Forgiveness resurrection

Today the last day came before the great post. The day of forgiveness Sunday completes our preparation for the Great Post. In the past preparatory weeks about Zakheme, Mytar and Pharisee, about the prodigal son, about the terrible court, the Church already sang and read the chants of lenger triodes, as if reminding us of the approach of the Great Post.

The last week in front of the post, Maslenitsa (I want to remind you that in translation into English or in Latin, this word sounds like a "carnival", consisting of the words "meat" and "goodbye") - the most pre-preparatory: we stop eating meat food and gradually enter into Space of the Great Post. Therefore, for the day when the sorry is made when the chants are replaced by minor and launched and the prokimimon "Do not turn your face from your father", when the clergymen are reproduced from bright clothes in the dark, we come already prepared.

Even the stroke of the Maslenic Week, with all its people's names - Zolivkina gatherings, Leschins in the evening - just tell us that these days are preferably, at least to call, and better to visit their relatives and loved ones to reconcile.

The size of forgiveness is actually committed not only for forgiveness Sunday, but also throughout the Great Post. Every day, in the temple, the priest appeals to the people: "Sorry me, fathers, brethren and sisters, herself warm before you, a word, business or a thinking ..." and gets the answer: "God will forgive, and forgive us!". In conclusion, the priest says: "God, God, God forgive and raises all of us."

It turns out that for forgiveness Sunday, on the one hand, it marks the ending of a multi-week preparation for the Great Post, and on the other, the beginning of the Great Post, which is an important goal of which is our reconciliation with God and people.

I would like to emphasize what forgiveness means. The word indicates not only the forgiveness of the offense. It happens that some deep offense between people is not at all, and the relationship is stretched, difficult. It is appropriate to remember that the words "forgive" and "simply" are no longer surrender: it is very important that there are no internal or external difficulties between us and our loved ones.

Forgive me unoccupied

However, in the modern world, many people literally become enemies who have taken away from them: money, position, health, the life of loved ones ... How to behave in relation to those who can not forgive you?

Anyone - even the most terrible tyrant - you can regret. He could be a very bad man, but he also suffers in hell in hell. And in his childhood they could hardly educate and then could not love him and so on. Although this does not mean that we should justify it. It is important to understand that we can condemn the actions, but we can regret, especially if he makes others consciously or, let's not, can not stop doing them by gentleness. We are trying to understand the behavior of a person: Well, the patient is soul, well, it is nipped .... Moreover, it can be done against the unfortunate neighbor who does not give rest, it is unknown for what reasons. But it is necessary to thank God, at least almost in Pharisees: "Thank you, Lord, that you did not paint me as well." And man regret. Then it will not be already a pharise, if we do not condemn a person, but regret. And thank God.

Often saying "sorry" or "goodbye", we still keep in the soul bitterness of the resentment or feel their rightness towards those people who, gently expressing, do not like, and sometimes they cause serious pain. Where are the boundaries of sincerity and hypocrisy? If I do not like a person, I do not feel any positive emotions to him, but trying to smile - hypocrisy it, or not? In fact, everything is fine here: if I condemn a person, and at the same time I smile artificially - this is hypocrisy. And if I smile, but at the same time I scold myself for the fact that I can not normally treat this person - that is, I do not condemn him, but myself is no longer a hypocrisy, but a very important principle of spiritual life - from external to the inner. Therefore, trying to unlocly ask forgiveness, even if it does not really work, it is necessary. At the same time, scolding himself for the fact that you do not have enough forgiveness.

Forgive truly - how?

It seems to me that forgive to forgive me (to start at least the mind) is easier for a person to the believer. Because the unbelieving person is difficult to explain, for example, the words that the elders comforted offended: "Know that when you ask God of humility, then he will definitely send you a person who offends you, to humiliate, will insult and humiliate." A believer is enough just to understand that those people who have thought of us somehow, crushed, caused us some kind of evil - this is a weapon of God's fishery. It is enough to remember the words of the Old Testament that the Lord elapped the heart of Pharaoh to bring Israel from Egypt. Or, for example, in relation to Nebuchadnezzar, which destroyed Jerusalem, it is written: "Slave mine, Nebuchadnezzar!". Therefore, it is important to understand for yourself that in a sense these people are angels whom the Lord sends, with some kind, sometimes with a completely incomprehensible goal for us.

The next, very important step in the cause of forgiveness is to separate our feelings from each other and from our actions, pain of resentment from the desire of revenge, angry proceedings, nozzility, up to the wishes of death to another person. It is not necessary to fight pain specifically, because it is a natural, normal feeling that we are experiencing. But the accompanying negative feelings and actions addressed to another person should be separated and eradicated.

For a passing person, we do not have to stop doing yourself in relation to it in some special way. It is clearly understandable for example, when parents consider it necessary to punish the child. Not always, at the same time, they are angry at him: quite possible, they have long forgive him for a long time, but, nevertheless, they consider it necessary to deprive him of something nice. The same is very important to make our offenders. Imagine: you have complex relationships with some kind of neighbor in the landing, which, despite all your attempts, gadko behaves. You can easily bring the matter even before the trial. At the same time, in Christian, your actions should not be associated with the offend, hate against it.

This is important in any situation. Even in war, when a person's debt to kill enemies. Wartime always revives if not formal paganism, then a certain pagan soothing of war - blood, hatred and so on. Christian need to prevent this. The same applies to the situation when the enemy appears in the family. For example, when a stranger manages a husband or wife from the family. Or in business, especially if our competitors begin to lead a dishonest struggle and use those means that you as a Christian can not afford yourself. You can continue to fight. But it is necessary to fight with their negative feelings and pray for offenders.

And finally, it is very important to remember that in fact we are deeply not perfect people, so you will wait from ourselves that "here, I will not keep the offense and forgive everyone," this is in some sense, pride. Do not be surprised that sometimes you can't forgive someone. We will try to approach our insults creatively: not just to allow themselves to continue to be offended - and pray and think that you can do this.

Moscow, Feb 18- RIA Novosti, Sergey Stefanov. The last day before the great post, Orthodox Christians are called for forgiven Sundays. Predated on this day in Russia, believers ask each other for forgiveness and are preparing to join the "Holy and Great Fourteen" - the most strict and long post. About why there was such a unique tradition and there are some more sense to have this holiday, - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Exile of Adam from Paradise

In the church, forgiveness, Sunday is called "Syropus". This word means "cheese omit" ("Leave"): Forgiveness Sunday - the last day of the carnival, when it is allowed to eat rapid food - eggs and dairy products.

For the Forgible Sunday, the Russian Orthodox Church performs for the services of the "Memories of Adam Exile". According to the Bible, this event is the expulsion of the first people, Adam and Eve, from paradise for disobedience to God - marked the beginning of earthly history. And as the plants, Adam then died in his misconduct, and all the believers entering the great post are called upon.

The abbot of the church of Saint Elizabeth in Pokrovsky-Streshnev Metropolitan Ryazan and Mikhailovsky Mark notes that no person in his life can avoid serious mistakes that the church calls sin. And in this, all people are "faithful" followers of their progenitor Adam.

"With the arrival of a great post, we must start another life, the time to mourn the sins that did us. We repeated the path of Adam in the fall, but we still have to repeat his way in repentance. And the period of the great post helps us in this," says us bishop.

According to him, with the word "repentance", some have an idea that it is "solid negative emotions" and the complete opposite of what is understood as a full-fledged life. However, in reality, only the first stage of repentance - repentance - may be associated with negative experiences. The full repentance fills the soul with joy and relieves a person from internal conflicts that generate sin.

It is believed that the First of God's commandment, which was broken by Adam and Eve, was the ban "to eat" the fruit of one, defined by the God of the tree - "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil." And to reconcile with God, a person must go through the post again. True, now it is an abstinence much more strict.

"Forgive me!.."

In forgiveness, Sunday in all Orthodox chicors is read by an excerpt from the Gospel with the words of the Savior: "If you do not forgive them to the sins of them, then the Father Your Heaven will not forgive you of your sinners." This is a prerequisite for man's accession to the post, without which even the complete abstinence from food will be considered, expressing a legal language, invalid: God will not accept him.

"To survive forgiveness, we need to learn to forgive themselves. That's precisely because we need forgiveness, we must learn to forgive other people. And the measure of how we treat others may be a measure of how the Lord will react to us." - explains the cleric church of the Christmas of John the Forerunner in Sokolniki, Archpriest Oleg Stenyaev.

The embodiment of this call for the closer, in churches and monasteries serve the evening with a special "Non-for forgiveness." The priests read the prayer, asking for the blessing of God for everyone to the upcoming long post (in addition to the 40-day great post, this is also the next passionate "sadmitsa", week). Then, according to the tradition, the clergy asks for forgiveness from all those who gathered in the Church, and the clergy and each other.

"Forgive me" and "I forgive" believers speak during the day and all their households and familiar who were annoyed or on whom they themselves hold offense. Of course, words can be different, the main thing is the spirit of reconciliation. Apologize for his misconduct, "free or involuntary", before everyone and the patriarch after the evening service in the church of Christ the Savior.

The size of the forgiveness itself originates in the Palestinian and Egyptian monasteries of the V-Vi centuries, when the on the eve of the great post the monks went to the wilderness to the desert to devote all his time prayer and prepare for the Easter holiday.

"Some of them have not returned back: someone died from old age, someone could comprehend the misfortunes in the harsh desert," says Irinai Sretensky Monastery (Pikovsky). "Because, to disperse, pickles, as before death, asked. For each other for forgiveness for all free or involuntary resentment. And of course, everyone sold from the heart. Everyone understood that their farewell to each other in front of a friend on the eve of the Great Post could be the last. In order to appear now, the existing amount of forgiveness appeared - to reconcile with everyone People and, thanks to this, - with God. "

Not "Personal Feat"

And in a week before for forgiven Sunday, the Orthodox Church recalled the evangelical parable about the terrible court, after which the Lord will introduce heaven to the kingdom of those who somehow helped other people in their needs, and in the "Darkness external" - who did not have their neighbor any grace.

However, as explained by the teacher and the confessor of the St. Petersburg Orthodox Spiritual Academy of Archpriest Vyacheslav Kharynov, the "Week about the terrible court" can make a person overly captivated by various social projects, he can decide that his salvation depends on whether he will be able to "feed the hungry , To drink thirsty, wear naked, visit the patient prisoner to help. " But forgiveness puts everything in its place.

Father Vyacheslav speaks of forgiveness and how about the "realization of the god-like": "Because God forgives - he is merciful and a multi-cell. And we, making the same, as if we try on this god-like, as if imitating the Creator in this act."

"Our salvation begins with the way we treat the neighbor. The meaning of Christian Soteriology (the teachings on salvation. - Ed.) In the fact that if we do not do anything to save the near, we ourselves do not save themselves. And in this Of course, the post is an amazing time. We must be able to see in it not a personal feat, not my personal matter, but the moment of some amazing ministry to others ... To see our own salvation in your neighbor, "concludes a priest.

There are a lot of examples in the life of saints. One of the ancient fathers of the Church of Anthony Great considered indecent to do something good for himself before it does it to neighbor. And the famous devotee of the XX century Alder Siluan Athos wrote that "Blessed Soul, who loving his brother, for our brother is our life."

Celebration of Maslenitsa in Russia

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In the photo: Participants in festive festivities dedicated to the wires of wide carnival in the Park of Science Rovtsovo in the Novosibirsk region.

2 of 17.

Maslenitsa symbolizes the frontier of winter and spring, the last splash of the full fun life on the eve of a long-term uncomplicated abstinence. This year, the carnival week lasts from February 12 to February 18.
In the photo: Participants in festive festivities dedicated to the wires of wide carnival in the Park of Science Rovtsovo in the Novosibirsk region.

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In the photo: a participant in folk fun during the celebration of Carnival at the Central Square of Vladivostok.

3 of 17.

Throughout the week, Orthodox Christians on the church charter do not eat meat, but eat fish, eggs and dairy products. The traditions of the Maslenic Week include massive festivities and all sorts of contests and fun.
In the photo: a participant in folk fun during the celebration of Carnival at the Central Square of Vladivostok.

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In the photo: Festive Fair at the Central Square of Vladivostok.

4 out of 17.

In Starin, believed that the one who was not having fun these days and does not defend the winter, the whole coming year will live poorly and empty. But those who will guarantee the holiday as it should be arguing, everything will be aroused, there will be abundance in the house, and all the hands will pass the side.
In the photo: Festive Fair at the Central Square of Vladivostok.

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In the photo: The burning of the artist of the artist Nikolai Polissky at the celebration of Maslenitsa in the Art Park "Nikola-Lenivalez" of the Kaluga region.

5 of 17.

On the first day of the passenger week, the rags and straw were escaped, and then, having attached to a large log, rolled on sleds and installed on the highest snow slide.
In the photo: The burning of the artist of the artist Nikolai Polissky at the celebration of Maslenitsa in the Art Park "Nikola-Lenivalez" of the Kaluga region.

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In the photo: Participants of festive festivities in Suzdal are watching goose battles.

7 out of 17.

In places of folk festivities, noisy fairs and bolagans were unfolded for a week, there were dresses with a variety of treats, the tents in which they sold nuts and gingerbreads, a hot shotboard and samovari tea.
In the photo: Participants of festive festivities in Suzdal are watching goose battles.

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In the photo: Participants of festive passenger festivities in the Park of Science Rovtsovo in the Novosibirsk region.

8 of 17.

In Western Europe, the week before the great post traditionally was the time of carnavalov. Eastern Christians did not have such a carnival tradition, however, it was believed that this time was when a person in reasonable limits allows himself to relax.
In the photo: Participants of festive passenger festivities in the Park of Science Rovtsovo in the Novosibirsk region.

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In the photo: Participants of festive festivities in Suzdal dedicated to the wires of wide carnival.

9 out of 17.

Every day of the passenger week has existed its name. So, Monday is a "meeting", Tuesday - "Pigs", Wednesday - "Landca". On Wednesday it was customary to go to visit each other and treat pancakes and cakes.
In the photo: Participants of festive festivities in Suzdal dedicated to the wires of wide carnival.

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In the photo: a participant in the passenger wagons in the Roltsovo Rovtsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

10 out of 17.

Thursday was called "rampant", or "fracture." It was the middle of the carnival week, and on this day they were danced, drove away dances, sang chastushki, arranged fist fights.
In the photo: a participant in the passenger wagons in the Roltsovo Rovtsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

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In the photo: Juvenile at the celebration of Maslenitsa in Art Park "Nikola-Lenivalez" of the Kaluga region.

11 out of 17.

Another integral line of a wide Thursday is to take a snow town assault; On this day, special ritual fires were divorced everywhere, through which people jumped, symbolically cleaning their soul.
In the photo: Juvenile at the celebration of Maslenitsa in Art Park "Nikola-Lenivalez" of the Kaluga region.

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In the photo: Moledian games during the festive festivities in the Roltsovo Roltsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

12 out of 17.

The fourth day of Maslenitsa in Russia was so large-scale in terms of celebration, which often all work was canceled during this period, and people walked in the morning and until the night.
In the photo: Moledian games during the festive festivities in the Roltsovo Roltsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

/ The fifth day of Maslenitsa - "Leschins of the evening". There was a tradition according to which family people had to spend this day with the closest relatives. The main symbol of the carnival is a ruddy pancake, symbolizing the sun. Each hostess tried to deserve the guests who came to her.

14 out of 17.

The fifth day of Maslenitsa - "Leschins of the evening". There was a tradition according to which family people had to spend this day with the closest relatives. The main symbol of the carnival is a ruddy pancake, symbolizing the sun. Each hostess tried to deserve the guests who came to her.

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In the photo: The burning of stuffed during the festive festivities dedicated to the wires of wide carnival in the Koltsovo Rovtsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

15 out of 17

The sixth day of the passenger week was called "Castle gatherings." Also on this day, the scarecrow was burned in the evening, saying goodbye and preparing for a great post.
In the photo: The burning of stuffed during the festive festivities dedicated to the wires of wide carnival in the Koltsovo Rovtsovo Park in the Novosibirsk region.

/ The seventh, the final day of the passenger week - "Wires", "Forgiveness Sunday", "Caller". On this day, according to an ancient custom, it was customary to ask for each other forgiveness to enter the great post, reconciled with everyone.
In the photo: Visitors of the festive Fair of the Wide Carnival on the central square of Vladivostok.

It's no secret that the Maslenitsa Week ends for forgiveness Sunday. It is precisely the topic of forgiven Sundays: how to ask for forgiveness, congratulations, poems to this day, I wanted to devote my material.

Evaluation

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Forgive us, and God will forgive
Raise the mood.
Get rid of offenses
On the day of general forgiveness.

Let the soul sing spring,
And joy only multiplies.
Let the bell call,
And the heart is not worried.

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I'm not always shy
Forgiveness ask
After all, if no resentment
It is easier to live in the world.

All this resurrection
The Lord ordered to forgive
Create good and light
Life is our lighting.

And if suddenly offend
I happened to you
Then I sincerely say:
"Sorry, forgive me"

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On the day forgiveness, on Sunday,
They ask the souls of purifying.
I ask me to forgive me
And no offense do not save.

I congratulate everyone I cordially
I sincerely forgive everyone.
This day we will meet with love,
Let it be clean and leveled.

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I sincerely ask for forgiveness
For all the insults that sometimes
In everyday weekdays applied,
Evil without having a soul.

I sincerely ask for forgiveness
For all intentional evil
For everything wounded your heart
And sadness brought.

Let our souls suffer
Under the load of petty offended,
Forgive me how I goodbye,
And may the Lord forgive us all.

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Everyone needs to forgive today
And get offended to let
To be easily and with a pure heart
We could love to give.

If it was that bad,
You need to forget about everything.
And in harmony and peace
Then we will all live.

Let let love fill
Your heart over the edge
Your life will be similar
On a wonderful good paradise.

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I want to obey before you:
Sorry for the grief of past days.
Let the day for forgiven peace brings,
So that we have a soul with us light,

So that there is less in the world evil and sadness,
So that with ease we looked forward,
Let's get offense old let's let go.
All of us for a farewell now God calls.

May God let us go to our sins
And the soul will save from the bad
From all sorts of thoughts bad
To send the right way!

I ask today for forgiveness,
After all, in my heart repentance,
I hope this resurrection
I will still forgive my acts!

The great post is the time of repentance and spiritual cleansing and enter it, at someone's offense, incorrectly. For a forgiveness Sunday, forgive all your offenders and ask for forgiveness from those who offended you, it will clean up your soul. This is not just a national tradition, and the church, in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ said: "If you forgive people to warm them, it will be forgive and your father is your Heavenly; And if you do not forgive people to warm them, then your father will not forgive you the sins of yours. "

Like someone to ask for forgiveness for forgiveness Sunday

Forgiveness Sunday - this is a reason to forgive your offenders, let go of the insults, even the worst, to relieve the alarm and mental suffering, and also to clear our conscience and the soul before those who have ever deliberately or accidentally inflicted insult.

Forgiveness Sunday is not a funny tradition, but a very important and ancient spiritual custom you need to approach this case very responsibly, sincerely reassure in the deed and with all my heart try to forgive your offenders, clearing your soul.

It is necessary to ask for forgiveness in the people who you feel your mind that you offended with whom they quarreled and no matter who the first started a quarrel. According to the rules, forgiveness needs to be asked out loud and at a personal meeting, but in the absence of such an opportunity, you can simply call a person by phone.

Asking for forgiveness from a person, it is necessary to say: "God will forgive me, I'm sorry," and when the forgiveness is asked for you - "God will forgive, and I forgive."

According to tradition, the first for forgiveness Sunday should be the first to ask for someone who is older: parents in children, chiefs from subordinates and so on.

Forgive the insult, it does not mean to forget the pain that you have caused, but it says about your willingness not to keep it on the fact that you have offended by evil, not to wish him retribution.

Often the resentment is caused by a very strong injury and forgive in one minute it is impossible, but you need to make efforts to forgive the offender so that negative emotions have not poisoned your soul.

Take care of those who have been forgiven with you and not just shouting, but sincerely, therefore a person feels some kind of guilt and wants to receive forgiveness from you.

What you can not do in forgiveness Sunday-2019

This is the last day of the carnival, which completes the preparation for the great post, so it is the last day before Easter, when you can eat milk, butter, eggs and fish.

It is forbidden to physically work on this day, unless in the kitchen the hostess was preparing various dishes from the allowed products to spend before the long grand post.

Also for forgiveness Sunday, 2019 is forbidden to indulge in disheartening and bad thoughts, swear, complaining, angry and even raise a voice to loved ones.

For a forgiveness, Sunday, according to tradition, go to the cemetery and commemorate the deceased relatives, pray for their souls. According to reference, on this day, the ancestors can hear your sincere words of repentance and forgot the resentment.

Congratulations on Forgiveness Sunday

Ask forgiveness from your loved ones in verses or prose:

Please, forgive me my mistakes,

And phrases, abandoned by pegs.

Insanity instead of a friendly smile,

And the fact that I sometimes ruble from the shoulder.

Sorry unjustified quarrels

Misunderstanding in difficult hours.

For all unnecessary words and disputes

I want for for forgiveness to ask.

Sorry everyone who I am offended.

Perhaps I do not know about it.

Perhaps I did not see my guilt,

But you sorry, and I forgive everyone!

Let it be warm in the soul, calmly.

Down with all quarrels because of nonsense!

Let evil, aggression and war be shed!

And God will forgive us for all sins!

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I congratulate you with forgiveness resurrection! Forgive me if I involuntarily offended you or caused pain. I want no dark thought or hidden resentment darken our relationship! And I just forgive you and say that I don't keep evil for you!

March 10 - Forgiveness Sunday 2019: Video

Before the beginning of the Great Post, notes forgiveness Sunday. This holiday is usually asked for forgiveness and forgive each other various misconducts and pregressions. From our article you will find out what you can and what can not be done on this day.

History of origin of the holiday

Few people know that the origins of this interesting festival should be sought in Palestinian and Egyptian cultures. It was here more than 2,000 years ago, the family of Jesus Christ, the Mosti Virgin and Joseph of the Wrap, which were forced to hide from the cruelty of the King Herod glorifying their cruelty.

Over time, Christian monasteries began to appear and equip. Before the beginning of a great post, the monks lived on the territory of monasteries left the walls of their abode and went on 40 days to the desert. Being alone, they prayed and prepared to meet with Jesus Christ on the day of his resurrection.

The tradition of asking for forgiveness was introduced by monks that went to 40 days in the desert

However, as you know, survive in the desert is very hard. Danger surrounds from all sides: no water and food, hungry wild beasts and poisonous spiders, cold nights and hot days. Many understood that they could not return. Saying good to loved ones, the monks began to ask for all forgiveness. So there was a feast of forgiven (forgiven) Sunday.

When is it celebrating for forgiveness Sunday? A clearly installed date is not a festival. The day of the celebration of forgiveness Sunday depends on the number that the resurrection of Christ falls.

Video "Forgiveness Sunday: the essence of the festival"

This video presented the value of the holiday, as well as the common traditions and customs of this day are described.

History of Mytar and Pharisee

Why ask for forgiveness? It is this question that many unchurched or considering themselves sinless people. In response, we give the parable of Mytar and Pharisee, which is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.

Pharisay and Mytar came to the temple to pray the Lord God. Turning to the Almighty, Pharisay put himself at the step above. In all his speeches sounded a comparison with others and exalting itself. Mytar, on the contrary, was even afraid of raising his eyes, feeling his guilt. The submission collector said: "God, be merciful to me, sinner." It was he who forgave the Lord, because "everyone who rises himself, it will be humiliated, and the contrinating itself will be elevated."

How to ask for forgiveness and forgive

The basic meaning of this holiday is mutual forgiveness. You need to pick up your pride and find the strength to ask for forgiveness and forgive each other. All thoughts and words should be clean and sincere. It is impossible to apologize, just following the traditions.

They ask for forgiveness necessarily for those who caused harm and offended. You need to be able to recognize not only said, but even unkind thoughts. Also worth asking for forgiveness from humanity. Often our hearts are filled with anger, indifference, alienation and misunderstanding of each other.

Forgive you also need sincere, even if sometimes it is very painful. Hurt and mental pain live long. But, by a man of interest and unaccompanied man, you give yourself a chance for cleansing and better life. Pronounced phrase "God will forgive, and I forgive!" Speaks about if the Lord forgives any simpler and misdeed, then the person must follow his example.

Traditions for forgiven Sundays

Any religious holiday is accompanied by certain traditions and rites. By the way, only the Orthodox and Grequocatolic Church is celebrated for forgiveness Sunday. This festivity is also characteristic of some pagan religions.

Russian customs

Forgiveness Sunday is celebrated on the eve of the Great Post. Therefore, the meals on this day can be the most diverse. It is allowed to eat milk, sour cream, cheese, butter and eggs. But meat products are prohibited. Also not recommended use of alcoholic beverages.

The number of food meals coincides with the number of weeks of the week. That is, trapes on this day 7 times. In the evening, when the last meal is completed, the remaining dishes are dispensed or given to animals. You can leave only one plate with delicious sweet porridge, which is designed for dead relatives.

It is necessary to go to the church, confessing in all sins and compete. However, before visiting the temple of God, it is necessary to go to the bath, it is good to wash and change clothes into clean clothes.

In Russia, there was a tradition with mutual forgiveness three times kiss each other. So the national name of the holiday appeared - a kiss. Also in ancient times it was decided that the father of the family began to the chair at the head of the table, and the family members approached it in turn and asked for forgiveness. At the end of such a ritual, the head of the family itself asked relatives to forgive all his sins and unkind actions.

With forgiveness, Sunday is connected quite a few and believes. For example, what the weather is on this day, it is worth waiting for the Resurrection of Christ. If it turns out to fall asleep until midnight, then the whole year will not be problems with sleep.

Pagan customs

In addition to church and folk traditions, many pagan rites are connected with the feast of forgiven Sunday.

Initially, Maslenitsa - a farewell day with the winter - celebrated in the Orthodox Cheese Sedmitz. After the baptism of Russia, these two festivities combined. Hence the tradition of pancakes pancakes and burn the stuffed carnival. All these rites were accompanied by mass folk festivals, dancing and songs. Last Sunday, before the beginning of the Great Post turned into a national holiday.

Round oil pancakes that were the main character symbol, resembled a warm spring sun. It was believed that if all the pancakes eat, then the family is waiting for a successful and promiscuous year. Moreover, the first portion of baking was necessarily attributed to the cemetery to honor the deceased.

During the festival, numerous bonfires were rated. The fire was supposed to wake the spring and drive the winter. According to the pagan traditions, jumping through the fire was equated to the ceremony of purification. At the end of the folk festivities, the incineration of the stuffed carnival was burned. The remaining ashes was collected and scattered in the fields and gardens. Ancient Slavs adhered to opinions that in this way urge the land to give a big harvest.

On this day, the carnival celebrates the festival is accompanied by mass festivals at the end of the holiday burn the scarecrow

What you can not do

Since the forgiveness of Sunday helps people get rid of spiritual suffering and clear from sinful thoughts, on this day it is impossible to focus, raise the voice, provoke conflicts and participate in them. It is also forbidden to be angry and offended by others. It is impossible to want an evil to anyone, as well as to deny help and alms.

Clean the forgiveness and forgive you sincerely. Lie is considered a strong sin. Forgiveness Sunday is considered a day of good, peace and sincerity. On this day, you can come to the cemetery to remember the deceased and ask for forgiveness for all our pre-sacraments.

The holiday of forgiveness Sunday is filled with kindness and mercy. For this reason, this day is better to abandon the difficult and requiring special endurance of labor.