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Today, March 10, the last day of carnival and Lenten fast, Orthodox Christians celebrate forgiveness Sunday 2019. Where this practice began and how to ask for forgiveness and forgive others?
Forgiveness Sunday 2019 – March 10 / photo istockphoto.com

Lent is a time of repentance and spiritual purification and to enter into it, holding someone’s offense, wrong. Forgiveness Sunday forgive all the offenders and ask forgiveness from those who hurt you, it will purify your soul. This is not just a folk tradition, and the Church, in the gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ said: “If ye forgive men their trespasses, forgive you your heavenly Father; but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father will not forgive your sins”.

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How and from whom to ask forgiveness forgiveness Sunday

Forgiveness Sunday is an occasion to forgive your abuser, to let go of resentments, even the worst, to relieve anxiety and mental suffering, and to clear my conscience and soul to whomever we ever intentionally or accidentally caused offense.

Forgiveness Sunday is not a fun tradition, and very important and ancient spiritual custom needs to be taken very seriously, sincerely to repent for his sins and sincerely try to forgive their abusers, clearing my soul.

To apologize you need to have people to whom you feel your mind who you hurt, who had a fight and it does not matter who started the fight. According to the rules, forgiveness you need to ask aloud and in-person meetings, but in the absence of such possibility, you can just call the person on the phone.

Asking forgiveness of the person must say “God forgive me”, and when asking for forgiveness you – “God will forgive, and I forgive you.”

Traditionally, on Shrove Sunday, the first must ask pardon of one who is older: the parents of the children, superiors from subordinates and so on.

To forgive does not mean forget the pain you caused, but it says something about your willingness not to hold on to the fact that offended you no evil, wish him retribution.

Resentment often cause a person very severe trauma and to forgive in one minute is impossible, but you need to make efforts on its part to forgive the offender, so that negative emotions do not poison your soul.

Forgiving those who read for your forgiveness and not just waving, and sincerely, it means a person feels some guilt and wants your forgiveness.

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What not to do in forgiveness Sunday-2019

This is the last day of carnival, which completes the preparation for lent, so this is the last day until Easter when you can eat milk, butter, eggs and fish.

Banned in this day physically work, except in the kitchen Housewives cook various meals of allowed foods to sarovitsa before the long lent.

Also forgiveness Sunday 2019 is forbidden to surrender to depression and bad thoughts, to swear, to complain, to be angry and even to raise your voice for loved ones.

Forgiveness Sunday, traditionally go to the cemetery and remember deceased relatives, pray for their souls. According to legend, on this day, the ancestors can hear your sincere words of repentance and forgive the grievance.


Congratulations on forgiveness Sunday

Ask for forgiveness from their loved ones in verse or prose:

Please forgive me my mistakes,

And phrases, thrown in a temper.

Resentment is a friendly smile,

And the fact that I’m sometimes a hothead.

Excuse me undue strife,

The lack of understanding in hard times.

All unnecessary words and controversy

Want to have your forgiveness to ask for.

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Sorry everyone I wronged.

Maybe I don’t know this.

I may be his guilt is not seen

But you forgive, and I forgive you!

Let the heart warm, quietly.

Down with all that fight for nothing!

Let the evil, aggression and war!

And God may forgive us for all sins!

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I congratulate you on forgiveness Sunday! Forgive me if I inadvertently something offended you or hurt you. I want no dark thought or a hidden resentment does not harm our relations! And I wholeheartedly forgive you and say they never hold it against you!


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