Parental Saturdays in 2022
Parental Saturdays in 2022 mark the opportunity to commemorate our deceased ancestors and petition for a memorial service at the church. Church parental Saturday allows you to fulfill the main prayer duty of the living to the dead. We must remember and honor our parents, grandmothers, grandfathers and just loved ones who are no longer around, so that it would be easier for them to be near the angels and pass the tests of the Last Judgment.
Content
- Orthodox calendar
- Dates of memorial Saturdays
- Universal Parental Saturday
- Radonitsa
- Trinity parental Saturday
- Dmitrievskaya parental Saturday
- Nearest parental Saturday
- What date is the parent Saturday in 2022
- What You Can Do
- Prohibitions
- Secular ritual of commemoration of the dead on parental Saturdays
Orthodox calendar
All parenting Saturdays in 2022:
- February 26;
- 19, 26 March, 2 April;
- May 3;
- June 11;
- November 5th.
Also in the Orthodox tradition there are fixed dates when it is customary to commemorate dead people. On these days, church ministers celebrate liturgies for the dead. A note is served to the church, as well as, if possible, colovo, wine, sunflower oil and other offerings. After the service, relatives go to the cemetery, clean it up, change the cross or carry out other repairs grave work , speak to the deceased person.
Orthodox Calendar 2022
Dates of memorial Saturdays
Parental Saturdays in 2022 according to the Orthodox calendar are not in every month. The largest number of such days falls on the period before and during the Great Easter Lent. In order not to forget about the date and have time to prepare for it (buy food, plan a trip to church and cemetery), mark the dates on the calendar or set reminders in a special program on your mobile phone.
Universal Parent Saturday
Ecumenical meat-eating parental Saturday is celebrated on February 26, 2022. The main dish of the first memorial day of the year is kutia made from honey and cereals (millet, rice). Memorial days in March and April are the parental Saturdays of Holy Fourtecost. On these days, the church serves special liturgies that cannot be ordered individually or on other dates of the calendar year.
Radonitsa
Radonitsa falls on May 3. Although it is not Saturday or Sunday, it will be a day off in 2022. On Radonitsa (Seeing Off), visiting funeral services are organized at the cemeteries of cities and villages.
Trinity Parent Saturday
In 2022 it falls on June 11th. It is considered the Ecumenical Saturday, because on this day, at a common funeral service, the church honors the memory of all previously deceased Orthodox Christians. Blessed Basil the Great wrote that on this day the Lord deigns to accept prayers even for those who, due to a huge number of sins, went to hell. The main point in prayer is to ask for leniency on the departed by the grace of the Holy Spirit.
You cannot be sad while visiting the grave. It is better to come to the cemetery with a feeling of light sadness.
Dmitrievskaya parent Saturday
The November memorial day stands out for the fact that it is not tied to the Easter-Trinity cycle. The service is being held on the eve of the day of memory of Dmitry Solunsky. On this day, they pray for the souls of the dead soldiers and all Orthodox Christians who left this world suddenly, without being cleansed of their sins. Unfortunately, in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of sudden deaths has grown exponentially.
On this day, it is not necessary to go to church, but you can organize a memorial non-alcoholic dinner at home.
Nearest parent Saturday (how to remember)
The principle of remembrance very rarely depends on the name of the memorial day. Ecumenical Saturdays in essence imply a common prayer to God for the forgiveness of the sins of all Orthodox Christians. Priests and parishioners pray for forgiveness of the voluntary and involuntary sins of their ancestors. filing notes in churches, and all the deceased Orthodox. The principle of personal acquaintance during life is not required, since everyone is equal before God.
After attending the memorial service, you can organize a memorial dinner. A meeting with family and friends, during which a conversation about deceased parents, grandmothers, grandfathers, brothers and sisters is necessarily conducted is an indicator of family unity, preservation of ancestral memory and the continuity of generations. Visiting the cemetery and cleaning there is a popular option for parenting Saturday.
What date is the parent Saturday in 2022
The Orthodox calendar provides for fixed and variable dates for major holidays. Memorial days in 2022 are tied to the date of glorification of the Great Resurrection of Christ – Easter (April 24). The cycle begins on meat-eating Saturday, February 26th. Remembrance on this day means the fullness of church life, and is of great benefit to our departed brothers and sisters. The petition for mercy and divine indulgence before the start of the week of meat-eating and Great Lent is especially relevant.
During Easter Lent, liturgy is celebrated only on Saturdays and Sundays in order to follow the ancient church tradition. But the essence of Orthodoxy is in the unity and constant communication of all members of the church, therefore, memorial days are established in March – on the 19th, 26th and 2nd April for the provision of services from the living to the dead.
Every Orthodox Christian should understand that his relative, who is in the afterlife, needs prayer help. First, he can no longer independently appeal to the Almighty for the forgiveness of his sins. Secondly, no one knows the time of leaving our world, so most people leave there without confession and oil-making. We are obliged to help the departed loved ones with prayer, because here they helped us to get on our feet, grow up, learn.
Several more memorial days are celebrated a year:
- parental Saturday before Trinity (June 11);
- Dmitrievskaya parental Saturday (November 5);
- September 11 – in memory of the martyrs who died for the fatherland;
- May 9th. On this day, along with the celebration of the official Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the memory of the soldiers who laid down their heads on the fronts in the name of the Motherland is honored in a church manner;
- Saturday before October 14 – Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos.
What you can do on the memorial day
- attend church services;
- invite people who knew the deceased from the family well;
- to prepare the commemoration at home;
- handing out cookies and sweets to neighbors;
- go to the cemetery;
- spend this day in humility;
- work;
- baptize the child;
- take a bath.
Bans on memorial day
It is believed that these days you cannot:
- swear;
- to have active fun, including arranging stormy feasts, turning on loud music;
- organize house cleaning;
- insult the dead.
Secular ritual of remembrance
We offer you some ideas on how you can remember and remember your close relatives without contact with the church and religion.
- Distribute sweets at work. Ask to remember your relatives.
- Allocate 15 minutes for meditation. Sit in silence and remember all the good things that happened to you and your deceased relatives.
- Learn something new from the life of parents from living older relatives (uncles and aunts, grandparents, friends).
- Tell the children a pleasant family story that involves your departed relatives.
- Read your favorite book, watch your mom’s or dad’s favorite movie.
- Remember family jokes or phrases.
- Plant a tree in memory.
- Donate money to people in need.
- Visit your mom’s or dad’s favorite city.
- Revise family photo album.
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