Dimitrievskaya Parents' Saturday, November 7, 2026: what will happen in the church?translated

November 7, 2026 - Dimitrievskaya Parents' Saturday, a day of special remembrance of the dead. Memorial services are distributed over two days: on Saturday evening - a funeral service with parastas, in the morning - Divine Liturgy.

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Dimitrievskaya Parents' Saturday, November 7, 2026

Parents' Saturdays are days of special commemoration of deceased Orthodox Christians. On Parental Saturdays, during the divine service, everyone who was baptized and, therefore, is a member of the Church is remembered: you can submit a note of repose with the names of all those who were baptized, with the exception of suicides.

There are several parent Saturdays. All are church-wide, and only Dimitrievskaya was established specifically in the Russian Orthodox Church. It is believed that Prince Dmitry Donskoy introduced it in memory of the soldiers who fell on the Kulikovo Field in 1380 (according to modern research, this connection was consolidated only in the 19th century).

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