When will the parental Saturday in 2015 (Dmitrievskaya Saturday)
This day falls on November 7, 2015. It is necessary to visit the church at Dimitrievskaya parental Saturday. So you will have the opportunity to honor the memory of close people whose graves you can not visit for one reason or another.
Invariably from year to year on this day in all the churches during the service there are memorial services and readings of funeral prayers. Believers on Dmitrievskaya Saturday bring with them to the church a meal for the poor, put candles for the repose of the souls of all relatives.
The name "Dmitrievskaya Saturday" arose thanks to Dmitry Donskoy, who, after the bloodshed on the Kulikovo Field, appointed the commemoration of all the dead soldiers. Eventually, together with the soldiers, Christians began to commemorate all their deceased ancestors, and today many believers do not even know that initially Dmitrievskaya Saturday was designated as a day of remembrance of those who died during the Kulikovo battle.
Dmitrievskaya parental Saturday (commemoration of the dead)
A large number of rites, traditions and signs are associated with the Dmitrievskaya Sabbath. In many settlements this day in the cemeteries at the graves of relatives specially arranged a cheerful feast to demonstrate to the souls of their ancestors that they are valued and remembered. It was not allowed on this day to cry for the dead, so as not to upset them.
On the eve of the parental day, all members of the family had to wash themselves in the sauna and, at the entrance, always leave a bucket of water and a new broom for the souls of their relatives. Directly on Dmitriyev's Saturday after a campaign in the church, the owners of the house covered the table. Families who had a good income, tried to have 12 dishes during the meal on the table. In addition, they always took an empty plate, and put in a spoonful of each dish. This plate on the table should stand for the rest of the night, so that the ancestors could also be treated.
During the feast, there were conversations about those who are not with us. It was allowed to remember only the deceased something good, it was strictly forbidden to talk bad about it. With stories of joyful episodes from people's lives, relatives showed that they were proud to belong specifically to this family.
Since in many settlements in the Dmitrievskaya Sabbath the priests held memorial services right at the cemetery, Christians went right there without visiting the church. Today quite often people ask clergymen to read the prayer of commemoration precisely on the grave of one particular relative or near the graves of all their ancestors.
Do not forget to honor the memory of your deceased relatives. Remember the power of Christian prayer and the existing traditions.