Calendar posts 2017. When, how many posts in 2017: the Great Easter, Petrovsky, Uspensky, Christmas, one-day, on Wednesday and Friday?

The Orthodox fast is not just a restriction in food. The essence of fasting is to teach a person to appreciate in himself good qualities, to cleanse the soul of excesses and sins. In Orthodoxy, there are several basic rules that require compliance: church holidays, one-day and multi-day fasts, customs and traditions.

Great Easter, Petrov, Uspensky, Christmas Post in 2017

Priests call the post an ancient virtue. Along with the fact that a person eats food for the maintenance of his life, he also should "feed the soul."It is for this purpose that there is a fast that, together with prayers, one could become on the way of Christ's way to crucifixion and resurrection.

In fact, fasting is a way to teach a person to restrain his desires, avoid excess, gluttony and excessive. By refusing luxury, keeping himself away from many things, a person learns and is reborn, at the same time in such ways presenting his personal "gift" to God.

The great Easter post is considered one of the most important to observe. His goal is simple enough - to prepare a person for the celebration of the most important holiday in the year - Easter. Fasting follows the ancient scriptures, where Jesus wandered in the desert for a period of days. All this time a person should deny himself food, pray and repent to God, go to church and glorify Jesus Christ.

Following the Great Post requires just as thorough preparation that takes place on a specific schedule:

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post The Petrov Post starts on the first day of the week, the week of which is referred to as the "week of all Saints".Not infrequently this post is referred to as the "Apostolic fast" because it is necessary to commemorate all the Holy Apostles. Fasting begins right before the Orthodox celebration, dedicated to the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul. It is interesting that the length of this post can vary, focusing on how Easter was celebrated in the year.

Fasting always begins with the Day of All Saints and ends on the twelfth of July. It is also worth noting an interesting observation: the longest Petrov fast lasted six weeks, and the short one took only a week and a day.

This post is marked by a strict dry-nosedness at the days appointed by the church: the third day of the week and the fifth. On other days there is another order: Monday - you can eat hot food, but only the one that was prepared without any addition of oil. Other days allow people to eat food from vegetable fruits, seasoned with lean oils.

Uspensky post begins exactly after Petropavlovsk. The Uspensky post lasts for a relatively long time - only two weeks. This post has a very noble meaning - it was created in order to glorify and imitate the Mother of God. It is known that the Mother of God before going to heaven, spent a considerable time in prayer and carefully observed the fast.

It is not difficult to follow Uspensky post. Three days a week( Monday, Wednesday, Friday) include a complete dry-nosed, and the rest are allowed to eat vegetable food seasoned with any vegetable oil. One day it is allowed to eat fish - on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

Christmas post is also considered one of the most important and great. It begins in late autumn and lasts until January 7 next year. Fasting is exactly forty days and it is set so that each person makes a sacrifice to his Savior, limiting himself to refined food. This post differs in that, unlike others, it allows you to eat fish on any days, and seasoned with vegetable oil only on Saturday and Sunday.

Christmas post assumes a complete refusal of food by a person until the first star appears on the sky. Only after this, you should eat special meals prepared for the holiday.

calendar of large posts for 2017

Fasting on Wednesday and Friday in 2017

Spiritually, to keep posts in the environment and Friday is very important. So, what does this post mean? On Wednesday, as the church says, the post is devoted to Judas' betrayal of the Lord, which occurred on Wednesday. Friday is necessary for the memories of all the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Significantly, the post, which is observed on Wednesday and Friday - lasts round 2017 ( as in any other year).
Exceptions, depending on the calendar, can be continuous weeks. In these weeks, the post can be canceled. Week - time for Orthodox holidays, or days intended for preparation for holidays and large multi-day posts.

It should also be noted that if a person has the strongest infirmities and diseases in a certain period of time, then he should ask the clergyman or spiritual mentor some relief for such a post on Wednesday and Friday.

It is also worth knowing about that every day of fasting( Wednesday or Friday) starts at midnight .
That is, on Tuesday at 12 o'clock in the morning you should already observe the post and follow it until 12 o'clock in the morning the next day - exactly 24 hours.
But just as an Orthodox person will not sin if he follows the post not by the hour but in the evening. This is more suitable for ordinary worship.
Evening is the time when the first star appears in the sky.

The main idea of ​​the post is to be able to restrain yourself from excesses in food and fulfill the full obedience of the Church. It is necessary to spend enough time in prayers and repentance, to refrain your language from bad words, not to condemn your neighbors, not to gloat and not to envy.

For many Orthodox people, the posts on Wednesday and Friday have become an integral part of life. Parents instill in their children, without thinking about meanings and meanings, making everyday life and habit.
However, the knowledge of the Old Testament, the spiritual traditions and customs of the church is of great importance.

It is important to know that fasting is not a prophylactic effect on the body in order to improve it, fasting is a healing of the soul and thoughts of a person.

post on Wednesday and Friday in 2017 on the Orthodox calendar

One-day posts in 2017

There is such a concept in the Orthodox calendar, as a one-day post. Such a post, as a rule, precedes the great church holiday and requires careful observance. Such posts require extremely strict and limited compliance in food and activities.

Most often they mean that a person is forbidden to eat food in abundance and he should give up such products as:

• milk, butter and cheese
• meat and fish, eggs
• sweets and alcohol

Simply put, can not eat food of animal originand the one that is created for human pleasures .

You need to eat only for these days to prolong your life and so you are allowed to eat vegetables and fruits( any vegetable food), various cereals and cereals, baked bread and butter, only vegetable( sunflower, corn, linseed, etc.).

Table of one-day posts for strict compliance in 2017

Date of post	The essence of the post	Church big holiday
January 18	This day is considered to be "Christmas Eve", which foresees the holiday of Epiphany. This day implies a complete "cleansing of the person" from the very Christmas Eve. On January 18, a believer must pray a lot, ask forgiveness for his sins and remember all the sufferings that Jesus Christ has endured. The next day on a holiday, a person must undergo a physical cleansing, plunging into holy water.	The Great Baptism of the Lord - January 19
September 11	This one-day post is dedicated to John the Great Prophet, whose memory should be honored.	In other sources one can find another name for this day and often in the writings the day is designated as "The Day of the Beheading of John the Forerunner".
September 27	This day involves spending a lot of time in prayers, asking for forgiveness and adherence to restrictions in drink, food, words and thoughts.	The day is dedicated to the memory of all the suffering that Jesus Christ suffered on the cross.

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What you can eat:

List of fasting is a great Orthodox matter that is designed so that a person can realize all their sins and repent. The essence of it lies in strict limitations, both in food and in action.

This is why you should know what list of products you can safely use, without "profaning" your beliefs, and which is not. Depending on the post, there are very strict and extremely strict restrictions. For example, some posts allow you to eat fish, and the Great - strictly prohibits eating anything other than plant foods.
To know the list of allowed products is necessary in order to make on your fasting days the most nutritious and useful diet that will give strength to the body for work and everyday affairs.

The main condition that should be followed by an Orthodox believer is to abandon any kind of meat: pork and beef, poultry and rabbit, as well as from all products of animal origin: milk, eggs, cheese and so on. You should also not eat white bread because it is kneaded in eggs.

Very carefully you should treat the sweet products, because sweets and sweets are forbidden and all that is possible is natural honey and jam.

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Than you can eat in the post:

• It is allowed to eat cereals. You can eat oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, bulgur, pearl barley, corn porridge, wheat porridge and barley
• You can eat all the vegetables and fruits: beets, potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini, eggplant, apples, pumpkin, pears, bananas and so on.further
• Mushrooms are allowed to eat in any kind of ( champignons, oyster mushrooms, forest, chanterelles and so on).It can be fresh mushrooms, and can be pickled
• You can eat legumes: peas, chickpeas, beans, asparagus beans, mash
• Vegetable oils ( any vegetable oil: sunflower, linseed, sesame, olive, corn etc.)
• in the food any pickles preserved for the winter: sauerkraut, tomatoes and cucumbers, mushrooms, olives, salads from zucchini and eggplant
• You can eat greens: basil, parsley, dill, mint, onion green and much more
• You can eat dried fruits raisins, dried apricots and prunes, figs and any candied fruits
• It is allowed to eat any nuts: with walnuts, peanuts, wood, hazelnuts, cashews, cedar and others
• Sweet dishes are allowed kozinaki from seeds and nuts, jams and jams, honeyand halva
• You can drink various compotes from dried fruit and fresh fruit, jelly, fruit jelly from agar agar
• Malt bread, rye bread, bran bread
• You can drink any tea: green, black, grassy, ​​karkade, white
• You can drink cocoa,but only brewed onwater
• It is allowed to eat any soy products: milk, tofu and other soy products

You can cook a variety of dishes from the allowed products: soups, cereals, stews, second dishes, desserts, snacks. If you have the opportunity to buy a special lean mayonnaise( without eggs), they can spice up the food.

lean food, ration, list of permitted products

Parental Saturdays in 2017 Orthodox in February, March, April, June before the Trinity, November. Universal Parent Saturday

Parental Saturday - is a list of special Saturdays in the Orthodox calendar, designed to honor the memory of the deceased faithful.
The peculiarity of these Saturdays is that every single day is dedicated to a certain Saint or Angel.
This day, this Saturday, it is necessary to attend the Divine Service.
It should be noted that among all Saturdays it is possible to single out both private and common days of commemoration, which are independently established by the church.

The days of strict special commemoration are usually called "parental Saturday".

The commemoration is made on the Sabbath day because it is Saturday - the day of rest. This day is considered the most favorable for prayers focused on the peace of the rest of the Saints. It is worth highlighting The universal parental Sabbath - a special church statute that is performed twice a year:

• During the meat week - Saturday before the meaty week( not often referred to as the "Week of the Last Judgment").It is necessary to commemorate the departed believers before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ on February 18, 2017. This day is called to recognize all the sins before Jesus - the Judge of the Righteous.
• In March Parent Saturday March 11, 2017 in the second week, on March 18, 2017 in the third week and on March 25, 2017 in the fourth week of the post.

Saturday Troitskaya( in 2017 it is celebrated on June 3) - occurs before Pentecost( Holy Trinity).The Sabbath is necessary for the memories of the Last Judgment and the beginning of the most important Great Lent.

• Often those Saturdays that fall on the second, third and fourth weeks are called Universe, but this opinion is mistaken. Most often they are established by the church itself. Private parental days can not be equated with the Universal. To private parental Saturday it is possible to carry in Радиницу, which occurs on April, 25th in 2017.
• The last parental Saturday in 2017 is called Dimitrievskaya and drops out in 2017 on on November 4, 2017 .

Calendar of parental Saturdays for 2017.

18 February - Saturday Meat-Vessel( Universal Parent Saturday)
3 June - Saturday Troitskaya

11 March - Saturday of the 2nd week of the Great Fasting
March 18 - Saturday of the 3rd week of the Great Fasting
March 25 - Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent
November 4 - Dmitrievskaya parental Saturday

Orthodox church calendar detailing parental Saturday in 2017

Radonica in 2017 what number?

Radonica - is a special date for believers and the Orthodox Church. On this day, you should remember all your dead ancestors and relatives. It is also customary to visit the burial site on this day and perform a symbolic meal in honor of the commemoration right at the cemetery. It is important to know that it is not necessary to eat all the food brought with you. Part of the food you need to give to the poor or the poor.

It is not necessary to associate Radonitsa with a holiday of the deceased or a mourning day. In this period, on the contrary, you should fill your heart with kind thoughts and warm memories that are inevitably connected with those people whom you remember. Every Orthodox believer should rejoice that his deceased loved one is presently in the Heavenly Kingdom.

The celebration of Radonica in 2017 takes place nine days after the celebration of Easter and the exact date for this event is on April 25 .

For those who do not know, it is worth noting that in the cemetery you should carry festive Easter food: cakes, painted eggs. It is not rare that people go to the cemetery ahead of time, on Easter day, but this completely contradicts the Orthodox canons. Radonice was canceled during the Soviet era, people had nothing to do, how to come to the cemetery in Easter. The contemporary Christian should be honored with the rules of the church, without neglecting them.

Another prerequisite for Radonitsa is the visit to the church where the liturgy is held. During this service, one should give his prayers for all the dead, and also be sure to put a candle behind the soul's repose.

celebration of Radonitsa in 2017, the essence of Radonitsa for Orthodox believers

Commemoration of the dead soldiers, the day of memory of the soldiers of the internationalists

It's interesting to know that each on May 9 the Orthodox church holds a special funeral service, where it commemorates and honors the memory of all deceased Christians who died in the militaryactions. The Church conducts both private and universal funeral services for those who were forced to fall in the Great Battle. The Church believes that the human body can die, but the soul will live forever and it necessarily requires a remembrance.

Initially, the exact date of such a remembrance was not and the memorial services were modest. According to their convictions, the church considered that it was obliged to honor the memory of those valiant people who gave their lives. For the first time, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church announced the significance of the event for the Orthodox Church on November 29 in 1994.At the same time, the exact date was set on May 9.

September 11, 2017 , Monday, is also a commemoration day for the fallen Orthodox soldiers ,

On this day, every believer can voluntarily become part of the funeral service and join in the remembrance.

Commemoration Day of the Dead Soldiers

Is it possible to commemorate suicidal, unbaptized, drowned people and when in 2017?

The church believes suicide is a grave sin for a person. Such an action contradicts the main precepts and is therefore not accepted in any church very much. On the spiritual side, such an act can say that a person is too weak. Weakened so much that is not able to cope with their problems and thoughts. He rejects the path of fellowship with the Lord and comes with the simplest action - to rid himself of bodily torments.

Such a sin can not be let go of any Orthodox church. In addition, the church does not perform prayers and ministries for the forgiveness of sins to a person who committed suicide.

It is for this reason that can not commemorate the suicides in the Orthodox church. You can not also send a note to a clergyman with a name who left a person's life voluntarily, so that he could read the prayer for his repose. Worst of all, the church is sure that the souls of such deceased seek peace for a long time and are often not found at all.

The relatives of such a person often have difficulties and questions to the church about how to commemorate such a person. Any clergyman will say that making a remembrance on the territory of the church is strictly forbidden! Only in rare and very exceptional cases, with the general council of the church, permission may be granted for such action, as an exception, in particular if the person was in mental insanity.

All other suicides their relatives and friends can remember at home with prayers for the deceased. The Orthodox Church is only welcomed by .

Some days on Thursday after Easter, just on Thursday before the Trinity -( a great holiday), one should remember such people. This is June 1, 2017.

This is only a general remembrance, but the deceased soul of a suicide can become a little easier, since prayer at this time is pronounced common for those in Paradise and who in Hell.

For this reason, praying for that relative that passed away voluntarily on this day should be with particular zeal and strength. Never hide the cause of death of your loved one, for such a secret is capable of breaking the prayer and not bringing it to the Lord, or he simply will not accept it.

The remembrance of the departed from life voluntarily when it is necessary to commemorate the self-assured

The solid weeks of 2017

The continuous weeks allow the Orthodox believer to cancel the post that occurs for him on Wednesday and Friday. In 2017, there are five such continuous weeks:

Date of the week	Celebration of
January 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 - 2017	Celebration of Christmas Christmas gifts
Exactlyfor two weeks before the Great Lent. Exact date: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 February 2017	The publican and the Pharisee
February: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 - 2017	The Sedmica foreshadowing the Great Fasting
April 17, 18, 19	Easter Week
June: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - 2017	Sedmitsa from the Trinity

Forgiven Resurrection In 2017

Forgiveness Sunday is a special date that allows each Orthodoxbeliever to ask forgiveness from his neighbor before the Great Easter Lent begins. Forgiveness Sunday falls, as a rule, on the last day of Maslenitsa.

A forgiven Sunday is significant that this is the last day before a fast, when you can eat milk and meat. After Sunday, there is Monday, the first day of the forty-day fast. The essence of this holiday is to adjust the human body and soul to peace and tranquility. This day it is also common to pray a lot and ask for the forgiveness of our sins from the Lord.

Every Orthodox person should not only apologize for his big and minor sins, but also hear requests for forgiveness from relatives. Only in this way will he be able to enter Lent with a bright and pure soul.in the 2017, the Forgiveness Sunday is celebrated on February 26th.

Forgiveness Sunday in 2017

When, what is the number of Maslenitsa in 2017?

Maslenitsa is one of the favorite holidays of the Orthodox people. He foretells not only the arrival of spring after a long winter time, but also the early start of Lent.

in 2017 Shrove Tuesday will be celebrated with on February 20 and will last these Christmas trees to on February 26, which by tradition end with Forgiven Sunday.

It is customary to celebrate the Shrovetide magnificently and in a big way: hearty fatty dishes, songs and festivities, and also have fun as it is forbidden to do it in Lent.

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