Why cancel parental Saturday April 6, 2019: what can and can not do

SATURDAY - this is a special day in which all Orthodox Christians attend church, to pray and remember deceased relatives, go to the cemetery. Last SATURDAY Lent 2019 falls on April 6, but in view of the fact that the next day Orthodox Christians celebrate the great feast of the Annunciation, a memorial service will canceled.

What do the parents of the Sabbath?

Total spend eight parental days, seven of which falls on a Saturday in the year - hence the name SATURDAY. Every Saturday such rules, customs and peculiarities. For example, during Trinity Cheese-fare and parental Saturdays are less stringent rules, it is allowed to remember the dead, who had committed suicide, and those who were not inveterate according to the canons of the Orthodox Church.

That decided to make the parent Saturday Fourth Week of Lent

On this day people remember deceased relatives and friends, go to work, to distribute needy Lenten meal and bring a donation to the church: the honey, flour, Cahors, sunflower oil, fruits and vegetables.

What not to do on this day?

• You can not speak ill of the dead;
• refuse to charity and alms to needy;
• drink alcoholic beverages;
• do the cleaning in the house and wash.

SATURDAY April 6, 2019

SATURDAY fourth week of Lent falls on April 6 at predprazdnovanie great holiday -AnnunciationSo the traditional memorial service will be.

But this does not mean that it will be impossible to honor the memory of the dead, it will be possible to read a special prayer for the dead, put candles, visit the cemetery and tidy up the graves.

You can pray at home or visit the Friday evening service on April 5, when it held a special memorial service for the dead. That during this funeral service of the deceased priest mentioned, you should write a special note "for the repose", specifying the name of the deceased.

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