Imagine - every day in Russia another holiday, event, date is celebrated, and as a rule, more than one. Personal experience tells us that remembering all the holidays of the year is incredibly difficult, and common sense whispers - no need. And indeed, why remember church holidays, state, professional, and it’s still worth adding personal dates to them, such as the birthdays of relatives and a couple of dozen friends, wedding anniversaries, and others. Therefore, the calendar for every day created by the SuperTosty website will solve the problem of remembering dates and events for you, remind you of Orthodox holidays, holidays in Russia, celebrated professional dates and other no less significant holidays. With events of a personal nature, what can you do, you will have to deal with them yourself, fortunately, it is also enough to write them down in a notebook, or rather a mobile phone, where you can turn on a reminder - the twenty-first century is in the yard after all!
Our calendar reflects all the holidays of winter, spring, summer and autumn. For each holiday, we have selected congratulations, toasts, greeting cards and SMS. Now not a single holiday of the year will pass you by, you will be aware of the events in Russia, its dates, you will be able to congratulate colleagues and friends on their working and professional holidays in time. Indeed, all year round, every day hundreds of events are celebrated, dates dedicated to teachers, doctors, and other professions, church holidays, city days, military glory and other equally interesting holidays.
Holidays, dates and events of the year
Holiday calendar for January
January- (lat. Januarius), according to legend, he received his name from the Roman king Numa Pompilius in honor of the Roman god Janus, personifying the beginning of the two-faced god, who looks into the past with one face, and the future with the other. Janus was also dedicated to the first day of January. January was introduced as one of the months in ancient Rome around 700 BC. e., in 46 BC. e. Julius Caesar set the beginning of the year on January 1st.The Slavic name prosinets - apparently from the increase in the day, the addition of heavenly blue.
January is the beginning of the year, the middle of winter, the grandfather of spring.
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February holiday calendar
February- (lat. Februarius), named after ancient greek god the underworld of Februus or Febra.
There is another version - in ancient times, February was the last of the year. AT ancient rome, for example, in February they tried to cleanse themselves of all the bad things that had been accumulated over the year. Hence, its name - according to the name of the rite of cult cleansing from sins, repentance in Dr. Rome - februarius (lat. - cleansing), in those days February was the last month of the year.
In addition to the official, there are a number of popular names: "snezhen", "kruten", "zimobor", "bokogrey", "krivodororog", "kazibrod", "kazidoroga".
Slavic names - cut (cf. Ukrainian sichen - January) (according to the text of the Vologda Gospel), snow (according to the text of the Polotsk Gospel). Other Slavic names for the month: fierce, velcha, candlestick, druinik (that is, the second, candle). Bokogrey - cattle in the sun goes out to bask. It was also called "low water" (between winter and spring). In the annals, it was called wedding, from winter weddings performed from the day of the Epiphany to Maslenitsa.
Holiday calendar for March
March- (lat. Martius). In the ancient Roman calendar, the year began with the month in which the vernal equinox fell. It was called primidilis - according to its serial number.
After the reform of this calendar, the first month of the year and spring became Martus (lat. Mars), in honor of the ancient Roman god Mars, the father of Romulus. Mars was the god of war, but at the same time, and in its more ancient meaning, he was the god of the tillers, rural workers.
The modern name of March came to us from Byzantium. And before that in Ancient Russia it was called "babble" - evil for birches, it flowed like this month they burned birch on coals.
In Russian folk calendar March is named protalnik. Melt water - "snow", according to popular belief, is healing. She washed the floors in the house, watered the flowers, washed the linen taken from sick people in it. And the walls of the house were renewed, domestic plants gained strength, and thinness, twigs left a sick person. Other names of this month associated with natural phenomena are also known: zimobor, kaplyuzhnik, dry (from winds that dry up moisture), berezol or berezozol, flying - spring began from this month, a harbinger of summer. Although March itself is not spring, but pre-spring.
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Holiday calendar for April
April- (lat. Aprilis), named after the goddess Venus, more precisely - her Greek counterpart Aphrodite. Other options: from lat. apricus - "warmed by the sun, located in the sun" or aperio - "to open", i.e. month, when shoots appear, buds open.
The Slavic name is berezol, another - pollen coincides with Ukrainian. kviten.
The common Russian name - play ravines, speaks of streams from melting snow.
Other names: snegogon, berezozol, pollen, light the snow.
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Holiday calendar for May
May- (lat. Majus), named after the Roman goddess Maya, the mother of Mercury, who personified the blossoming nature and fertility. There is also a version that the name is based not on the Roman, but on the Greek Maya - the goddess of the mountains, which at that time are covered with greenery. The Anglo-Saxons called May "trimilk" - since May, cows began to be milked three times a day. The Danes - "bloomand".
Slavic and Ukrainian the name is grass. The Slavs also called him flying. Other names: herbalist, herbal, svetozarnik, rose flower, rose flower, pollen, daylight, bird whistle, nightingale month, quern, rose flower, rose flower, great grass, shevoy or shviban, May. There was another name - yarets (in honor of Slavic god the sun of Yarila).
May is considered unlucky by the people. This is a bad month for weddings. "To marry in May is to toil for a century." "I would be glad to marry, but May does not order."
Most often, colds occur during the flowering of bird cherry (from May 4). They say: "When bird cherry blossoms, the cold always lives." The cold in May is called "cheremkhovy".
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Holiday calendar for June
June- (lat. Junius), named after the goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter, the goddess of fertility, the mistress of rain and the protector of marriage. According to another version, the name of the month goes back to the word "junior", which means "young", "younger".
June is the month of the radiant sun, the longest days and white nights, the brightest month of the year - milky. And June is also a songful and fertile month, grain-growing and hoarding, grain-growing, it accumulates crops for the whole year, enriches our house. June and the blush of the year, and the first grass, and the ant. The time of tall grasses and hayfields, bright flowers was also called multi-colored, retail, strawberry.
If the nights are warm in June - to an abundance of fruits.
What is June - such is the hay.
Strong dews - to fertility, and frequent fogs promise a harvest of mushrooms.
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Holiday calendar for July
July- (lat. Julius, named after Julius Caesar. Before that - Quintilis). Slavic names - lipets (Ukrainian name - linden), from the time of linden flowering; senozarnik ("hay" and "to ripen") and senostav reflected the maturation of hay and its stacking in haystacks; The Russian name "cherven" comes from the old Russian word "scarlet", i.e. red, beautiful. July is called the beauty of summer, its hope, the middle of the color. They call it the green feast of the year, the month of fragrant berries, honey herbs, a generous sweet tooth, exuberant, lush and multi-colored.
July is popularly called senostav, zharnik, senozarnik, sickle, pribirikha and sufferer. Due to frequent heavy rains and thunderstorms, July was called a thunderstorm and a thunderstorm. It is not for nothing that people say that July throws lightning, cripples oaks. July is also a kosen and a kosach, a haymaker and a haymaker, a green harvest and a minion of sudden and transient rains. July is the central month of summer, the zenith of heat, radiant beauty. People talked about July: since July looked into the yard, it's time to cram the sickles; Harvest is precious time, there is no peace for anyone here. With the strongest heat, zazhinki began, they knitted the first, zazhin-night sheaf.
If July is hot, then December will be frosty. In July, the clouds stretch across the sky in stripes - it will rain. The greenish color of the puddle is a sign of the onset of a severe drought. In the morning fog spreads over the grass - the weather will be fine. If the grass is dry in the morning, expect rain by night.
Holiday calendar for august
August- (lat. Augustus). Named after the Roman Emperor Augustus. Eighth month of the year. The name is not Russian; it came to our fathers from Byzantium. The indigenous, Slavic names of this month were different.
Other names: serpen (from the word "sickle", harvest time), glow (from the radiance of lightning), gustar (everything is plentiful, densely eaten), zhench, zhneiska, prashnik, great-serpen, osemnik (eighth), madam, great-meshnyak, Kimovets, kolovots, zornnik.
Depending on the customs, a wide variety of rituals are held on Zarev (among which are all three Spas - apple, honey, nut).
Proverbs and sayings about August: August does not order to walk. In August, the sickles are warm, the water is cold. Look at oats and flax in August, earlier they are unreliable. A peasant has three worries in August: to mow, to plow, and to sow. August crushes, but after that it amuses. August is hard labor, but after that there will be a mint. August cabbage, and March sturgeon. Baam in August is a holiday, harvest, and from September and Indian summer. August gather or store.
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Holiday calendar for september
September(lat. September) - the first month of autumn. Leaf guide. Pensive. Howler. Fieldfare. Veresen. Zorevnik. Frowning. Sentemary. Ruen. Ryuin. End of summer.
The name of the month reflects the autumn season: Howler - it's raining, bad weather; Frowning - fading sunlight, gloomy sky; Ruen - yellow autumn; Ryuin - the roar of deer.
In September, it is customary to finish field work, and it is no coincidence that it was once the first month of the year: old year ended and a new harvest year began. In September, in the 2nd half, the color of the leaves of maple, linden, oak, and birch changes. From the end of the first decade, linden, elm, warty birch leaves drop; the crowns of hawthorn, maple, bird cherry, aspen, ash, red elderberry, and oak are thinning. Linden and poplar begin leaf fall from below; elm, hazel ash - from above.
Signs of September: Thunder in September portends a warm autumn. Until the cherry leaf has fallen, no matter how much snow falls, the thaw will drive it away. If the cranes fly high, slowly and "talk" - there will be a good autumn. The web spreads over the plants - to heat.
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Holiday calendar for october
October- (lat. October). The old Russian name for the month of October, October. Dirty. Leaf fall. Podzimnik. Pozimnik. Wedding attendant. Pazdernik. Zazimye. Measure. Measured. Praise month. The names of the month of October are mostly borrowed from the Middle Greek language. October is the late period of autumn. The norm of sunshine is 80 hours. The weather is very changeable. The day decreases by 2 hours 10 minutes.
The eighth month of the old Roman year, beginning before Caesar's reform in March. It got its name from lat. octo - eight. Due to the transition to winter time, it is the longest month of the year (745 hours).
October will cover the earth, where with a leaf, where with a snowball. In October, neither on wheels nor on sleds. October took everyone, but the peasant has no move. In October, there are seven weathers in the yard: it sows, it blows, it twists, it stirs, it roars, it pours from above, it sweeps from below. Late leaf fall - for a difficult year.
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Holiday calendar for november
November- English. November - from lat. novem "nine", such was the number of the Romans;
The ancient Russian name chest, from "heap" - frozen earth in piles, not covered with snow, in Old Russian, for example. Nestor the chronicler has a winter road in general. Ukrainian name for leaf fall. Other names for November: Leafy. Leafy. Leafy. Breast. Leden. Freeze up. Poluzimnik. Winter chant. Winter gate. Wedding attendant. Last month of autumn.
The foggiest month of the year. November is the gate of winter. November - September grandson, October son, winter dear father. November is the twilight of the year. In November, winter fights with autumn. In November, the peasant says goodbye to the cart, climbs into the sleigh. November nights are dark before the snow. In November, the snow will inflate - the bread will arrive. Everything in November in a crowd - and on the table, and on the ground, and on the water. It also gives generously, in autumn November. But the road is potholes, between the villages - confusion. Do not pass, do not pass.
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Holiday calendar for december
December(lat. December) - the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar. The tenth month of the old Roman year, beginning before Caesar's reform in March. It got its name from lat. decem - ten. After shifting the beginning of the year to January, it became the twelfth and last month of the year.
The ancient Russian name is winter road, jelly, cold, cold. Ukrainian name breast. December is popularly called the gates of winter. It is time to protect the peasant's good from severe frosts, from scarcity, to see that in the grain bins the satisfying spirit does not die, does not dry out, does not freeze the grain. In December they said: "heat flows from the eyes", i.e. frost breaks to tears.
Folk signs: If December is dry, spring and summer will be dry. If this month is cold, snowy, with frost and winds, there will be a harvest.
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Church services or, in popular words, church services are the main events for which temples are intended. According to Orthodox tradition, daily, morning and evening rituals are performed in them. And each of these ministries consists of 3 types of services, which together are combined into a daily circle:
- evening - from Vespers, Compline and the ninth hour;
- morning - from matins, the first hour and midnight;
- daytime - from the Divine Liturgy and the third and sixth hours.
Thus, the daily cycle includes nine services.
Services Features
In Orthodox services, much is borrowed from Old Testament times. For example, it is customary to consider the beginning of a new day not at midnight, but at 6 pm, which is the reason for holding Vespers - the first service of the daily cycle. It recalls the main events of the Holy History Old Testament; we are talking about the creation of the world, the fall of the forefathers, the ministry of the prophets and the Mosaic legislation, and Christians give thanks to the Lord for the new day lived.
After that, according to the Charter of the church, Compline should be served - public prayers for the coming dream, which speak of the descent of Christ into hell and the liberation of the righteous from it.
At midnight, it is supposed to perform the 3rd service - midnight. This service is held to commemorate the Last Judgment and the Second Coming of the Savior.
Morning worship in Orthodox Church(Mains) is one of the longest services. It is dedicated to the events and circumstances of the Savior's earthly life and consists of many prayers of repentance and thanksgiving.
The first hour is done around 7 o'clock in the morning. This is a short service about Jesus' presence at the trial of the high priest Caiaphas.
The third hour is at 9 am. At this time, the events that took place in the Zion Upper Room are recalled, when the Holy Spirit descended to the apostles, and in Pilate's praetorium the Savior received a death sentence.
The sixth hour is held at noon. This service is about the time of the crucifixion of the Lord. Do not confuse with him the ninth hour - the service of His death on the cross, which takes place at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The main divine service and a kind of center of this daily circle is considered to be the Divine Liturgy or mass, a distinctive feature of which from other services is the opportunity, in addition to remembrances of God and the earthly life of our Savior, to unite with Him in reality, participating in the sacrament of Communion. The time of this liturgy is from 6 to 9 o'clock until noon before dinner, which is why it was given its second name.
Changes in the conduct of services
The modern practice of worship has brought some changes to the prescription of the Rule. And today, Compline is held only during the period of Great Lent, and Midnight is held once a year, on the eve of Easter. The ninth hour passes even more rarely, and the remaining 6 services of the daily cycle are combined into 2 groups of 3 services.
Evening service in the church takes place with a special sequence: Christians serve Vespers, Matins and the first hour. Before holidays and Sundays these services are combined into one, which is called the all-night vigil, that is, it implies long night prayers before dawn, held in antiquity. This service lasts 2-4 hours in parishes and from 3 to 6 hours in monasteries.
The morning service in the church differs from past times in the successive services of the third, sixth hours and Mass.
It is also important to note the holding of early and late liturgy in churches where there is a large number of Christians. Such services are usually performed in holidays and on Sunday. Both liturgies are preceded by the reading of the Hours.
There are days when the morning service in the church and the liturgy are not held. For example, on Friday of Holy Week. On the morning of this day, a short succession of pictorial works takes place. This service consists of several hymns and, as it were, depicts the liturgy; at the same time, the status of independent service was not received by this service.
Divine services also include various sacraments, ceremonies, the reading of akathists in churches, community readings of evening and morning prayers and rules for Holy Communion.
In addition, services are performed in churches according to the needs of parishioners - trebs. For example: Wedding, Baptism, funerals, prayers and others.
In each church, cathedral or temple, the hours of service are set differently, therefore, in order to obtain information about the holding of any service, clergymen recommend finding out the schedule compiled by a particular spiritual institution.
And those who is unfamiliar with him, you can follow the following time intervals:
- from 6 to 8 and from 9 to 11 am - early and late morning service;
- from 16:00 to 18:00 - evening and all-night services;
- during the day - a festive service, but it is better to clarify the time of its holding.
All divine services are usually performed in the temple and only by clergy, and believing parishioners participate in them by singing and praying.
Christian holidays
Christian holidays are divided into two varieties: passing and not passing; they are also called the Twelfth Feasts. In order not to miss services regarding them, it is important to know the dates.
Non-transferable
Passing, for 2018
- April 1 - Palm Sunday.
- April 8 - Easter.
- May 17 - Ascension of the Lord.
- May 27 - Pentecost or Holy Trinity.
The duration of church services on holidays differs from each other. Basically, it depends on the holiday itself, the fulfillment of the service, the duration of the sermon, and the number of communicants and confessors.
If for some reason you are late or do not come to the service, no one will judge you, because it is not so important what time it will start and how long it will last, it is much more important that your arrival and participation are sincere.
Preparation for Sunday Rite
If you decide to come to the temple on Sunday, then you should prepare for this. The morning service on Sunday is the strongest, it is held for the purpose of communion. It happens like this: the priest gives you the body of Christ and his blood in a piece of bread and a sip of wine. Get ready for this The event must be at least 2 days in advance..
- You should fast on Friday and Saturday: remove fatty foods, alcohol from the diet, exclude marital intimacy, do not swear, do not offend anyone and do not be offended yourself.
- The day before communion, read 3 canons, namely: penitent to Jesus Christ, prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos and to the Guardian Angel, as well as the 35th Admonition to Holy Communion. This will take about an hour.
- Read a prayer for the coming dream.
- Do not eat, smoke or drink after midnight.
How to behave during communion
In order not to miss the beginning of the service in the church on Sunday, it is necessary to come to the church in advance, around 7.30. Until then, do not eat or smoke. There is a certain procedure for visiting.
After communion, in no case do not rush to get what you want e, that is, smoke enough and so on, do not desecrate the sacrament. It is recommended to know the measure in everything and read grace-filled prayers for several days so as not to desecrate this divine service.
The need to go to the temple
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, who came to earth for us, founded the Church, where everything necessary is present and invisible today, which is given to us for eternal life. Where "the invisible Powers of Heaven serve for us", - they say in Orthodox hymns, "Where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am in the midst of them" - it is written in the Gospel (chapter 18, verse 20, Gospel of Matthew), - so the Lord said to the apostles and to all who believe in Him, therefore the invisible presence of Christ during the services in the temple, people lose if they do not come there.
More greater sin committed by parents who do not care about the service of the Lord of their children. Let us remember the words of our Savior from Scripture: "Let your children go and do not hinder them from coming to Me, for for them is the Kingdom of Heaven." The Lord also tells us: “Man shall not live by bread, but by every word that proceeds from God's mouth” (chapter 4, verse 4 and chapter 19, verse 14, the same Gospel of Matthew).
Spiritual food is also necessary for the human soul, as well as bodily food to maintain strength. And where will a man hear God's word how not in the temple? Indeed, there, among those who believe in him, the Lord himself dwells. After all, it is there that the teaching of the apostles and prophets is preached, who spoke and predicted by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, there is the teaching of Christ Himself, who is the true Life, Wisdom, Way and Light, which enlightens every parishioner coming into the world. The temple is heaven on our earth.
The divine services that are performed in it, according to the Lord, are the works of angels. Passing teachings in a church, temple or cathedral, Christians receive God's blessing, which contributes to success in good deeds and undertakings.
“You will hear the ringing of the church bell, calling to prayer, and your conscience will tell you that you need to go to the house of the Lord. Go and put aside, if you can, all business aside and hasten to God's church- advises Theophan the Recluse, the saint of Orthodoxy, - “Know that your guardian angel is calling you under the roof of the house of the Lord; it is he, your celestial being, who reminds you of the earthly Heaven, so that you can sanctify your soul there your grace of Christ and delight your heart with heavenly comfort; And, who knows what will happen? - maybe he calls you there also in order to avert from you a temptation that cannot be avoided in any way, because if you stay at home, you will not be sheltered under the canopy of the house of the Lord from great danger ... ".
A Christian in the church learns the heavenly wisdom that the Son of God brings to earth. He also learns the details of the life of his Savior, and gets acquainted with the teachings and lives of the saints of God, and takes part in church prayer. BUT congregational prayer- great power! And there are examples in history. When the apostles were waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit, they were in unanimous prayer. Therefore, in the church, we in the depths of our souls expect that the Holy Spirit will come to us. This happens, but only if we do not create obstacles for this. For example, a lack of openness of heart can prevent parishioners from connecting believers when reading prayers.
In our time, unfortunately, this happens quite often, since believers behave incorrectly, including in the temple, and the reason for this is ignorance of the truth of the Lord. The Lord knows our thoughts and feelings. He will not leave a sincere believer in him, as well as a person in need of communion and repentance, therefore the doors of God's house are always open for parishioners.
For Orthodox Christians, the beginning of Easter falls at 12 o'clock on the night of Holy Saturday on the bright resurrection. On this night, a special solemn service is held in the churches - Bright Paschal Matins. It starts at midnight and lasts on average until 3-4 am. Then, when the service ends, the believers go home, where they begin to celebrate the holiday with friends and relatives.
Easter Celebration: True and False Traditions
On Bright Sunday, it is not customary to work, as well as to take care of the housework. Orthodox Christians should spend this day in a festive mood, receive guests, or go and congratulate on the Bright Christ's Resurrection their loved ones.
Having gathered at the Easter table, believers begin the holiday with a prayer, and then proceed to the meal and begin to break their fast after Great Lent. At the same time, the Easter meal should be moderate, during it one should not overeat much, as well as abuse alcohol. It is accepted that on this day on the table there must be:
- colored eggs;
- Easter cakes and other modest (butter) pastries;
- Curd Easter;
- festive meat and poultry dishes;
- sweets.
The celebration of Easter is also accompanied by a long-standing custom, when children go from house to house with the words “Christ is Risen!”, and the owners treat them to traditional Easter dishes and sweets. This tradition symbolizes the path of the disciples of Christ, who, after his resurrection, carried this good news to people. Remember, this custom is very important for Orthodox Christians, so despite the fact that the calls to your door may start early in the morning, do not ignore the children and be sure to christen with them and treat them with sweets.
Many Russians, according to a long-established tradition, continue to visit the graves of loved ones on Easter. There are different opinions on this matter, but many believers agree that this custom has nothing to do with Christian canons and is “false Easter”. This tradition originated in Soviet times, when people, due to persecution of the church, could not openly visit churches. Therefore, on Easter, all believers came to cemeteries, where they congratulated each other on Christ's Resurrection and exchanged Easter cakes and colored eggs. Now, when all the paths to the temple are open, this is not worth doing.
All Easter celebrations must end, and only then will the time of Radonitsa come - a church holiday that many people call ". It is on this day that it is customary to commemorate the dead and go to the graves of loved ones in order to put the burials in order and pray for the repose of the souls of the deceased relatives.
The celebration of Easter is a time for joy, fun and glorification of the Resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
According to the Russian Orthodox tradition, God is in the soul of everyone, and in order to ask him for something, it is not necessary to go to church, since the text of the prayer comes to God through the word. The order of service in the church is only the earthly embodiment of faith. You can come here, repent and receive a blessing.
It is very important for many people not only to feel the support of God in their souls, but also to see his incarnation in the icons that are in the temple. Divine services are held in the church according to certain canons. The duration and start time differ depending on the church holiday.
Schedule of liturgies
For church cloisters there is no general rule for holding Divine Liturgies, matins, especially on weekdays. The temple opens early in the morning. The time of the event is determined by the priest himself. depending on the wishes of the people visiting it.
For big Christian holidays evening and morning liturgy is held. In addition, a prayer service is held on Sunday. The beginning of the service in the church on Sundays, as a rule, takes place at 7-8 o'clock in the morning. In some churches, Matins and Matins may be moved an hour later or an hour earlier. That's why about matins you need to check with the servants of the temple where you go, how long the liturgy lasts in the morning, they decide. Vespers at 19-20 hours. There is also a night service, but only on major holidays: Epiphany, Easter. In addition, it is carried out procession to the glory of God.
How long the service in the church lasts depends on the significance of the holiday. On weekdays, it can be held for a maximum of 2 hours, and the Sunday service in the Orthodox Church reaches up to three hours.
What time the evening service in the church begins also depends on the scale of the holiday. The earliest start can be at 16:00, the latest at 18:00. Such a service takes place within 2-4 hours. If church holidays are celebrated, then it is divided into everyday, small and great. conducted using the all-night language.
Types of worship
Regardless of who conducts it and in what place, all services are divided into daily, annual and weekly. Services are held in full in monasteries, and it is the monks who follow all the canons of the church. The monks fully comply with the rules of church services, but in small churches they are held depending on the schedule created by the ministers.
Every day of the week is celebrated in the church and is dedicated to certain moments.:
- Sunday is a small Easter, on this day the resurrection of Christ is remembered.
- You can pray to the angels on Monday.
- John the Baptist hears prayers on Tuesday.
- On Wednesday, the betrayal of Judas and the memory of the Cross are remembered.
- Thursday is considered an apostolic day and is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
- On Friday, services are held dedicated to prayer for the suffering of Christ.
- Saturday is dedicated to the Mother of God.
Therefore, if you do not have the opportunity to go to church regularly, then you can read prayers by day, depending on who they are intended for.
Church services on weekdays
Believers visit the temple not only on Saturday or Sunday, but also on weekdays. You can go to church when it is convenient for the believer. At the same time, a Christian parish must always be open. The daily cycle of worship is divided into 9 different parts, and it includes:
- The circle starts at 18:00.
- Compline is the reading of prayers in the evening.
- From 12:00 midnight there is a midnight service.
- Matins is divided into the following: the first hour - from 7:00, the third hour - from 9:00, the sixth hour - from 12:00, the ninth hour from 15:00.
Liturgy, held from 6:00, 9:00 to 12:00, is not included in the daily cycle of church service. Speaking of the ideal worship service, each temple should be open at this time, and all the listed services should be held.
The peculiarity of their conduct depends solely on the chief priest of the church. In the villages, early and late readings of prayers take place only in large temples.
Service in the temple
As already mentioned, the service is held in each temple, the only difference is in the time of holding and its duration. During the day, the main service is the Divine Liturgy.
At the service, a prayer is read, Christ is remembered, and it ends with an invitation to all who wish to go through the sacrament of Communion. It takes place between 6 and 9 o'clock.
On Sunday, as a rule, one service is held, and it is called the Eucharistic. The service on this day goes one after another. Matins gives way to mass, and mass, in turn, gives way to evening service.
Not so long ago, there were changes in the Church Charter, and now Compline is held only during the beginning of Great Lent. If it's about church holidays, then the service may not stop, and one replaces the other.
In addition to large services, rituals and sacraments, reading evening and morning prayers, reading akathists in the temple, and much more can be held in the church. All divine services, regardless of the time of holding, are conducted by the servant of the temple, and visitors become its participants.
Going to church, reading a prayer for the night or during the day is exclusively everyone's business. No one can force a person to go to church and pray. Only the person himself decides for himself what to do, what to visit and how to convey his prayer to God.
