In seven subjects of the federation, April 17 - the date on which Parents' Day or Radonitsa fell this year - has been declared a day off. These are Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories, Penza, Orenburg, Bryansk and Saratov Regions, as well as the Republic of Adygea. According to the Orthodox tradition, Radonitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead - is celebrated on Tuesday, on the ninth day after Christ's Resurrection. On this day, believers massively visit the cemeteries where their relatives and friends are laid to rest, clean up their graves and pray for peace. From Easter to Radonitsa, the commemoration of the dead in churches is not performed at all. And on Tuesday, which is Parent's Day, you can light a candle in the church and order a memorial service. The name 'Radonitsa' came from pre-Christian times and is co-root with the word 'joy': it is an allusion to the feeling with which one should remember relatives who have departed to the best of worlds - after all, as you know, everyone is alive with God. But to leave a glass of vodka and a piece of bread on the graves that day, as some do, is a clear relic of paganism. Treats - sweets, cookies, etc. - are best distributed to people you meet with a request to pray for the peace of this or that person.
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