What date is Radonica in 2016 - the date. What holiday is it? Commemoration of the dead in the cemetery
On the ninth day after the great feast of EasterOrthodox celebrate the Parent's Day-the Rainer. In the churches, services are held, the deceased are commemorated. Orthodox confess, receive communion, visit cemeteries and distribute sweets to children with a request to remember their deceased loved ones. Due to the difference in the dates of Easter, changing every year in the calendar, the date of the Parent's Day is also changing. This year, Radonica 2016 falls on May 10 - the ninth day after the bright Sunday on May 1, 2016.
Radonica in 2016 - what date does the holiday begin?
The services dedicated to Radonice begin at 7 amMay 10, 2016. Believers are encouraged to visit the church and receive communion. The holiday of Easter continues, therefore the day of remembrance of the dead becomes joyful, festive. It is believed that all this time (from Easter to Tuesday of the Parent's Day) the souls of the dead people praise the resurrection of Jesus and rejoice with the living. On the day of Radonica they return to their abodes and wait for their relatives to visit their graves. In the churches, funeral services are performed, Easter hymns. Believers visit the cemeteries to honor the memory of the dead. From the first day of Easter until the day of Radonica, the graves are not visited. The Orthodox Church believes that during universal joy all sorrows, even bright ones, should be temporarily forgotten.
Radonitsa - what is this holiday?
The Orthodox Church considers the ninth day fromEaster (on the calendar dates differ every year) the official day of the deceased, the date of commemoration of people who have left their lives. Radonitsa reflects the Orthodox faith in the fact that even after physical death the deceased remain members of the Orthodox Church. Communicating with deceased relatives, commemorating them in temples and families diminishes sorrow from their demise. Remembering relatives in the Parents' Day, the believers turn to them, as to the living, wish them peace in the afterlife. If you have not communed for a long time and did not confess, this year you have a wonderful excuse to go to church - on May 10 on Radonitsa 2016 visit the temple. Write on paper the names of the deceased relatives and pass it on to the priest. During the service the cleric will read them, and all the believers standing next to him will commemorate the deceased.
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Day of Remembrance in Radonitsa
Modern people sometimes do not know what they are doing onRadonitsu and what date the holiday comes. Believers who visit the cemeteries at Radonitsa bring Easter cakes, Easter, pancakes, cakes, and painted eggs to the graves of loved ones. Until then, the treats are consecrated in the temples, and the people who sanctify them consecrate themselves.
Can I leave food on the graves?
Left on the graves of food is not shameful to eatpoor, poor, children, hungry. Dealing with the food left by the relatives of the deceased on his grave, the one who found the food remembers the departed from life. After reading the name on the tombstone or monument, he pronounces it aloud, wishes him peace in the Kingdom of the Dead. This custom is humane. Leaving the food in the cemetery, the relative of the deceased knows that other people will also remember his loved one. The hungry and beggars remain full and rejoice together with all the continuation of the Easter days.
Why are some people against food left in the cemetery?
Some believe that leaving in the cemeteryfood is not needed. They urge believers to share a favor between the needy, to feed the children. Indeed, if the weather during the Parent's Day is rainy or windy, the food left on the street can get wet and deteriorate. Then the treat is distributed to children and neighbors, asking them to remember the departed loved ones. If the street is sunny, warm weather, and the cemetery is full of people begging, Easter cakes and Easter can be left on the table at the grave. They are sure to be found by people in need, and your loved one, who is no longer with you, will be remembered.
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The food left on the graves: Paganism or Orthodoxy?
Church ministers argue on what is being doneRadoritsu with food. Some of them consider the food brought and left in the cemetery by pagan customs. Other priests are not against this tradition. They believe that everything that is done from a pure heart and makes people a little happier, feeds the hungry and makes children happy - right. Only alcohol left on the gravestone or table near the headstone is inappropriate, especially on the Parent's Day.
Remembering relatives in Radonitsa 2016, do not worryabout their death. They left this world, as everything goes to be closer to the Lord. Remember your dead relatives with a smile, tell us about the good and even funny episodes from their life. Remembering our relatives, we do not give our memory forever to bury them. Departed from us physically for good, they are invisibly present next to us constantly, as long as we remember them.
