia was at war with Poland and Turkey, the church included it in the Charter as the Day of Remembrance of the soldiers who fell in battle, so that the feat of compatriots would remain for centuries. On a holiday it is necessary to strictly fast; it is forbidden to eat even fish. It is believed that if you do not eat anything but bread, you can make a wish at night.

There is a superstition that on September 11 you can not pick up sharp objects, as well as everything that in one way or another resembles a head. However, superstition is contrary to the commandments of the official church.

Sorokoust about repose

This type of commemoration of the dead can be ordered at any hour - there are no restrictions on this either. During Great Lent, when a full liturgy is performed much less often, in a number of churches commemoration is practiced this way - in the altar, during the entire fast, all the names in the notes are read and, if they serve the liturgy, then they take out the particles. It is only necessary to remember that those baptized in Orthodox faith people, as in the notes submitted to the proskomedia, are allowed to enter the names of only the baptized deceased.

Dmitrievskaya Saturday is another day associated with a special commemoration of the deceased soldiers. The appearance of the celebration is referred to the victory over the horde of Mamai in the Battle of Kulikovo.

According to legend, Dmitry Donskoy asked for blessings for the battle from Sergius of Radonezh himself. Tatar-Mongol yoke It was defeated, they managed to save their native land from desecration, but it was given at a very bloody price: about 100,000 soldiers died. The army also included two monks: Peresvet and Oslyabya.