Yamalpeoples have entered the Lent

Orthodox peoples have entered the Lent which will last seven weeks.

This morning in temples have passed special divine services — priests have read Saint Andrey Kritsky's penitential canon

The known theologian, the preacher and archbishop Andrey Kritsky lived on a boundary of 7-8 centuries. The Great canon written to it contains deep penitential prayers and draws analogies between the repenting sinner and the bible heroes mourning the sins.

Saint Andrey Kritsky's canon a bycicle not only under the maintenance, but also on volume: it includes 250 (verses and church chanting which express an essence of marked event), whereas in usual divine service them nearby 30.

The great penitential canon is read in parts from Monday till Thursday on the first week of the Lent, in all temples of Russian Orthodox Church. Completely this canon is read on Thursday on the fifth week of a post.

We will remind, the 40-day Lent is considered the core from four posts lasting many days and is connected with the evangelical legend how the Lord of 40 days fasted in desert. The Lent — the most strict. Observe it to last comma very strong-willed people — after all its essence not so much in abstention from food, bad habits and amusements, how many in clarification of soul from passions and sinful thoughts can only. To be angry or despond during a post as it is guilty how to drink wine or there is a meat. Not without reason the church equates Lent strict observance to a feat.

As the same strict days of a post are considered on April, 13th and 14 — Easter eve .

In other days it is authorized to eat only phytogenesis products — vegetables, fruit, berries, mushrooms, and also honey, groats. The ferial food — meat, a bird, dairy products, eggs Is forbidden. For fish the exception on the Lady day (on April, 7th) and the Palm Sunday (on April, 8th) becomes. To Lazarevu Saturday (this year the holiday coincides with the Lady day — on April, 7th) fasting it is possible to eat caviar. Vegetable oils are resolved only on Saturday and Sunday.