When the Assumption Post in 2016 begins. When the Uspensky Post ends, what can and can not be done during the Uspensky Post
The Assumption Fast refers to the four mainmany days of fasting in the Orthodox calendar. It is also one of the shortest and, therefore, relatively easy for believers, since it lasts only two weeks. It is believed that the Uspensky Post, despite the fact that it takes place in August, we open a galaxy of autumn Orthodox holidays and the beginning of the new year according to the church calendar. About when the Uspensky Post begins in 2016, as well as its traditions and limitations, and will be discussed further.
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What date does the Uspensky Post begin and end?
Unlike Lent, the beginning and the endwhich is tied to the date of the celebration of Easter, changing from year to year, the Assumption Fast always passes at the same time. What is the beginning and end date of the Assumption Post? Specifically, the post on August 14 begins on the feast of the Origin of the Honest Animal of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. In the people this day is more often called simply the Honey Spas. The fasting period ends on August 27 on the eve of another Orthodox holiday - the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on August 28. For the time of fasting, the date of another important Orthodox holiday, the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is popularly known as the Apple Savior, also falls on the post.
The meaning and traditions of the Assumption
People who are far from the Christian faith canit seems strange to hold fasting with the subsequent celebration of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. After all, how can you rejoice in death and even dedicate an entire fast to it? But the clergymen in this case explain that the speeding up is not death in the usual sense for the layman. In order to better understand the meaning and traditions of the Assumption Post, it should be noted that in translation from the Old Slavonic "fasting" means "dream". Hence it is rather a transition from one world to another, which is not accompanied by bodily and spiritual torments, but is a blessed end to worldly life and the beginning of a higher spiritual existence. According to the legend, the Most-Holy Mother of God learned in advance the date of her departure to another world. And although her worldly life was filled with unshakable faith, spirituality and benefactor, she spent all the last days assigned to her by the Lord God on earth, in earnest prayers and good deeds.
The meaning of the Uspensky Post is that everyonethe layman could repeat the difficult spiritual path of the Mother of God and dedicate his body and soul to the creation of good works. Therefore, for this, during the Assumption Fast, believers, following tradition, abandon many worldly goods, including strict restrictions on food. In addition, at this time it is not allowed to swear, use alcohol, quarrel, commit adultery.
What you can eat during the Assumption fast?
The Dormition Post on food restrictions is consideredas complex as Lent, with the only difference being that it lasts much less. What you can eat during the Assumption fast? If you talk more about the diet at this time, then all the days of the week have their own list of products allowed to eat. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday you can eat only food of vegetable origin, which did not give in to heat treatment - vegetables, fruits, nuts, salt mushrooms. On Tuesday and Thursday you can eat boiled food, but without adding oil. Basically it's cereals and soups. Accordingly, on Saturday and Sunday it is allowed to eat boiled with vegetable oil. Meat and dairy products, as well as fish and eggs during the fasting can not. The only exception is the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, during which the Orthodox are allowed to eat fish and some seafood.
Is it possible to play a wedding during the Assumption fast?
In Russia, the Uspensky Savior was a "predecessor"the beginning of the wedding season. Consequently, the conduct of wedding ceremonies between August 14 and 27 was banned. This time it was necessary to devote to spiritual growth and bodily limitations, which are conducive to it, and not the fun and gluttony that accompanies weddings. And if you think about the deep meaning of the post dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, it becomes clear that starting a family life and playing a wedding at this time is better not worth it. And today, in spite of the fact that many Orthodox do not strictly adhere to the Assumption Post, the church does not approve the conclusion of marriages these days. Therefore, for deep believing people, the question of whether it is possible to play a wedding during the Assumption fast does not arise.
