Today is Good Friday – a day of strict fasting

Service on Good Friday is devoted to the remembrance death on the cross of the Savior, Descent from the Cross of His body and buried him. At Matins (which is traditionally served in the evening on Holy Thursday) in the middle of the temple read twelve gospel readings, chosen from the four evangelists, telling about the sufferings of the Savior, since his last conversation with his disciples at the Last Supper and ending with the burial of him in the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the oversight of military guards to his grave. During the reading of the Gospel believers stand with lighted candles, showing that on the one hand that the glory and majesty have left the Lord and in His suffering, and on the other side – a hot love for his Savior. Liturgy on Good Friday does not happen, since that day the Lord sacrificed Himself and carried Royal Hours. Evensong takes place at the third hour of the day, the hour of Jesus' death on the cross in remembrance of the Descent from the Cross of Christ's body and bury him. At Vespers, Troparion while singing: "The noble Joseph, the tree of Thy pure Body snem …", the clergy raised the Shroud (ie the image of Christ lying in the grave) from the throne, as if to Golgotha, and carried her from the altar at the center of the church in prednesenii lamps and incense for censing. Shroud relies on specially prepared table (the tomb). Then, the clergy and all the worshipers worship in front of the Shroud and kiss ulcer shown in her Lord – perforation edge, his arms and legs. In the evening, is the second service with a procession. The Shroud is in the middle of the church for three (incomplete) days, recalling that three days of finding Jesus Christ in the tomb. In the tradition of Easter russkoy – odna of important dates pominoveniya dead kotoroe in traditsionnom soznanii svyazyvalos with kultom predkov as podateley benefits. Tserkov prohibited poseschenie cemetery on the first day of Passover, is designed to etogo vtornik on Fominoy week following the pashalnoy. Easter began sorokadnevny period do Vozneseniya during kotorogo, soglasno narodnym representations ostavalis gates of heaven Opening and nobody ohranyalis. Poetomu schitalos, chto lyuboy him who dies in Bright Week, besprepyatstvenno popadet in paradise, no matter how greshnikom was. Village elders and dreamed like o the greatest happiness and prosili in Boga, chtoby He daroval them death imenno the Easter Week.