The dates for which the Orthodox Easter falls, change annually and depend on the lunisolar calendar and the date of the vernal equinox. A simplified way to calculate the day of Easter was proposed as far back as the 18th century. The Gauss system (this German mathematician discovered the way to determine the regular date of the Great Day) is working now. The parental day is the time of commemoration of the dead, comes on the ninth day after the beginning of Easter. Today, it's easier to open a web page and find when Easter and Parent's Day 2016 come. This year we meet Easter on May 1, and we remember the parents on the 10th of May (on the ninth day after the holiday).
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Parent's Day in 2016 - how many relatives do we remember? Parent Saturday 2016 On Parent's Day it is customary to go to the cemetery Signs and traditions on Parent's DayParent's Day in 2016 - how many relatives do we remember?
According to the established custom, Orthodox people visit cemeteries and graves of deceased relatives on the ninth day after Easter. Radonitsa (the church name of the Parent's Day) presupposes "refreshment" of the deceased. Relatives and friends of people who left us leave on their graves cakes, sweets, krashenki (Easter eggs), sweets. Such customs help not to forget about the bright memory of people we love, gone into oblivion.Parent Saturday 2016
In addition to Radonitsa, coming this year on May 1, the Orthodox should also remember other important dates of the calendar. There are not many of them: these are parents' Saturdays and other dates. These days we also remember parents and grandparents. Before Easter and the Parent day of 2016 in March, there are two such dates: 5 and 26 of the date. In April, the church recalls the deceased on the 2nd and 9th, during Lent. On June 16, they grieve over the victims of the violent death and suicides, the children who died unbaptized. June 18 is the traditional parental Saturday for the Trinity. Parental Saturday, November 5 (Dmitrievskaya) is the last in 2016.When the Red Hill is celebrated, read here .
On Parent's Day it is customary to walk to the cemetery
In all the churches on Radonitsa in the morning and evening hours are solemn divine services. Before visiting the graves of loved ones, their relatives go to church to hand over a paper with the name of the deceased person to the clergyman. During the service for repose, all names from the transferred notes are read out. Communion before visiting the graves is optional, but it is desirable. Arriving at the burial site, the relatives of the deceased clean the leaves, weeds and debris on his grave, plant the plants.Is it obligatory to leave alcohol on graves?
The customs of drinking spirits in the cemetery and remembering relatives with a glass of strong alcoholic beverage refer to pagan traditions. True believers avoid drinking even after the onset of Easter, and they never do it at the cemetery. The real concern for a person after his death is to remove his grave, the territory around it, to build a bench and a table next to the burial.Signs and Traditions on the Parent's Day
Repentance on the graves of loved ones needs to be alive, not dead. Remembering your loved ones, we try not to commit acts that others will not want to remember. By tradition, the whole period from the Blessed Christ's Sunday to Radonica, the dead are not commemorated. It is believed that the deceased enjoy the resurrection of Jesus, and they should not be bored. 9 days after Easter, the dead souls return to themselves, and the relatives of the deceased visit their graves, praying for their peace. If there is no opportunity to visit the cemetery, candles are placed on this day for the repose of the departed people in the church. You can also pray at home, give sweets to people, asking them to remember the person who has gone into oblivion. Painted eggs Radonitsi - green and yellow. It is believed that to remember loved ones is necessary, because people who have forgotten about their departed people after their death will forever be forgotten by themselves.More information about the Holy Week can be found here .