Unforgettable days. Immemorial times. Introduction good times, bad times let circumstances change, but not your values. Fllashback: long ago and time immemorial

My sister dreamed for a long time about the possibility of a trip to Italy, and her dream came true. The three of us - me, her and mine eldest daughter Olga - gathered the same abroad. It was necessary to see my sister in Venice, in a gondola, in the museums of Florence, Rome, and finally in Naples, on Capri. This time was the happiest in her life. She saw Italy, breathed its air. She had her beloved people with her, and her last joy awaited ahead - the marriage of her pupil.
And after him came the terrible hour. Death has come.
My grandfather Ivan Andreevich Nesterov was from the peasantry, and our family was a peasant, Novgorod. Under Catherine II, the Nesterovs moved from Novgorod to the Urals and established themselves in factories there. It is known about the grandfather that he is. went free, was in the seminary, later signed up for the guild and, finally, was the Ufa mayor for twenty years in a row. According to the stories, he was smart, active, hospitable, an excellent administrator, and as if once the famous Count Perovsky, Orenburg Governor-General, visiting Ufa, found exemplary order in it and, turning to his grandfather, said this:
- You, Nesterov, should be the head not here, but in Moscow!
According to the surviving portrait, the grandfather looked like the administrators of that time. Depicted in a uniform with an embroidered collar, with two gold medals. He had the title of "power citizen". He loved society very much, according to his father and aunt, he gave home performances, and in our family a poster of such a performance, printed on white satin, was kept for a long time. Shel "Inspector". Among actors there were my uncle Alexander Ivanovich (mayor) and my father (Bobchnsky). Grandfather was not a merchant by vocation, like none of his sons. He died in 1848 from cholera. He had four sons. Of these, the eldest - Alexander Ivanovich - was gifted with extraordinary abilities. He played the violin perfectly, as if composing - composing. He played incomparably on stage, especially tragic roles ("Merchant Igolkin" and others). He liked to read and did not like trading.
His fate was sad. In those days, as well as later, in the Urals, at factories, there were riots. And after such riots, a batch of workers was delivered to the Ufa prison. Somehow they established a connection with my uncle Alexander Ivanovich, and he undertook to deliver their petition to the highest name. The Nizhny Novgorod fair approached, and my uncle was sent there by his grandfather on trading business. Finished them and, instead of going home to Ufa, waved to St. Petersburg. He stopped at an inn, found out where and how to give his paper to the sovereign, and, since he was advised to do this through the heir of Alexander Nikolayevich, the future Emperor II, his uncle decided to see him. Times were simple back then. The highest persons behaved differently than later, they walked along the streets, in the gardens, and my uncle decided to give his petition to the heir in the Summer Garden, where he used to walk at certain hours. He was very happy. Indeed, he saw the heir walking on one of the paths of the garden, approached him and, kneeling down, filed a petition with an explanation of the contents in it. He was graciously listened to and released reassured. Happy, he returned to the inn, but on the same night he was taken, imprisoned and sent with courier to distant places ...
Obviously, the heir on the same day presented the petition to Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, and he looked at the matter in his own way - the rest happened as if by pike.
I remember Uncle Alexander Ivanovich well. He lived in our house after the exile already an old man. All the experiences left a mark on his health, mentally he was not in order. Outwardly, in those days, he reminded me of the artist N. N. Ge. Same manners, same head with long hair, even a coat, instead of a jacket, exactly like Ge's last years his life. His hero at that time was Garibaldi, his personal enemies were Bismarck and Pope Pius IX. They got it cruelly from the old "revolutionary".
Uncle liked to play the violin even as an old man, for which he went to the garden in the summer. In winter he loved the bath and after the regiment he liked to run out into the cold, plunge into the snowdrift and then - again on the shelves. And this is when he was already over seventy. He died a deep old man in Ufa.
Uncle Konstantin Ivanovich was a self-taught doctor.
Of the aunts, Elizaveta Ivanovna Kabanova was distinguished, like her uncle Alexander Ivanovich, by liberal sympathies. Aunt Anna Ivanovna Yasemeneva, on the contrary, was conservative. When she was young, she painted well with watercolors, and it was a great joy for me to have her drawing. I especially remember one - "Margarita at the Spinning Wheel". There, it seemed to me, as if alive, there was a green ivy by the window. Undoubtedly, her drawings in early childhood left a mark on me.
I don't remember my grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich Rostovtsev. I know from my mother that the Rostovtsevs came to Sterlitamak from Yelets, where my grandfather was a big trade in bread, it seems he had large herds of sheep. He was with good means. He was of a gentle nature and, apparently, very kind. That's all I know about him. I don't remember anything about my grandmothers, they died long before I was born. Grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich had three sons and three daughters. The eldest - Ivan Mikhailovich - visited us when he came from Sterlitamak. He was unfriendly, they say, he liked money more than measure.
The second - Andrei Mikhailovich - lived at the mill, and I don’t remember him, and the third - the youngest, very good-natured, careless, with great oddities, rich, married to a beautiful noblewoman, by the end of his life he let everything down, and if he didn’t need, then I had to cut myself down a lot. None of the uncles of the Rostovtsevs showed any talents.
Of the daughters of grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich, the eldest - Evpraksia Mikhailovna - was indescribably kind and deeply unhappy. I knew her as an old woman and loved her very much. She was brought to visit us from time to time. She was one of the first to see and appreciate my painting abilities in her own way. About the Hermit, when she saw him, she said to me: “Your old man, Minechka, is alive!” And this was like a good parting word to him, my Hermit.
The second daughter of Mikhail Mikhailovich was my mother - Maria Mikhailovna, and the third - Alexandra Mikhailovna - the most cultured of all the sisters, so to speak. Alexandra Mikhailovna was a very good, intelligent person. She was married to a certain Ivanov, a man of rare moral principles. From a small postal official, he rose to the rank of head of the postal district, to the rank of Privy Councilor, and with his justice, nobility and accessibility, he won from his subordinates, especially from lower employees, absolutely exceptional love. He was one of the finest and most respectable people I knew. He was handsome, modest, and clear with the special clarity of a life justly and honestly lived.
I began to remember myself from the age of three or four. Until the age of two, I was a weak, barely surviving child. They didn't do anything to me to save my life! What medical and folk remedies no one tried to raise me to my feet, but I still remained a frail, breathless child. They tried to put me in the oven, I was in the snow in the cold, until one day it seemed to my mother that I had completely given my soul to God. I was dressed up, put under the image. A small enamel icon of Tikhon of Zadonsk was placed on his chest. Mother prayed, and one of the relatives went to Ivan the Forerunner to order a grave near the grandfather of Ivan Andreevich Nesterov. But it happened like this: at the same time, a baby died at Aunt E. I. Kabanova, and he also needed a grave. So the relatives came together and argued which of the grandchildren should lie closer to grandfather Ivan Andreevich ... And then sometimes my mother noticed that I was breathing again, and then I completely woke up. Mother joyfully thanked God, attributing my resurrection to the intercession of Tikhon of Zadonsk, who, like Sergius of Radonezh, enjoyed special love and reverence in our family. Both saints were close to us, included, so to speak, in the everyday life of our spiritual life.

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The hour is coming when the remains of the deceased are buried in the earth, where they will rest until the end of time and the general resurrection. But the love of the mother of the Church for her child, who has passed away from this life, does not dry out. On certain days, she prays for the deceased and brings a bloodless sacrifice for his repose. Special days of commemoration are the third, ninth and fortieth (while the day of death is considered the first). Commemoration these days is consecrated by an ancient church custom. It is consistent with the teaching of the Church about the state of the soul beyond the grave.

The third day. The commemoration of the deceased on the third day after death is performed in honor of the three-day resurrection of Jesus Christ and in the image of the Holy Trinity.

For the first two days, the soul of the deceased is still on earth, passing along with the Angel accompanying her to those places that attract her with memories of earthly joys and sorrows, evil and good deeds. The soul that loves the body sometimes wanders around the house where the body is laid, and thus spends two days like a bird looking for its nest. The virtuous soul, on the other hand, walks in those places where it used to do the right thing. On the third day, the Lord commands the soul to ascend to heaven to worship Him, the God of all. Therefore, the church commemoration of the soul, which appeared before the face of the Just, is very timely.

Ninth day. The commemoration of the deceased on this day is in honor of the nine orders of angels, who, as servants of the King of Heaven and intercessors to Him for us, intercede for mercy on the deceased.

After the third day, the soul, accompanied by an Angel, enters the heavenly abodes and contemplates their inexpressible beauty. She remains in this state for six days. For this time, the soul forgets the sorrow that it felt while in the body and after leaving it. But if she is guilty of sins, then at the sight of the enjoyment of the saints, she begins to grieve and reproach herself: “Alas for me! How busy I am in this world! I spent most of my life in carelessness and did not serve God as I should, so that I too would be worthy of this grace and glory. Alas, poor me!” On the ninth day, the Lord commands the Angels to again present the soul to Him for worship. With fear and trembling the soul stands before the throne of the Most High. But even at this time, the holy Church again prays for the deceased, asking the merciful Judge to place the soul of her child with the saints.

Fortieth day. The forty-day period is very significant in the history and tradition of the Church as the time necessary for preparation, for the acceptance of the special Divine gift of the grace-filled help of the Heavenly Father. The prophet Moses was honored to talk with God on Mount Sinai and receive the tablets of the law from Him only after a forty-day fast. The Israelites reached the promised land after forty years of wandering. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself ascended into heaven on the fortieth day after His resurrection. Taking all this as a basis, the Church established a commemoration on the fortieth day after death, so that the soul of the deceased ascended the holy mountain of Heavenly Sinai, was rewarded with the sight of God, achieved the blessedness promised to her and settled in heavenly villages with the righteous.

After the second worship of the Lord, the angels take the soul to hell, and she contemplates the cruel torments of unrepentant sinners. On the fortieth day, the soul ascends for the third time to worship God, and then its fate is decided - for earthly affairs, it is assigned a place of residence until the Last Judgment. That is why church prayers and commemorations on this day are so timely. They blot out the sins of the deceased and ask his soul to be placed in paradise with the saints.

Anniversary. The Church commemorates the dead on the anniversary of their death. The basis for this establishment is obvious. It is known that the largest liturgical cycle is the annual circle, after which all fixed holidays are repeated again. The anniversary of the death of a loved one is always celebrated with at least a hearty commemoration of his loving relatives and friends. For an Orthodox believer, this is a birthday for a new, eternal life.

Ecumenical funeral service (PARENTAL SATURDAYS)

In addition to these days, the Church has established special days for the solemn, universal, ecumenical commemoration of all fathers and brothers who have passed away from the age of faith, who have been honored with a Christian death, as well as those who, having been overtaken by sudden death, were not sent to the afterlife by the prayers of the Church. The requiems performed at the same time, indicated by the charter of the Ecumenical Church, are called ecumenical, and the days on which the commemoration is performed are called ecumenical parental Saturdays. In the circle of the liturgical year, such days of general remembrance are:

Saturday is meatless. Dedicating the Meat-Feast Week to the remembrance of the last Last Judgment of Christ, the Church, in view of this judgment, has established intercession not only for her living members, but also for all those who have died from time immemorial, who have lived in piety, of all genera, ranks and conditions, especially for those who died a sudden death. and pray to the Lord for mercy on them. The solemn all-church commemoration of the departed on this Saturday (as well as on Trinity Saturday) brings great benefit and help to our dead fathers and brothers, and at the same time serves as an expression of the fullness of the Church life that we live. For salvation is possible only in the Church - a community of believers, whose members are not only those who live, but also all who die in the faith. And communion with them through prayer, prayerful commemoration of them is the expression of our common unity in the Church of Christ.

Saturday Trinity. The commemoration of all the dead pious Christians was established on the Saturday before Pentecost due to the fact that the event of the descent of the Holy Spirit completed the economy of the salvation of man, and the departed also participate in this salvation. Therefore, the Church, sending up prayers on Pentecost for the revival of all living by the Holy Spirit, asks on the very day of the feast that for the departed the grace of the all-holy and all-sanctifying Spirit of the Comforter, which they were honored during their lifetime, would be a source of bliss, since by the Holy Spirit “every soul is alive.” ". Therefore, the eve of the holiday, Saturday, the Church dedicates to the remembrance of the dead, to prayer for them. St. Basil the Great, who compiled the touching prayers for the Vespers of Pentecost, says in them that the Lord, most of all, on this day deigns to accept prayers for the dead and even for "those who are held in hell."

Parental Saturdays of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks of Holy Forty Days. On Holy Forty Days - the days of Great Lent, spiritual feat, the feat of repentance and doing good to others - the Church calls on believers to be in the closest union of Christian love and peace not only with the living, but also with the dead, to make prayerful commemoration on the appointed days of those who have departed from this life. In addition, the Saturdays of these weeks are appointed by the Church to commemorate the departed also for the reason that no funeral commemorations are performed on the weekly days of Great Lent (this includes funeral litanies, litias, memorial services, commemoration of the 3rd, 9th and 40th days after death, forty-mouthed), since there is no daily full liturgy, with the celebration of which the commemoration of the dead is associated. In order not to deprive the dead of the saving intercession of the Church on the days of Holy Forty Days, the indicated Saturdays are singled out.

Radonitsa. The basis of the general commemoration of the dead, which takes place on Tuesday after St. Thomas' week (Sunday), is, on the one hand, the remembrance of the descent of Jesus Christ into hell and His victory over death, combined with St. Thomas Sunday, on the other hand, the permission of the church charter to perform the usual commemoration after Holy and Bright weeks, starting with Fomin Monday. On this day, believers come to the graves of their loved ones with the joyful news of the Resurrection of Christ. Hence the very day of commemoration is called Radonitsa (or Radunitsa).

Unfortunately, in Soviet time a custom was established to visit cemeteries not on Radonitsa, but on the first day of Easter. It is natural for a believer to visit the graves of his loved ones after an earnest prayer for their repose in the temple - after a memorial service served in the church. At the same time Easter week there are no memorial services, for Easter is an all-encompassing joy for those who believe in the Resurrection of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, during the entire Paschal week, litanies for the dead are not pronounced (although the usual commemoration is performed at the proskomedia), and memorial services are not served.

CHURCH FUNERAL SERVICES

It is necessary to commemorate the deceased in the Church as often as possible, not only on the indicated special days commemoration, but also on any other day. The main prayer for the repose of the departed Orthodox Christians is performed by the Church on Divine Liturgy offering a bloodless sacrifice to God for them. To do this, before the start of the liturgy (or the night before), a note with their names should be submitted to the church (only baptized Orthodox can be entered). On the proskomedia, particles for their repose will be taken out of the prosphora, which at the end of the liturgy will be lowered into the holy cup and washed with the Blood of the Son of God. Let us remember that this is the greatest good that we can give to those who are dear to us. Here is how the commemoration at the liturgy is said in the Epistle of the Eastern Patriarchs: “We believe that the souls of people who fell into mortal sins and did not despair at death, but repented even before being separated from real life, only did not have time to bear any fruits of repentance (such fruits could be their prayers, tears, kneeling during prayerful vigils, contrition, consolation of the poor and expression in deeds of love for God and neighbor), - the souls of such people descend into hell and suffer punishment for the sins they have committed, without losing, however, the hope of relief. They receive relief through the infinite goodness of God through the prayers of priests and good works done for the dead, and especially through the power of bloodless sacrifice, which, in particular, the clergy brings for every Christian for his loved ones, and in general for everyone, the Catholic and Apostolic Church daily brings.

At the top of the note is usually placed an eight-pointed Orthodox cross. Then the type of commemoration is indicated - “On the repose”, after which the names of those commemorated in large, legible handwriting are written. genitive case(to answer the question “who?”), with the clergy and monastics being the first to be mentioned, indicating the rank and degree of monasticism (for example, Metropolitan John, Shegumen Savva, Archpriest Alexander, nun Rachel, Andrei, Nina).

All names must be given in church spelling (for example, Tatiana, Alexy) and in full (Michael, Lyubov, not Misha, Lyuba).

The number of names in the note does not matter; it is only necessary to take into account that the priest has the opportunity to read not very long notes more carefully. Therefore, it is better to submit several notes if you want to remember many of your loved ones.

By submitting notes, the parishioner makes a donation for the needs of the monastery or temple. To avoid confusion, remember that the difference in prices (registered or simple notes) only reflects the difference in the amount of the donation. Nor should you be embarrassed if you have not heard the names of your relatives mentioned in the litany. As mentioned above, the main commemoration takes place on the proskomedia, when particles are taken out of the prosphora. During the funeral litany, you can take out your commemoration book and pray for loved ones. Prayer will be more effective if the one who commemorates himself on that day partakes of the Body and Blood of Christ.

After the liturgy, you can serve a memorial service. A memorial service is served before the eve - a special table with the image of a crucifix and rows of candlesticks. Here you can also leave an offering for the needs of the temple in memory of the departed loved ones.

It is very important after death to order a magpie in the temple - an unceasing commemoration at the liturgy for forty days. At the end of the magpie, you can order again. There are also long periods of commemoration - six months, a year. Some monasteries accept notes for eternal (as long as the monastery stands) commemoration or for commemoration during the reading of the Psalter (this is an ancient Orthodox custom). The more churches that pray, the better for our neighbor!

It is very useful on the memorable days of the deceased to donate to the church, to give alms to the poor with a request to pray for him. On the eve, you can bring sacrificed food. You can’t just bring meat food and alcohol (except church wine) on the eve. The simplest type of sacrifice for the deceased is a candle that is placed on his repose.

Understanding that the most we can do for our deceased loved ones is to submit a note of commemoration at the liturgy, we should not forget to pray for them at home and do works of mercy.

REMEMBERING THE DEAD AT HOME PRAYER

Prayer for the departed is our main and invaluable help to those who have departed to another world. The deceased does not need, by and large, either a coffin, or a grave monument, and even more so a memorial table - all this is just a tribute to traditions, albeit very pious ones. But the eternally living soul of the deceased feels a great need for constant prayer, for she cannot do good deeds herself, with which she would be able to propitiate the Lord. Prayer at home for loved ones, including the dead, is the duty of every Orthodox. St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, says this about prayer for the departed: “If the all-pervading Wisdom of God does not forbid praying for the dead, does this not mean that it is still allowed to throw a rope, although not always reliable enough, but sometimes, and maybe often, salvific for souls who have fallen away from the shore of temporal life, but have not reached the eternal home? Salvatory for those souls who vacillate over the abyss between bodily death and the last judgment of Christ, now rising by faith, now plunging into deeds unworthy of it, now exalted by grace, now being brought down by the remains of a damaged nature, now ascending by Divine desire, now becoming entangled in coarse, not yet completely stripped off the clothes of earthly thoughts ... "

The home prayer commemoration of the deceased Christian is very diverse. One should especially pray for the deceased in the first forty days after his death. As already indicated in the section “Reading the Psalter for the Dead”, during this period it is very useful to read about the deceased Psalter, at least one kathisma a day. You can also recommend reading an akathist for the repose of the dead. In general, the Church commands us to pray every day for the deceased parents, relatives, known and benefactors. For this, in the number of daily morning prayers the following short prayer is included:

Prayer for the dead

Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of your departed servants: my parents, relatives, benefactors (their names), and all Orthodox Christians, and forgive them all sins, voluntary and involuntary, and grant them the Kingdom of Heaven.

It is more convenient to read the names from the commemorative book - a small book where the names of living and deceased relatives are recorded. There is a pious custom to keep family commemorations, reading which Orthodox people commemorate many generations of their deceased ancestors by name.

FUNERAL MEAL

The pious custom of commemorating the dead at a meal has been known for a very long time. But, unfortunately, many commemorations turn into an occasion for relatives to get together, discuss the news, eat tasty food, while Orthodox Christians should also pray for the departed at the memorial table.

Before the meal, one should perform a lithium - a short rite of memorial service, which can be performed by a layman. IN last resort you need to at least read the 90th psalm and the prayer "Our Father". The first dish that is eaten at the wake is kutya (kolyovo). These are boiled grains of cereals (wheat or rice) with honey and raisins. Grains are a symbol of resurrection, and honey is a sweetness enjoyed by the righteous in the Kingdom of God. According to the charter, kutya should be consecrated with a special rite during a memorial service; if this is not possible, it is necessary to sprinkle it with holy water.

Naturally, the desire of the owners to treat everyone who came to the commemoration to taste better. But you need to observe the fasts established by the Church, and eat the allowed food: on Wednesday, Friday, during long fasts - do not eat fast. If the memory of the deceased happens on a weekday of Great Lent, then the commemoration is transferred to the next Saturday or Sunday.

It is necessary to refrain from wine, especially from vodka, at the memorial meal! The dead are not commemorated with wine! Wine is a symbol of earthly joy, and a commemoration is an occasion for intense prayer for a person who may suffer greatly in the afterlife. You should not drink alcohol, even if the deceased himself liked to drink. It is known that "drunken" commemorations often turn into an ugly gathering, where the deceased is simply forgotten. At the table, you need to remember the deceased, his good qualities and deeds (hence the name - commemoration). The custom of leaving a glass of vodka and a piece of bread “for the deceased” at the table is a relic of paganism and should not be observed in Orthodox families.

On the contrary, there are pious practices worthy of emulation. In many Orthodox families, the poor and the poor, children and old women are the first to sit down at the memorial table. They can also distribute clothes and belongings of the deceased. Orthodox people can tell about numerous cases of certificates from the afterlife about the great help to the dead as a result of the creation of alms by their relatives. Moreover, the loss of loved ones prompts many people to take the first step towards God, to begin to live the life of an Orthodox Christian.

Thus, one now living archimandrite relates the following incident from his pastoral practice.

"It was in difficult post-war years. Comes to me, the rector of the village church, a mother crying with grief, in which her eight-year-old son Misha drowned. And she says that Misha dreamed of her and complained about the cold - he was completely without clothes. I say to her: "Are any of his clothes left?" - "Yes, sure". - "Give it to your friends Mishin, they will surely come in handy."

A few days later, she tells me that she again saw Misha in a dream: he was dressed in exactly the same clothes that were given to his friends. He thanked, but now complained of hunger. I advised to make a memorial meal for the village children - Misha's friends and acquaintances. No matter how difficult it is in difficult times, but what can you do for your beloved son! And the woman, than she could, treated the children.

She came for the third time. She thanked me very much: "Misha said in a dream that now he is warm and full, only my prayers are not enough." I taught her prayers and advised her not to leave works of mercy for the future. She became a zealous parishioner, always ready to respond to requests for help, to the best of her ability and ability she helped orphans, the poor and the poor.”

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"IN THE IMMEMORIABLE DAYS..."
(an ironic tale in verse and

faces for reading and acting)

Characters:
Narrator

Frog

Princess (aka Frog)

Ivan (youngest son)

eldest son

middle son

Elder daughter-in-law

Average daughter-in-law

Old woman

A vampire

and many others…

Narrator:
“There are many different fairy tales -

All do not remember and do not count;

Everything is reflected in them.
Lots of scary and funny

Youthful and gray-haired;

I'm now, scourging rhymes,

I'll tell you one of them...
... In ancient days -

They are hidden by time

Lived and reigned king

Surrounded by family.
And this king, -

He didn't waste time

Had three legitimate sons

Not talking about others.
The first two - those in the father

And from the back of the head, and from the face -

As if someone Pinocchio

Didn't finish it.
The third one was just an idiot.

And the people thought this:

It can be seen the king in his work

Allowed some kind of marriage.
Some morning or afternoon

The king woke up to the detriment of everyone

And decided to start a dirty trick,

But do not make unnecessary troubles.
Got out of bed, walked around

Watered Tradescantia

And a straight line

He twisted it into a spiral in his head.
Long thought: how to be here

And where to direct the agility?

And I first thought

Marry your sons!
He invites all three to himself -

Full of enemy worries -

And, smiling naively,

This is the conversation going on." -
Tsar:
“Pleasant to the eye and soul!

Top models! Well - in general!

Nowhere to even put samples -

Like Faberge eggs!
I thought, appreciated

I thought about it and decided:

I marry you kids

Bring down your stupid, youthful fervor!
Why did the pupils pop out -

Won't fit in glasses?

Stop taking over the female gender

Illegal glasses!
Show better class

These local products

Bullying deception.
Can't smoke them

They just start to stink!

Expected buzz

Impossible to get."
Tsar:
"Calm down, plan boy!

I'll give you a hookah!

(Nature has rested!)

What about you, Ivan?
Ivan:
“I have a mobile phone!

So that the signal was Mouzon

"Hands up"! Or Serduchka!

Well, cooler - so Kobzon!
Tsar:
"So I'll tell you, daring ones,

Overgrown youths!

We need to take you, fat-faced,

Very urgently under the bridle!
Everyone - only about himself!

A hymn to the rolled lip!

Like the navels of the Earth! More precisely…

Those... navel piercings!
Therefore, sons, we take

By an arrow with a dashing feather

And a hunting bow!

And why - I'll tell you later!
Narrator:
“Everyone goes out on the porch;

And everyone has a face

Hopeless and sad

Like a broken egg.
Only the king is alone and happy

He does not take his eyes off his sons,

Sweet words, as if

I just ate marmalade."
Tsar:
"I'm still alive

And funny for fiction:

Explain the dating process

Why did you go on a voyage?
At the merchant's gate

Finally I closed my mouth

After all, I shot an arrow here -

Not anywhere in the people!
The merchant's daughter was thin,

Like the Kuril ridge;

She has the look of her body

A year since the food ran out.
I saw her at once

Laid a weary eye

On the body that wanted

Like a burnt womanizer.
And she raises her eyebrow,

Already the blood boils in the veins;

In general, they silently agreed

For mutual love.
Narrator:
“And the merchant is more than happy,

Everything hiccups out of place

Wipes everything with a handkerchief

Your beefy façade.
The conversation was short

And the merchant, without wasting his strength,

bored in girls

Daughter sold to his own joy ...
…Third son Ivan the Fool

Climbed into the swamp knee-deep

And it won't come out!
He shot his arrow

From the heart that was strength:

Tried so hard that twice

Almost bit my tongue.
For a long time he was looking for an arrow

Among the field, among the rocks;

In between,

On the sly, shed a tear.
And went into the dense forest,

That I almost remembered from fear

About forgotten enuresis.
Only he was shackled by fear,

He suddenly went out to the swamp;

How I saw my arrow -

Almost jumped out of my pants.
Ivan only took a step,

The legs immediately got stuck in the silt;

He twitched and jumped,

Even a drunkard used to.
He got angry ... Suddenly he looks:

With an arrow he sits

pop-eyed frog

And drills his pupil.
All green, in the grass,

Two leeches on the back of the neck

And a golden crown

On a bald head.
Poor Vanya was stunned

So he himself sat down in the swamp,

But, not seeing crime,

I immediately became bolder.”
Ivan:
"Hey, green, return

I need an arrow. And drive away

From me nasty leeches -

Because they bite!
I have no reason to stand here

And the soul to suffer damage;

I need to look for a bride:

It's the season for brides!
Narrator:
"And the frog is not silent

And without any offense

Whispering a little,

But he speaks clearly." -
Frog:
"Vanya, you are my betrothed,

You wash your eyes

After all, an arrow found me -

So, we will be with you for a century.
wrap me in a scarf

And take off your nervous shock:

And get out of the swamp -

I'm already wet to my underpants!
I will become your wife

Naughty and groovy;

Nothing that I have

Small disadvantage."
Ivan:
“You, of course, took everything -

Funny and cute!…

But I forgot that recently

Was a tadpole!
I don't get it at all

(Maybe I don't think so?):

How do you see in perspective

Our cloudless tandem?
If I were the same

That, of course, would not buzz

Definitely frequent!
But finally you understand:

My father won't let me

So that with all honest people -

With an amphibian down the aisle!
Frog:
“You are naive, like Mumu ...

I am to you as to my own

I will reveal a terrible secret,

To clear my mind.
Well, you'll decide

And you won't bend your soul

What to have - such a wife

Or, let's say, naked shish!
…Believe it or not:

Was born into the world

I am a princess. Honestly, -

There is nothing more beautiful in the world!
Don't cringe, I'm not always

Mud drove by the pond;

Just to us Koschei the Deathless

Suddenly appeared like a disaster.
I took a look at him

This is where I get it:

The shameless man began to try on

To my body.
I am his spirit

Cooled down, he cooled down

Turned me into a frog

And planted in a swamp.
But soon the time will pass

The spell will come off

And frog clothes

Undoubtedly, it will disappear.
Until then, my love,

You wash me a little

Wrap in a white handkerchief

And take it home with you."
Narrator:
“And in that hour, the king-father

Sons waited in the palace:

Ordered to find in the closet

Even a measurement for rings.
Sat on a bench by the porch

Tried to be smart

Facial expression.
For some reason I couldn't

Though he tried and groaned.

Look - they are already coming from the "hunt"

Sons to their native inheritance.
The first two - with their own:

Their booty is all with them;

And fit into their wake

The youngest of the three.
Booty regal threshold

Poelozil. forced march

Made towards the sons

And he made such a speech. -
Tsar:
“I looked at all the brides ...

Put a zero or a cross?

(to Ivan) Well, I understand this

Your son protests me?!”
Narrator:
“I took Vanya aside,

Such a monologue led

To comfort my son

And it didn't work out like a joke." -
Tsar:
“You, Ivan, of course, grip,

Do not be sad, son, that

Shot randomly.
You look at these:

There are three of them, even mine and with soap -

Before yours, like deep darkness,

Until the morning dawn!
Who has something to hide!

(And where did the mother look!)

In general, how do these faces

Can you name faces?
And take the figure of each:

Not a daughter-in-law - this is a son-in-law!

Tournaments "Mrs. World"

We won't send them!
And yours - let it be green!

(Maybe she's young?)

Maybe she was sick as a child?

Is that her fault?
Son, we do not have Nazism.

And drop your racism -

Maybe there, in her swamp,

Was there some kind of cataclysm?!”
Narrator:
“Here Ivan told everything:

That he took the princess into the house,

Like Koschei her, infection,

Psihanuv, bewitched.
The king blew his mind

And I decided that it was

What about the factory defect of the arrow,

And the sons have nothing to do with it.
The king put a monocle on everyone,

Didn't find any changes

And hunters with prey

I wanted to invite you to the table.
But I thought: "Wait,

The girls are young, right?

Before weddings can give up

At least keep an eye on it.
I need to write them down,

After all, then, that it was so,

It will be difficult to prove."
Tsar:
“Brothers, I am an intellectual;

At this critical moment

It's hard to follow you

It will be for me - because I'm not a cop.
Let's solve it this way:

We will go to the court registry office,

Where and related law

We will find each other.
This family connection

No one will fall

Before all honest people

Nice face in the dirt!
Narrator:
“Words of such a stream are pouring out,

The king bowed like italics

And rushed rather to the registry office:

From two to three there is a break.
Everything is behind him. And in an hour

(God forbid - not the last time)

legitimized families

The registry office spewed out of himself.
The whole crowd went to the table.

Even Vanya left! -

Although all public institutions

He brought colic.
…At the table, slightly succumbing

And tired of this

The king began very noticeably

Show your bad temper.
Loudly, reluctantly, hiccupping,

Dipping your sleeve into your calf,

He gave birth to a tirade,

In it, such a plot is bent. ” -
Tsar:
"I am both a king and a god for you, -

All could - in the ram's horn,

And I endure all this

Like a simple Indian yogi!
In general, at first glance,

Although, of course, I'm glad! ...

View of my chosen sons

Pulls in a minor way...
Soon the wedding, and then

We will live as one herd, -

We were given each

It's like a cat bag.
To find out who breathes what!…

As with hands and everything

I am a competition for my daughters-in-law

I declare no problem.
The one who can win

I will leave my husband and I to live here;

The rest - in the village deaf

For the country to milk cows!
Pity all to bitter tears;

But breathe in like the smell of roses

Losers of what smells

Top notch manure!
And I want to warn you:

Everyone cannot win;

As one Dane said:

Here it is “To be or not to be!”
…Tomorrow each, by morning -

Only I will wipe the zenki -

stuffed fish

Bring it to the yard.
This is the first tour for you;

And I will say without further ado:

Fish in this performance -

Like a stepping stone to Parnassus."
Narrator:
"The king finished his speech,

Suggested to lighten up a little.

From her to her daughters-in-law

And he went to lie down.
In a moment, the daughter-in-law left agility:

They are not something to cook -

"Gefilte fish!" -

It's hard to even speak!
Average daughter-in-law:
“Well, daddy taught ...

Well done! (May he live like this!...)

Interesting: I came up with

Or who knocked him out?
How to cook this meal

To be in time for the morning?

As far as I'm concerned, it's clear

It’s easier to sing in a tenor!”
Senior daughter-in-law:
"I have one thought,

Can she help us?

After all, a cookbook

It was given to me as a dowry.
There are countless recipes in it,

There are such things -

You don't even want to see

This rubbish, not something to eat!
Narrator:
“The eldest son froze like that,

Even sweat breaks through him.

He to dowry such

Apparently, he was not ready.
But, having realized, I thought here:

Good is not expected from good;

Maybe for those (what a book!)

And they won't give you a brochure.
... Time was approaching night:

Two daughters-in-law by the stove

We fussed ... The smell - as if

Shchi is cooked from footcloths.
Smoke swirls like mist

Everyone is sick! In the brain dope! ...

Therefore, they decided

Would lose the clarity of speech:

Not a frog, but Playboy!
Virgo of marvelous beauty!

The epitome of a man's dream!

Vanya would be very surprised

That he was with her on "you".
…Lips like petals...

Eyebrows like spikelets...

To complete the picture -

Generally vrazlet nipples.
Assuming its normal form,

Assessing how the husband snores,

My sister dreamed for a long time about the possibility of a trip to Italy, and her dream came true. The three of us - I, she and my eldest daughter Olga - have gathered abroad. It was necessary to see my sister in Venice, in a gondola, in the museums of Florence, Rome, and finally in Naples, on Capri. This time was the happiest in her life. She saw Italy, breathed its air. She had her beloved people with her, and her last joy awaited ahead - the marriage of her pupil.
And after him came the terrible hour. Death has come.
My grandfather Ivan Andreevich Nesterov was from the peasantry, and our family was a peasant, Novgorod. Under Catherine II, the Nesterovs moved from Novgorod to the Urals and established themselves in factories there. It is known about the grandfather that he is. went free, was in the seminary, later signed up for the guild and, finally, was the Ufa mayor for twenty years in a row. According to the stories, he was smart, active, hospitable, an excellent administrator, and as if once the famous Count Perovsky, Orenburg Governor-General, visiting Ufa, found exemplary order in it and, turning to his grandfather, said this:
- You, Nesterov, should be the head not here, but in Moscow!
According to the surviving portrait, the grandfather looked like the administrators of that time. Depicted in a uniform with an embroidered collar, with two gold medals. He had the title of "power citizen". He loved society very much, according to his father and aunt, he gave home performances, and in our family a poster of such a performance, printed on white satin, was kept for a long time. Shel "Inspector". Among the actors were my uncle Alexander Ivanovich (mayor) and my father (Bobchnsky). Grandfather was not a merchant by vocation, like none of his sons. He died in 1848 from cholera. He had four sons. Of these, the eldest - Alexander Ivanovich - was gifted with extraordinary abilities. He played the violin perfectly, as if composing - composing. He played incomparably on stage, especially tragic roles ("Merchant Igolkin" and others). He liked to read and did not like trading.
His fate was sad. In those days, as well as later, in the Urals, at factories, there were riots. And after such riots, a batch of workers was delivered to the Ufa prison. Somehow they established a connection with my uncle Alexander Ivanovich, and he undertook to deliver their petition to the highest name. The Nizhny Novgorod fair approached, and my uncle was sent there by his grandfather on trading business. Finished them and, instead of going home to Ufa, waved to St. Petersburg. He stopped at an inn, found out where and how to give his paper to the sovereign, and, since he was advised to do this through the heir of Alexander Nikolayevich, the future Emperor II, his uncle decided to see him. Times were simple back then. The highest persons behaved differently than later, they walked along the streets, in the gardens, and my uncle decided to give his petition to the heir in the Summer Garden, where he used to walk at certain hours. He was very happy. Indeed, he saw the heir walking on one of the paths of the garden, approached him and, kneeling down, filed a petition with an explanation of the contents in it. He was graciously listened to and released reassured. Happy, he returned to the inn, but on the same night he was taken, imprisoned and sent with courier to distant places ...
Obviously, the heir on the same day presented the petition to Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, and he looked at the matter in his own way - the rest happened as if by pike.
I remember Uncle Alexander Ivanovich well. He lived in our house after the exile already an old man. All the experiences left a mark on his health, mentally he was not in order. Outwardly, in those days, he reminded me of the artist N. N. Ge. The same manners, the same head with long hair, even a coat, instead of a jacket, exactly like Ge had in the last years of his life. His hero at that time was Garibaldi, his personal enemies were Bismarck and Pope Pius IX. They got it cruelly from the old "revolutionary".
Uncle liked to play the violin even as an old man, for which he went to the garden in the summer. In winter he loved the bath and after the regiment he liked to run out into the cold, plunge into the snowdrift and then - again on the shelves. And this is when he was already over seventy. He died a deep old man in Ufa.
Uncle Konstantin Ivanovich was a self-taught doctor.
Of the aunts, Elizaveta Ivanovna Kabanova was distinguished, like her uncle Alexander Ivanovich, by liberal sympathies. Aunt Anna Ivanovna Yasemeneva, on the contrary, was conservative. When she was young, she painted well with watercolors, and it was a great joy for me to have her drawing. I especially remember one - "Margarita at the Spinning Wheel". There, it seemed to me, as if alive, there was a green ivy by the window. Undoubtedly, her drawings in early childhood left some trace in me.
I don't remember my grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich Rostovtsev. I know from my mother that the Rostovtsevs came to Sterlitamak from Yelets, where my grandfather was a big trade in bread, it seems he had large herds of sheep. He was well-funded. He was of a gentle nature and, apparently, very kind. That's all I know about him. I don't remember anything about my grandmothers, they died long before I was born. Grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich had three sons and three daughters. The eldest - Ivan Mikhailovich - visited us when he came from Sterlitamak. He was unfriendly, they say, he liked money more than measure.
The second - Andrei Mikhailovich - lived at the mill, and I don’t remember him, and the third - the youngest, very good-natured, careless, with great oddities, rich, married to a beautiful noblewoman, by the end of his life he let everything down, and if he didn’t need, then I had to cut myself down a lot. None of the uncles of the Rostovtsevs showed any talents.
Of the daughters of grandfather Mikhail Mikhailovich, the eldest - Evpraksia Mikhailovna - was indescribably kind and deeply unhappy. I knew her as an old woman and loved her very much. She was brought to visit us from time to time. She was one of the first to see and appreciate my painting abilities in her own way. About the Hermit, when she saw him, she said to me: “Your old man, Minechka, is alive!” And this was like a good parting word to him, my Hermit.
The second daughter of Mikhail Mikhailovich was my mother - Maria Mikhailovna, and the third - Alexandra Mikhailovna - the most cultured of all the sisters, so to speak. Alexandra Mikhailovna was a very good, intelligent person. She was married to a certain Ivanov, a man of rare moral principles. From a small postal official, he rose to the rank of head of the postal district, to the rank of Privy Councilor, and with his justice, nobility and accessibility, he won from his subordinates, especially from lower employees, absolutely exceptional love. He was one of the finest and most respectable people I knew. He was handsome, modest, and clear with the special clarity of a life justly and honestly lived.
I began to remember myself from the age of three or four. Until the age of two, I was a weak, barely surviving child. They didn't do anything to me to save my life! No matter what medical and folk remedies they tried to raise me to my feet, I still remained a frail, breathless child. They tried to put me in the oven, I was in the snow in the cold, until one day it seemed to my mother that I had completely given my soul to God. I was dressed up, put under the image. A small enamel icon of Tikhon of Zadonsk was placed on his chest. Mother prayed, and one of the relatives went to Ivan the Forerunner to order a grave near the grandfather of Ivan Andreevich Nesterov. But it happened like this: at the same time, a baby died at Aunt E. I. Kabanova, and he also needed a grave. So the relatives came together and argued which of the grandchildren should lie closer to grandfather Ivan Andreevich ... And then sometimes my mother noticed that I was breathing again, and then I completely woke up. Mother joyfully thanked God, attributing my resurrection to the intercession of Tikhon of Zadonsk, who, like Sergius of Radonezh, enjoyed special love and reverence in our family. Both saints were close to us, included, so to speak, in the everyday life of our spiritual life.

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Ecumenical funeral service (PARENTAL SATURDAYS)

Unfortunately, in Soviet times, the custom was established to visit cemeteries not on Radonitsa, but on the first day of Easter. It is natural for a believer to visit the graves of his loved ones after an earnest prayer for their repose in the temple - after a memorial service served in the church. During the Easter week there are no requiems, for Easter is an all-encompassing joy for those who believe in the Resurrection of our Savior Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, during the entire Paschal week, litanies for the dead are not pronounced (although the usual commemoration is performed at the proskomedia), and memorial services are not served.

CHURCH FUNERAL SERVICES

It is necessary to commemorate the deceased in the Church as often as possible, not only on the designated special days of commemoration, but also on any other day. The Church performs the main prayer for the repose of the departed Orthodox Christians at the Divine Liturgy, bringing a bloodless sacrifice to God for them. To do this, before the start of the liturgy (or the night before), a note with their names should be submitted to the church (only baptized Orthodox can be entered). On the proskomedia, particles for their repose will be taken out of the prosphora, which at the end of the liturgy will be lowered into the holy cup and washed with the Blood of the Son of God. Let us remember that this is the greatest good that we can give to those who are dear to us. Here is how the commemoration at the liturgy is said in the Epistle of the Eastern Patriarchs: “We believe that the souls of people who fell into mortal sins and did not despair at death, but repented even before being separated from real life, only did not have time to bear any fruits of repentance (such fruits could be their prayers, tears, kneeling during prayerful vigils, contrition, consolation of the poor and expression in deeds of love for God and neighbor), - the souls of such people descend into hell and suffer punishment for the sins they have committed, without losing, however, the hope of relief. They receive relief through the infinite goodness of God through the prayers of priests and good works done for the dead, and especially through the power of bloodless sacrifice, which, in particular, the clergy brings for every Christian for his loved ones, and in general for everyone, the Catholic and Apostolic Church daily brings.

At the top of the note is usually placed an eight-pointed Orthodox cross. Then the type of commemoration is indicated - “On the repose”, after which the names of those commemorated in the genitive case are written in large, legible handwriting (to answer the question “who?”), With the clergy and monastics mentioned first, indicating the rank and degree of monasticism (for example, Metropolitan John, Schemagumen Savva, Archpriest Alexander, nun Rachel, Andrey, Nina).

All names must be given in church spelling (for example, Tatiana, Alexy) and in full (Michael, Lyubov, not Misha, Lyuba).

Understanding that the most we can do for our deceased loved ones is to submit a note of commemoration at the liturgy, we should not forget to pray for them at home and do works of mercy.

REMEMBERING THE DEAD AT HOME PRAYER

The home prayer commemoration of the deceased Christian is very diverse. One should especially pray for the deceased in the first forty days after his death. As already indicated in the section “Reading the Psalter for the Dead”, during this period it is very useful to read about the deceased Psalter, at least one kathisma a day. You can also recommend reading an akathist for the repose of the dead. In general, the Church commands us to pray every day for the deceased parents, relatives, known and benefactors. For this, the following short prayer is included in the number of daily morning prayers:

Prayer for the dead

FUNERAL MEAL

Before the meal, one should perform a lithium - a short rite of memorial service, which can be performed by a layman. In extreme cases, you need to at least read the 90th psalm and the prayer "Our Father". The first dish that is eaten at the wake is kutya (kolyovo). These are boiled grains of cereals (wheat or rice) with honey and raisins. Grains are a symbol of resurrection, and honey is a sweetness enjoyed by the righteous in the Kingdom of God. According to the charter, kutya should be consecrated with a special rite during a memorial service; if this is not possible, it is necessary to sprinkle it with holy water.

On the contrary, there are pious practices worthy of emulation. In many Orthodox families, the poor and the poor, children and old women are the first to sit down at the memorial table. They can also distribute clothes and belongings of the deceased. Orthodox people can tell about numerous cases of evidence from the afterlife about the great help to the dead as a result of the creation of alms by their relatives. Moreover, the loss of loved ones prompts many people to take the first step towards God, to begin to live the life of an Orthodox Christian.

Thus, one now living archimandrite relates the following incident from his pastoral practice.

“It was in the difficult post-war years. Comes to me, the rector of the village church, a mother crying with grief, in which her eight-year-old son Misha drowned. And she says that Misha dreamed of her and complained about the cold - he was completely without clothes. I say to her: "Are any of his clothes left?" - "Yes, sure". - "Give it to your friends Mishin, they will surely come in handy."