Parental Saturday of the third week of the Holy Pentecost

Lent before Easter consists of forty-eight days. Its first part lasts until Palm Sunday and is called the Holy Quentarian Day, meaning forty days. The week (seven-day week) begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. There are 7 parental Saturdays a year, but during the Great Easter Lent there are 3 of them. These are the Saturdays of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks. The significance of these days lies in remembering ancestors. They are called parental to refer to parents and previous generations. On such Saturdays they remember the rest of their deceased relatives. In Orthodoxy, it is customary to honor and love loved ones, both living and those who have gone to the Almighty. Christ Himself commanded everyone to love each other. From Monday to Friday in Lent it is not possible to hold funeral services, magpies and other funeral services dedicated to the deceased. In order to express memory and love to them, prayer singing is held in holy houses on parental Saturdays, which is necessary to remember those who have left our world. Sometimes a person leaves the world by accidental death. For example, in a car accident or fire, then he does not have time to confess before his death and ask for forgiveness from his loved ones. If this is not done, his soul will suffer in the afterlife. And so that a loving relative does not worry about the soul of the deceased, special parental days have been created for the liturgy. Sometimes it happens that a servant of God is not able to fight the difficulties of life. Having taken a step towards suicide, he gives birth to the gravest sin. The temple servant is no longer able to help the unfortunate man - he cannot be prayed for, since only personal confession will help him forgive his sins. But a suicidal sinner has relatives who find it painful to think about his soul. For such death row prisoners, you can also order a memorial service on one of your parents’ Saturdays. At services on the 3 above-mentioned Saturdays, with the help of prayer they ask the Creator for the repose of the soul of the deceased. Before the prayer service, the priest of the temple is given a paper with names (after baptism). It is important for the person requesting the prayer funeral to attend the service, light a candle, and then pray with the household for the deceased ancestors. It is advisable to visit the burial place of a deceased relative. Thanks to such prayers, the living make it easier for the dead to remain in the next world.