In 2019, in the month of March, there are three parental Saturdays:
- March 2 - Ecumenical Parental (meatless) Saturday;
- March 23 - parental Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent;
- March 30 - parental Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent.
Parental Saturdays are traditional days of commemoration of the dead. The custom is still alive today to visit native graves, put memorial candles, and serve prayers.
On parental Saturdays, the Orthodox Church calls on all believers to pray for the departed relatives and friends. Sorrow for people who have left this world is a holy and bright feeling inherent in each of us. Prayers are support for the dead. During universal prayer, sins are forgiven and souls can enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
How to commemorate on parental Saturday?
These days, a special liturgy is held in churches: prayers and penitential canons are read for the departed. Parishioners put candles in the church for the repose of the dead, pass notes with the names of loved ones, which are then mentioned during the prayer service.
Prayers for the repose of people who have gone to another world can be read at home. Sincere words, spoken from the heart, will help the departed to relieve pain and find eternal peace. Prayer must begin with a penitential canon. Ask the Lord to forgive all the sins of the departed and bring them into the Kingdom of Heaven. You can pray in your own words.
On parental Saturdays, it is customary to visit cemeteries. First they go to church, and then they go to the churchyard, where they put things in order after the winter. Gifts are left on the graves. Prayers and commemoration of the dead on parental Saturdays are important. These days, you can establish a subtle connection with the deceased. After visiting the cemetery, it is customary to arrange a memorial meal. Lenten kutya was an obligatory dish on the tables of our ancestors these days.
Parent Saturday: what not to do
Many are interested in: is it possible to work on parental Saturday? Priests unequivocally answer that there is no ban on work.
On the eve of the Ecumenical parental (meat-free) Saturday (March 2), our ancestors held a general commemoration: they burned candles in the yards and cemeteries according to the number of deceased relatives, prepared kutya and special loaves, which were handed out to the cemetery for the commemoration of the soul. The first spring flowers and greenery were brought to the graves. There was a ban on sweeping the floor that day, "so as not to clog the eyes of the dead."
Parental Saturdays March 23 and 30 fall on the days of Great Lent, so it is not allowed to eat meat, eggs and dairy dishes. On the table there should be lean food seasoned with vegetable oil. You can drink some grape wine, but you should not abuse alcoholic beverages.
On parental Saturdays, you can’t swear, condemn other people, conflict. It is advisable to tune in to a peaceful mood, if possible, help those in need, for example, by giving alms or transferring money to charity. It is better for parents to refrain from punishing children.
Video: what is Parental Saturday?
Parental Saturdays are important dates in the Orthodox calendar, and are so named precisely because they fall on the sixth day of the week. As all believers know, some Orthodox dates shift from year to year, and therefore every year you need to refer to the current Orthodox calendar, which not only indicates important dates and holidays, but also tells their history. When the parental Saturdays in 2017 will be held, we will tell in this material.
Parental Saturdays: dates for 2017
In total, there are 8 days of memory of the dead in a year, seven of which always take place on Saturdays, and the eighth day of memory always falls on Tuesday and this date is tied to the date of one of the most important Orthodox holidays, Easter. Memorial Day, which falls on a Tuesday, is always celebrated on the 9th day after Easter. 
Parental Saturdays in 2017 will be held on the following days:
02/18/2017 - Ecumenical (meatless) Saturday. This Memorial Day always takes place 7 days before the start of Lent.
11.03.2017.
18.03.2017.
25.03.2017.
04/25/2017 - Radonitsa, the ninth day since the celebration of Easter.
05/09/2017 - the day of memory of the fallen soldiers.
06/03/2017 - Trinity Saturday.
28.10.2-17 - Dmitrievskaya Saturday.
Despite the fact that there are 8 parental Saturdays in total, the most important are Meat-Feast Saturday (the eve of the week of the Last Judgment) and Trinity Saturday before the big feast of the Holy Trinity. Radonitsa and Dmitrievskaya Saturday are also considered important.
Parent Saturdays: what to do
Parental Saturdays are the days of memory of those who have departed to another world. As a rule, memorial services are held in churches for the dead, where you can light a candle for the repose of loved ones. These days you need to visit the graves of your loved ones, remember them, and pray.
Many mistakenly visit the cemetery on the bright holiday of Easter, I don’t have reliable information about when this can be done and when it can’t. Moreover, visiting the cemetery on Easter day contradicts the church charter, which states that the dead cannot be commemorated until the ninth day of Easter. Even if a person departs to another world for the Easter holiday, he is buried according to a special Easter rite.
In order to avoid such mistakes, it is best to commemorate the dead on parental Saturdays, of which there are 8. These days, special services are held in churches in the morning and evening. And if it is not possible to visit the temple, then you can pray for the dead at home, choosing a quiet place where no one will disturb you. On parental Saturdays, it is very important to remember and pray for those who are no longer with us - this is the most important thing and the purpose of such days of remembrance. It is believed that the souls of the dead find peace when they are prayed for on earth, when they are remembered. After all, it is not in vain that they say that love for those who are no longer with us lives in the hearts of living people. It is believed that the soul of the deceased is alive as long as it is remembered and prayed for.
In addition to prayers and visiting the temple, on Parental Saturdays you need to go to the cemetery, put a candle on the grave and pray. You can invite a priest to the cemetery in order to make a lithium.
On Parental Saturdays, it is necessary to clean up the grave: weed the ground, throw out old flowers, bring new ones, change the lamps and ribbons on the gravestone. Contrary to the widespread tradition of carrying food and alcoholic beverages to the cemetery to commemorate the deceased, this cannot be done, since such an action has a pagan character, and therefore is inappropriate in Orthodoxy.
It is important to remember that Parental Saturdays are not days of mourning and grief, these are days of remembrance. There is an important nuance here - you need to commemorate the dead with bright thoughts, and not with sadness, otherwise the soul will not be able to find peace. No matter how difficult it would be to survive the loss, it is necessary to remember the deceased loved ones with a smile and a light heart, then they will be good in the next world.
The celebration of Radunitsa or parental day is a spiritual celebration of the commemoration of the dead, dating back to primitive pagan times. The Orthodox religion supported this tradition and included it in the list of Orthodox Christian holidays. In accordance with the church statute, this feast is celebrated on the ninth day after the Resurrection of Christ on the second day of St. Thomas' week. This is the first working day after the Clear Paschal week. If this or that celebration happens on this day, then the celebration of Radunitsa is postponed to the next day. Thus, in a similar way, it is possible to set the date for the celebration of the Rainbow in 2017. The Resurrection of Christ in Russia in 2017 is celebrated on April 16. We count nine days and get that the celebration of parental day will take place April 25, 2017.
HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF CELEBRATING PARENTS' DAY.
These celebrations were performed among the Slavs in ancient times. At first, the very name Radonitsa (radonitsa, funeral feast) referred to the deities who embodied the veneration of the dead, the guardians of the souls of deceased ancestors. Sacrifices were made to the Radonitsa, abundant celebrations and libations were arranged in their honor on the burial hills, so that the deceased could appreciate the respect with which the survivors treated him. Over time, the term “trizna” began to mean commemoration, and “radonitsa” - the spring commemoration of the dead. This custom was adopted by the Russian Orthodox Church. The word "radonitsa" comes from a combination of the words "joy" and "kind". This celebration occupies a prominent place immediately after the celebration of Bright Paschal Week and obliges Orthodox believers not to indulge in sadness for those who have gone to another world, but to rejoice in their eternal life together with the Lord God. The entire Christian world celebrates the Resurrection of Christ, his triumph over earthly death, and then, nine days later, believers celebrate the rebirth of their ancestors, relatives and friends to a new life, commemorating them on a special day - Radunitsa. Death in Christianity is associated with eternity, souls have no time limit, they live forever in heaven and rejoice for living people. The rebirth of Christ, as a symbol of the victory of life over death, displaces sadness about parting with loved ones.
“They plow in the morning, cry in the afternoon, and jump in the evening,” that is, they are engaged in various types of work, visit burial places and have fun in the evening. This celebration has long become a secular day of remembrance, in contrast to church parental Saturdays.
Cemeteries are the territory consecrated by the church, where the dead are in anticipation of the upcoming resurrection. According to the customs and laws of pagan states and peoples, burial places were considered sacred and inviolable, for the desecration of which various types of punishment relied. From ancient pagan times, a tradition has been preserved to mark the place of burial by pouring a hill over it. In the development of this custom, the Christian Church decorates the grave mound with a victorious sign of our salvation - a cross depicted on a tombstone or set above a tombstone.
We call our dead dead, not dead, because at a certain time they will rise from the tomb. The grave is the place of the future resurrection, and therefore it is necessary to keep it clean and tidy.
The cross on the grave of an Orthodox Christian is a silent preacher of blessed immortality and resurrection. Planted in the ground and rising to heaven, it marks the belief of Christians that the body of the deceased is here in the earth, and the soul is in heaven, that under the cross is hidden a seed that grows for eternal life in the Kingdom of God. The cross on the grave is placed at the feet of the deceased so that the Crucifix is facing the face of the deceased. It is necessary to take special care that the cross on the grave does not look askance, it is always painted, clean and well-groomed.
There are only eight parental days in a year, and seven of them fall on Saturdays and are called parental Saturdays. Radunitsa 2017 is the most important of them for every Orthodox Christian. It reminds us of the need to care for the souls of our ancestors. It is believed that this is a day of joy, because the dead go to a new eternal life. The custom of commemorating the dead is not marked by a special order in the Rule. It is based on the fact that on St. Thomas Week, the descent of Christ into hell is remembered, and from Monday of St. Thomas Week, the Charter allows you to start making magpies about the dead - the living rejoice at the good news of the Resurrection with the dead. It is imperative to know the date of the parental day in order to take the opportunity to remember your deceased relatives, friends and acquaintances, commemorate them, visit the cemeteries where they are buried and clean up the graves.
WHAT TO DO ON PARENTS' DAY 2017?
Quite a significant number of people visit relatives and friends at the cemetery on the Easter holiday. Many, unfortunately, adhere to the tradition of accompanying visits to the dead with immoderate consumption of alcoholic beverages. And those who do not do this very often do not even know when it is possible (and necessary) to commemorate the dead on Easter days. The first commemoration of the deceased after Easter takes place on the second Easter week (week), after Fomin Sunday, on Tuesday. And the spreading tradition of going to the cemetery on the feast of Easter itself is in conflict with the liturgical charter of the Church on the grounds that it is impossible to allow mixing of the mournful-departed and the solemn-holiday: until the ninth day from Easter, the commemoration of the dead cannot be performed. If a person goes to another world on Easter, then he is buried according to a special Easter rite.
At the same time, on Radonitsa, there is a custom of celebrating Easter at the graves of the dead, where they bring Easter cakes, colored eggs and other Easter dishes. The number of dishes according to tradition should be odd. A memorial meal is made there and part of what is prepared is given to the poor in the form of alms for the remembrance of the soul. At the cemetery there is a real, living everyday communication with the dead. They share with them the joys and sorrows that have occurred since the last visit to the cemetery. In addition, when you come to the cemetery on parental day, you need to light a candle and pray hard. To perform litia during the commemoration of the dead, a priest should be invited. You can also read the Akathist about the repose of the dead. Then you need to clean up the grave, be silent for a while, remembering the deceased. The Church condemns some folk customs that occur on this day. It is not necessary to drink and eat in the cemetery, it is unacceptable to pour alcohol on the grave hill - these actions offend the memory of the dead. The tradition of leaving a glass of vodka with bread on the grave is a relic of pagan culture and should not be observed in Christian Orthodox families. It is better to give food to the poor or the hungry. Let them pray for our dead, and then the Lord, perhaps, will send some consolation to our relatives. But despite this, many people, like their ancestors, come to the cemetery to take a sip and pour for the dead.
Prayer for the departed is the greatest and most important thing that we can do for those who have departed to another world. By and large, the deceased does not need a coffin or a monument - all this is a tribute to traditions, albeit pious ones. But the eternally living soul of the deceased feels a great need for our constant prayer, because she herself cannot do good deeds with which she would be able to propitiate God. That is why prayer at home for loved ones, prayer at the cemetery at the grave of the deceased is the duty of every Orthodox Christian.
Commemoration in the Church provides special assistance to the deceased. Before visiting the cemetery, one of the relatives should come to the temple at the beginning of the service, submit a note with the name of the deceased for commemoration in the altar (it is best if this is a commemoration on the proskomedia, when a piece is taken out of the special prosphora for the deceased, and then in the sign of the ablution of his sins will be lowered into the Chalice with the Holy Gifts). After the liturgy, a memorial service should be served.
In some regions of the Russian Federation, Radonitsa was a day of home and church commemoration, when it was not customary to visit the dead in cemeteries. So in the north-east of Russia, as well as in some places in Belarus, they prepared a bath for the dead, leaving water for them with a broom, clean linen, while they themselves did not wash themselves and did not even go into the bath. And in the morning, on the ashes scattered on the floor, they looked for traces of the dead.
Also on this day, the tradition of “calling the rain” has developed. Children with simple spells caused the first spring rain .. Folk signs say that there was not a single Radon Tuesday in which a few drops of rain would not drip. If after the spells it began to rain, then everyone began to wash their faces with “heavenly water”, which should bring happiness. If on this day the first spring thunder strikes, then young women and girls should wash themselves with rainwater through gold and silver rings. According to popular beliefs, this preserved beauty and youth for a long time.
TRADITIONS FOR THE RADONITSA.
Initially, this wonderful holiday was celebrated on some kind of elevation, hence the name Krasnaya Gorka. For a walk, the inhabitants gathered before dawn with the whole village to honor the main deity - Yarilo. At the same place, merry festivities were held with a rich table and many different entertainments and games. And as soon as the sun appeared, the whole village shouted: “Glory to Yarila! Hello red sun!
It was also customary to call spring earlier. In different villages now and then one could hear: “Come spring to us! With joy, with mercy! With granular rye, with curly oats, with mustachioed barley ... ". Many believed that if this was not done, then the harvest would be meager and poor.
They also found time to go to the cemetery to visit the deceased relatives. As today, the people carried a lot of food and boiled chicken eggs. However, our ancestors did not just put them under the grave. To begin with, they beat him on the grave, after which they cleaned and buried the shell in the ground, and gave the egg itself to the poor.
It is worth noting that earlier Radonitsa was celebrated for more than one day, therefore they walked with the whole village, inviting other villages to visit them. Be sure to treat everyone with traditional dishes for this day - scrambled eggs, pancakes, loaves, various pies, in general, everything that was in the shape of a circle. Mandatory entertainment that day was egg rolling down the mountain. Whoever has an egg that rolls the longest and does not break, he will be the happiest of all in the whole village.
Krasnaya Gorka was still a holiday of love, and all because this is the holiday when many young people gathered and not only from one village, sometimes even from several villages. Young people looked closely at each other, got to know each other, and some in a playful and joking manner confessed their love or sympathy. Therefore, Radonitsa has always been a celebration of the birth of love and a strong family. The girls prepared especially for this holiday - they dressed up in new beautiful clothes, weaved braids and wove flowers or even wreaths with ribbons into them. But staying at home on Radonitsa was considered a bad omen, in addition, young people in this case did not miss the opportunity to mock such a person and come up with various funny nicknames. Many believed that those who stay at home on this day will certainly be unhappy in the coming year.
Married and adult women tried to cook as much food as possible on this day, so that part of it would be set aside for temples, and the other part would be given to the poor. Many believed that it could bring good luck in the coming year.
Even Krasnaya Gorka has always been considered the most successful day for a wedding, and not at all because of signs or superstitions, but because weddings depended on the sowing season. Therefore, they were celebrated either in early spring or late autumn before harvest. Perhaps because of this, you can often hear that Radonitsa is Maiden's Day.
And for those who got married on this holiday, there was a separate custom. To do this, all the youth in the village gathered and went in a crowd to the house, where they celebrated the matchmaking. Under the house, they sang songs, and sometimes even showed performances, for which they were treated to delicious dishes from the table. And the girl and the guy who were wooed were called "weed" and "weed".
Since the rain on Radonitsa was a good omen, they tried to summon it. To do this, the children on the street called out to him: "Water, rain, on the woman's rye, on the grandfather's wheat, on the girl's flax, water with a bucket." Or: “Rain, rain, let it go harder, hurry up, warm us guys!”.
If it did start to rain, then all the people went out and washed themselves with this water for good luck, and the girl always took silver rings with her and washed herself through them.
SIGNS FOR THE RADONITSE 2017.
It was supposed to be a bad omen if you did not come to the grave to your relatives on this day. It was believed that no one will remember this person and will not remember after death.
In no case was it possible to start any work in the garden earlier. It was believed that this could lead to drought, crop failure and the death of one of the loved ones.
A bad omen was the rain before dinner, after which the wind blows in the evening. In this case, it was believed that the ancestors were not happy that they were forgotten and did not come to the graves. But if it just rains on Radonitsa, but there is no wind, then this is fortunately in the house and for a rich harvest.
The hostess who is the first to prepare a festive meal will be the first to reap the harvest, and her harvest will be richer than that of the others.
Also, our ancestors believed that the first family to come to the cemetery would be the happiest of the year, and even possibly receive special wisdom that would help in solving many problems.
FORTUNE FOR RADONITsa 2017.
Fortune telling on Radonitsa 2017. On Radonitsa, unmarried girls got together and guessed. At the same time, it should be noted that there were no clearly established rituals on Radonitsa, as a rule, girls used those divinations that were used for all Christmas time. For example, girls tried to find out fate with the help of a book.
In the spring, women wove wreaths from birch branches, and then went to the river to put it on the water. It was believed that wherever the wreath floated, the groom would come from there. If he lingered at the shore, then this year there would be no marriage, but if the wreath sank, then it was assumed that there would be trouble. Many girls believed that in this case, she would die soon.
One of the most common fortune-telling was divination on a birch branch. Unmarried girls went to the grove and plucked one branch. Then before going to bed they put it under the pillow. Whoever comes in a dream that night will be her fiance.
Video: parent's day 2017.
We invariably show a craving for paying honors to the deceased relatives and friends. After all, it is so important to pay tribute to them and respect them. This helps to keep the connection between generations and is a prerequisite for spiritual life. Very little is required of us - to know when these days will be celebrated, only in this case we can adequately prepare for their holding.
What is Radonitsa?
Called Radonitsa or sometimes Radunitsa, this day is one of the special holidays set aside by the church to honor the dead. Such special days (there are 8 of them in a year) are celebrated on Saturdays, hence their name - "parental Saturdays".
However, Radonitsa stands apart in a series of these memorable days, since for the most part it almost always falls on Tuesday. The peculiarity of this most important parental day of the year is not only that it is celebrated on Tuesday, but also that, in terms of its importance, it ranks first among all memorial days.
There is no fixed date for Radonitsa, every year the time of this day changes depending on when Easter is celebrated. It is only necessary to count 9 days from the Bright Sunday of Christ and we will get the actual exact date of Radonitsa. That is, in other words, this is the first Tuesday after Krasnaya Gorka (Fomin Sunday). Thus, the date of parental day in 2017 falls on April 25th.
memorial days
In order to be able to honor the memory of the deceased relatives and friends in time, taking care of their souls by reading prayers and visiting the cemetery in order to maintain order at the graves, it is simply necessary to know the exact days of commemoration. Orthodox parental days in 2017 fall on the following dates: 
Now, knowing the parental days of visiting the cemetery in 2017, you will be able to competently prepare and arrange a memorial ceremony worthy of your deceased relatives and friends.
Origins and meaning of Radonitsa
According to many scientists and biblical figures, including John Chrysostom, the history of Radonitsa goes back to ancient times. Even in pagan times, it was a great feast of remembrance of the dead, held on a large scale. People, gathering on grave mounds, arranged a trizna (memorial feast) and noisy festivities, trying to appease the souls of the deceased. This holiday is so deeply rooted in the people's minds that the official church, after a long time, recognized this day, raising it to a special rank.
The meaning of this holiday is hidden in its name, which may sound differently for different Slavic peoples. These are Radovnitsa (some regions of Russia), and Graves, and Grobki (Ukraine), and Navi Day (Belarus).
The joy of resurrection on special days
However, in any case, "Radonitsa" in its origin is equated with the word "joy" and the concept of "kindred". What kind of joy can we talk about on such a mournful day? The Church explains: when visiting the temple and the graves of our ancestors on Radonitsa, we should not fall into despondency and longing, but rejoice for loved ones who have come before the face of the Lord. They are now close to God and their souls rejoice, being in love and happiness.
So, why shouldn't we, their descendants, rejoice for them by offering prayers? Putting the grave in order, we also perform some ritual action, symbolically meaning preparation for the resurrection of the soul.
The main thing that we must and can do on this day for deceased relatives is to devote sufficient time to prayers. If it is not possible to invite a priest to the grave in order to read the litia (funeral prayer service), then you can do it yourself. It is prayers that our relatives and friends need, and not excessive eating and drinking alcohol. This is what the Church teaches, and this must be done according to conscience and the dictates of the heart. 
Procedure and basic rules
In the morning on any parental day, the Orthodox go to church, taking with them a Lenten lunch, which is donated either to the church or to poor people who are in dire need of help. Having defended the funeral service, they usually go to cemeteries, where they also read prayers, clean up. Still very strong are such traditions as commemoration with food and drink right on the graves. Traditionally, this can be understood, but the church is against such actions. In principle, everyone acts according to their own ideas, but still it is not a charitable thing to arrange a drunken feast on the graves.
Radonitsa in Russia
By the way, in Russia, on Radonitsa, towels and tablecloths were spread directly on the grave hill, and, having laid out plentiful food, they were given a meal by the whole family. They ate and drank so much that sometimes they immediately fell asleep. The list of obligatory dishes included eggs dyed yellow or green, dry pies according to a special recipe, pancakes, porridge.
Before the feast began, the head of the family rolled eggs over the grave and then buried one of them in the ground, as if allowing the deceased to join the Easter meal. Be sure to pour a glass of vodka on the grave, which is also not welcomed by the modern church. After dinner, to which the beggars were necessarily invited and treated, they remained at the cemetery for a short time, peacefully spending time in conversations, and only then they went home. In the evening, young people organized festivities with songs, dances and merry amusements.
Signs and beliefs for parent's day
The people attached great importance to the weather that fell on Radunitsa. Especially looking forward to rain.
- It was believed that the rain on this day had a special power - to preserve and prolong youth and health, beauty, prosperity, happiness. Small children sang special songs calling for rain. In the event that it really rained, they washed themselves with its water, exposing their faces to the downpour. And the girls did it in a special way, passing rain water through a gold or silver ring, in order to be beautiful and happy.
- The rain foreshadowed a year rich in harvest.
- It was strictly forbidden to plant or sow anything - this led to the fact that it was possible to lose the entire crop.
- If the weather was warm on Radonitsa, they said "the parents breathed warmly."
Now we can take a different look at the meaning that this feast of commemoration has. And by showing the right example to our children, we can hope that this tradition will continue to be passed on, uniting the representatives of the genus into a single whole.
Parental Saturdays are days of special commemoration of the departed.
These days, at the Liturgy, prayers are read for the dead Orthodox Christians, funeral services are performed. Since almost all such days are associated with the Easter calendar, the dates of parental days change from year to year.
Parental Saturdays in 2019
9 days of special remembrance for the dead in 2019:
Universal Parent Saturdays
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These days the Church prayerfully commemorates all the dead Christians. A special, ecumenical memorial service is served in the temple.
1. Meatfare Saturday - March 2
A week before Lent, on Saturday before. On the day preceding the remembrance of the Last Judgment, Christians pray to the Righteous Judge to show His mercy to all the departed Christians.
2. Trinity Saturday - Saturday before the feast of the Holy Trinity - June 15
With God, everyone is alive. In the Church, we feel connected to all the dead Christians. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. On the eve of this day, the Church prays for Christians who have crossed the threshold of earthly life.
Parental Saturdays of Great Lent
"Parental" Saturdays began to be called, because Christians prayerfully commemorated, first of all, their deceased parents. These days in the temple, after the Liturgy, a special funeral service is performed - a memorial service.
Throughout Great Lent, there are very few days when it is possible to celebrate the full Liturgy, and hence the main church prayer for the departed. In order not to deprive the dead of prayer intercession during this period, the Church has established three special days for prayer for them.
2nd week of Lent - March 23
3rd week of Great Lent - March 30
The 4th week of Great Lent is canceled in 2019, as it falls on April 6, the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation.
Private parenting days
These days of commemoration of the departed exist in the liturgical practice only of the Russian Orthodox Church.
1. Commemoration day for all those who died during the Great Patriotic War - May 9
After the liturgy, a thanksgiving service is performed for the gift of victory and a funeral litia.
2. Radonitsa - 9th day after Easter, Tuesday of St. Thomas' week - May 7
From this day on, the Charter of the Church again, after a long break for Great Lent and Easter days, allows the church-wide commemoration of the dead.
3. Day of Remembrance of Orthodox soldiers, for the Faith, the Tsar and the Fatherland on the battlefield of those killed - September 11
The commemoration was established by decree of Catherine II during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). In modern liturgical practice, it is often omitted.
4. Dimitrievskaya parental Saturday - November 2.
On the Saturday preceding the day of memory of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica (November 8). Installed by the right-believing prince Dmitry Donskoy after returning to Moscow from the battle on the Kulikovo field (1380).
