Day of Family, Love and Fidelity (Day of Peter and Fevronia)

On July 8 Orthodox Christians celebrate Day of Peter and Fevronia - patrons of the family and marriage. And since 2008 on the same day All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.

The conjugal union of the holy faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom is considered a model of Christian marriage. Their life has embodied the features that have always been associated with the ideals of matrimony: mutual love and loyalty, piety, mercy. People's Christian holiday The day of Peter and Fevronia is celebrated on June 25 according to the old style (July 8, new), this is the next holiday for Ivan Kupala.

Since 2008, July 8, they also celebrate the All-Russian Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. For the first time, the initiative of holding such a dayexpressed the inhabitants of the city of Murom, in which the relics of Peter and Fevronia are buried. Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation supported this idea, and on March 26, 2008, at a meeting of the committee on social policy in the Federation Council, the initiative to establish a new holiday was approved unanimously.

One of the main initiators of the revival and promotion of the Day of Peter and Fevronia is Svetlana Medvedeva, the wife of Dmitry Medvedev. She also proposed use chamomile as a holiday symbol, this idea was supported by the organizing committee in Murom.

Also, the organizing committee of the holiday established in 2008 medal "For love and loyalty". It is awarded to couples who have lived more than 25years in a lawful marriage and having a positive experience in the upbringing of children. The spouses who have been awarded this medal are a perfect example of mutual love and diligence.

For the popularization of the holiday it was decided to establish monuments to Peter and Fevronia in many Russian cities within the framework of the National Program "In the Circle of the Family". Sculptural compositions depicting a married couple are being established in Russian cities since 2009.

The first monument appeared on July 8, 2008 in the homeland of the saints, in Murom (outside the program). Now sculptural compositions "Holy pious Peter and Fevronia" already exists in Arkhangelsk, Sochi, Ulyanovsk, Yaroslavl, Abakan, Yeysk, Blagoveshchensk, Irkutsk, Samara, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk.

Despite the fact that the Day of Peter and Fevronia is a religious holiday, the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity has no confessional, national and other borders. Family loyalty and love are valued in any religion, therefore the initiative to celebrate Family Day, love and loyalty was supported by all traditional religious organizations of Russia.

Some consider this holiday "our response" to Valentine's Day - they say, why do we need holidays abroad, if we have our own. But actually remember the family, celebrate conjugal love and fidelity need not once or twice a year, but every day. Therefore, whether to celebrate a single holiday or both at once is your personal choice.

Congratulations on the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity

* * * Family - this is true happiness! Love, the second half, And children are the fruit of mutual passion, A woman's agreement with a man. Let the family have you forever In the first place remains, Only in this happiness of man, And in life he will achieve everything!	* * * Let everyone in the world realize, What is the main thing in life is family! I congratulate you on this day, I sincerely wish you So that your glorious family And then went to another example, And that love of the priesthood It was your life's destiny!
* * * On the day of the family, we wish Happiness full house, To be forever joy Settled in it. To your children We were happy with you, Know, in the whole light No happier eyes!	* * * Let the mutual love And the passion grows with the years, You learn again and again Magic heart trembling, From the feeling of the family, From the feeling of happiness, From the longevity of love, From the life of the present!
* * * Let the family thrive, Let faith, kindness and love They take you through life, friends, Happy doing again! Let every miraculous moment, What was done with the family, A smile will brighten your face, And it will be like a dream!	* * * Family - this means so much, Family is a simple word, Go the family road, Live in love and peace, You love your children, They are your continuation, Family values are honored, And happiness awaits you, without a doubt!