The Orthodox Church especially offers prayers for the repose of the dead. The Orthodox calendar highlights special days called parental Saturdays. One of the most important parenting days is Trinity Saturday.
Praying for deceased loved ones is not an exclusively religious duty. First of all, it is the moral need of a loving human soul, the need of the heart. When a person is alive, many express their love and respect directly with deeds, in every possible way helping and supporting. After our neighbors retreat to eternity, it is not possible to do anything purely material for them, with the exception of organizing a funeral. In the spiritual sense, the prayer commemoration of the departed and the performance of mercy in memory of them comes to the fore.
Date of Trinity Parental Saturday in 2019
The date of Trinity parental Saturday is rolling. It depends on the time of the celebration of Holy Trinity Day, which follows from the very name of the memorial day. Therefore, in order to find out when the Trinity parental Saturday in 2019, it is necessary to calculate the dating of the Holy Pentecost (Holy Trinity Day).
In 2019, Holy Trinity Day falls on June 16th. This holiday is always celebrated on Sunday. Trinity Memorial Saturday is the parental Sabbath day preceding Pentecost. Based on this, it is easy to find out that Trinity parental Saturday in 2019 falls on June 15th.
How to remember the departed on Trinity Saturday
In the mass consciousness of Russian people on Trinity Saturday, it is imperative to go to the cemetery. This practice is really relevant and necessary, because the improvement of the graves of our neighbors is very important. However, do not forget that the main thing in commemoration of the dead is prayer. Divine Liturgy is celebrated in Orthodox churches on Trinity parental Saturday, during which clergymen collectively, together with parishioners, pray for the departed. It is advisable to remember the deceased loved ones at the liturgy, having previously submitted notes on their repose. It is important for an Orthodox person to pray at this service himself. A trip to the cemetery can easily be postponed for several hours, because the liturgy is not a long service, and there is no hourly time frame that corrects the need for presence at the cemetery (the assertion that burial places must be visited before 12 noon or before some other time is just superstition).
At the end of the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service is served in the temples - a special memorial service, at which the departed are again commemorated. You can submit notes on the repose of relatives and this service.
