Day of family, love and fidelity in Russia. When is family day celebrated When is family day in the year

Today, July 8, 2016, in Russia celebrate the day of family, love and fidelity. This holiday appeared in 2008 at the initiative of the deputies of the State Duma. The field chamomile and the Orthodox saints Peter and Fevronia became the symbols. According to tradition, various events are held on this day. Some of them in 2016 were postponed to the weekend, July 9 and 10.

Day of family, love and fidelity July 8: the history of the holiday

The history of the holiday of the day is connected with life Saints Peter and Fevronia. The love story of the spouses is described in an old Russian story. Prince Peter, the second son of Prince Yuri Vladimirovich of Murom, fell ill with leprosy. The peasant woman Fevronia was able to cure him. The prince fell in love with the girl and married her. However, the boyars did not like the princess. Peter and Fevronia left Murom, but after a while they returned to the city, as trouble began there.

Peter and Fevronia ruled for a long time, and in In their advanced years, they were tonsured in various monasteries. The couple died on the same day and hour - July 8, 1228.

Day of family, love and fidelity July 8, 2016: events and congratulations

Every year on July 8th is the day of family, love and loyalty to the authorities hold various events: concerts, exhibitions, honoring large families and couples who have lived together for more than 25 years. Also, the best families of the country are given gifts and awarded the medal "For Love and Loyalty", which depicts a camomile on one side, and the faces of Peter and Fevronia on the other.

On the day of family, love and fidelity, the action "Give me life", the organizers of which are against abortion and for the preservation of family values ​​and traditions.

The full name of one of the youngest Russian holidays, which was established in 2008, is the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. In 2016, this holiday is celebrated on Friday, July 8.

Its church name is the Day of the Blessed Princes Peter (monastic David) and Fevronia (monastic Euphrosyne), Miracle Workers of Murom. Over time, the name was reduced to the Day of Peter and Fevronia. FBA "Economy Today" about the history and traditions of this holiday.

The Day of Family, Love and Fidelity is a holiday for everyone who has already created their social unit or intends to do so in the near future. And they celebrate it regardless of age (love, as you know, all ages are submissive), social status and material security.

History of Peter and Fevronia

July 8 was not accidentally chosen as the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity. On this day in the 13th century, Saints Peter and Fevronia died in the city of Murom, who had lived all their lives in love and harmony, and died on the same day, having received monastic vows not long before. This couple and their relationship in the Orthodox tradition has become one of the examples of fidelity and mutual assistance throughout earthly life. According to information that has come down to our days, the peasant daughter Fevronia cured Prince Peter of ailments. They fell in love and soon got married. Having inherited the reign, the boyars demanded that Peter leave the peasant woman. The couple did not want to part and left Murom, and the boyars began to share the throne. But everything turned out to be unsuccessful, and in the end they came to bow to Prince Peter and his wife Fevronia. When they returned, having earned honor and respect, all passions subsided in the city and life improved.

How Family Day is celebrated in Russia

Today, many couples and single people come to the Holy Trinity Convent of Murom to venerate the relics of the saints and ask for help. People ask for different things - someone wants to find their love, someone wants to maintain an existing relationship, and the childless pray for the birth of babies. And very often it was after the worship of the relics that couples had children (the monastery even has a special book in which all cases of miraculous healings are entered).

On July 8, in the 13th century, Saints Peter and Fevronia died in the city of Murom, who had lived all their lives in love and harmony.

In Orthodox churches on the Day of Saints Peter and Fevronia, divine services are held dedicated to the well-being and peace among people.

On Family Day, it is not customary to arrange any noisy feasts and give gifts to each other, but it is possible that over time such a tradition will appear to celebrate the Day of Peter and Fevronia. In the meantime, on this day, festive concerts are organized in cities and villages, thematic exhibitions are organized, and famous families are honored. For example, couples who have been married for more than 25 years are awarded commemorative medals "For Love and Fidelity". Some families, especially those with many children, receive the Order of Parental Glory. TV channels and radio stations are preparing programs dedicated to Family Day for this date. It is interesting that in the registry offices on this day there is a surge in applications for marriage registration - many lovers consider this symbolic date a good sign for their relationship.

Also on this day, many other actions are held, giving an idea of ​​​​true love and relationships.

But one of the traditions of the young holiday still exists. We are talking about the annual parade of baby carriages - a beautiful and solemn spectacle. Any family member can take part in this event. The main condition is the desire and the presence of children in the family. All parade participants gather and march in an organized manner along a pre-selected and agreed route.

By the way, chamomile has become a symbol of the Day of Family, love and fidelity. And the main celebrations will unfold in Murom, where Saints Peter and Fevronia lived happily many centuries ago.

Congratulations on the Day of family, love and fidelity

On this day, it is customary to give warm, pleasant words to family members, spouses. We give several options for congratulations in verse.

If you take love and loyalty,

Add a feeling of tenderness to them,

Multiply everything by years

That will turn out - a family!

Let all ideas come true.

There will be joy, harmony, peace,

To create, dream, laugh!

And love to you - unearthly!

Family is our warm, tender hearth,

The family will support and understand.

May happiness be serene

Always reigns love, comfort.

Let laughter sparkle in the house,

Good times reign.

Let the dream turn into truth

Life will be full of joy.

Let everyone in the world realize

The most important thing in life is family!

I congratulate you on this day

I sincerely wish you

So that your glorious family

And so that love is sacred

Carried your life destiny!

For the first time, the celebration of the International Day of Families was discussed in 1993 at the regular General Assembly of the United Nations. And since 1994, May 15 was chosen as the date of this holiday in many civilized countries, including Russia.

Date of celebration of Family Day 2017 in Russia

However, in the Russian Federation, along with the above date on May 15, there is a second national all-Russian date when the Family Day holiday is celebrated - July 8.

Problems of families and family relations

The problem of forming a strong modern unit of society, which, by definition, any family should become, became relevant in the nineties, when trends began to be seen towards a rapid decline in the significance of the family institution in the eyes of society. This was affected by many factors: the balancing of the rights of women and men, as a result of which many representatives of the stronger sex began to treat their functions less demanding, and women, in turn, gained more freedom and lost interest in creating a strong family hearth. It also affected the fact that modern society is oversaturated with those excesses that do not allow a strong family core to form in a person, but are aimed only at maintaining disorganization and a desire to remain a child in us (see).

It is difficult to list all the factors that scare the younger generation from the desire to become part of their own strong family. However, all this leads to the fact that in most modern countries the death rate has long exceeded the birth rate, which cannot but frighten. In order to draw the attention of society to such significant problems for us, this holiday- International Day of Families.

Family Day Events

In 2017, on May 15, in many countries of the world, including in Russia and Ukraine, on this day, seminars and symposiums will be held, within the framework of which there will be a discussion of the most burning issues of family formation: the relationship between parents and children, the duties and rights of family members, the eradication of cruelty, the well-being of families, old age, childhood, problems of poor families and much more .

On this day, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of memory of Saints Peter and Fevronia, who since ancient times were considered in Rus' as the patrons of the family and marriage.

The initiative to establish a new state holiday - the All-Russian Day of Conjugal Love and Family Happiness in honor of the faithful Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia was unanimously approved in the Federation Council at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy on March 26, 2008.

The love story of a holy married couple is described in the old Russian "The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom".

According to the Lives of the Saints, Prince Peter was the second son of Prince Yuri Vladimirovich of Murom. He ascended the throne of Murom in 1203. A few years before his reign, Peter fell ill with leprosy, from which no one could cure him. In a dream, it was revealed to the prince that the beekeeper's daughter Fevronia, a peasant woman of the village of Laskovaya in the Ryazan land, could heal him. Fevronia was beautiful, pious and kind, besides, she was a wise girl, she knew the properties of herbs and knew how to heal ailments. The prince fell in love with Fevronia for her piety, wisdom and kindness and vowed to marry her after the healing. The girl healed the prince, but he did not keep his word.

The disease resumed, Fevronia again cured the prince, and he married the healer.

When Peter inherited the reign after his brother, the boyars did not want to have a princess of a simple rank and demanded that the prince leave her. Peter, having learned that they wanted to separate him from his beloved wife, chose to voluntarily give up power and wealth and go into exile with her. Peter and Fevronia left Murom, sailing on a boat along the Oka River. Soon turmoil began in Murom, the boyars quarreled, seeking the vacant princely throne, blood was shed. Then the boyars, who came to their senses, gathered a council and decided to call Prince Peter back. The prince and princess returned, and Fevronia managed to earn the love of the townspeople.

In old age, Peter and Fevronia took tonsure in different monasteries with the names David and Euphrosyne, and prayed to God that they die on the same day, and bequeathed to bury themselves together in a specially prepared coffin with a thin partition in the middle.

They each died in their cell on the same day and hour - July 8 (according to the old style - June 25), 1228.

Considering the burial in one coffin incompatible with the monastic rank, their bodies were laid in different monasteries, but the next day they were together. So they buried the holy spouses together in the city of Murom in the cathedral church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Approximately 300 years after the death of Peter and Fevronia, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized them as saints. Now the relics of Saints Peter and Fevronia rest in the Holy Trinity Convent in Murom.

Since then, the Orthodox world has honored family patrons on July 8.

The tradition of the secular celebration of the day of Peter and Fevronia was restored by the residents of Murom in the 1990s, when it was decided to combine City Day with Family Values ​​Day.

The Day of Family, Love and Fidelity became a national holiday in 2008.

The holiday was approved by the Interreligious Council of Russia.

The organizing committee of the holiday is headed by the President of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives, wife of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Svetlana Medvedeva.

Chamomile is chosen as the symbol of Family Day - a wild flower, the most common at this time of the year in Russia, symbolizing dreams of love and fidelity.

Every year on the Day of Family, Love and Loyalty, the best families of Russia are awarded a public award - the medal "For Love and Loyalty". On one side of the medal is depicted the symbol of the holiday - a camomile, on the reverse side - the faces of Saints Peter and Fevronia. The slogan of the medal: for love and loyalty to the family. Along with the medal, valuable gifts are also awarded, which correspond to the "family theme" and are determined by local authorities and organizers.

Every year July 8 In our country, with great participation in our hearts, we celebrate the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, which also has a second, less common name, the Day of Peter and Ferovronia of Murom. In the Orthodox Church, this married couple is a model of love in the family, respectively, they are also the patrons of love and fidelity, therefore in Russia this holiday corresponds to the Western Valentine's Day.

All-Russian family, love and fidelity 2019: what date

The idea of ​​the origin of the holiday came from the authorities of the city of Murom, where the remains of Peter and Fevronia are buried. Various sources mention that they died on the same day on June 25, so the date of the holiday - July 8, is as close as possible to this number.

In 2008, the State Duma of the Russian Federation received 15 thousand signatures from Murom residents supporting the idea of ​​holding the holiday, and positively approved their appeal, thanks to which this year we will celebrate this wonderful holiday for the eighth time.

On top of that, in honor of the new Russian holiday, a commemorative award was developed - the medal "For Love and Loyalty", which is awarded on the day of the holiday. The symbol of the day of family, love and fidelity in Russia is chamomile, which has long been considered a symbol of love.

On this day, in many cities of the Russian Federation it is customary to hold various festive events: concerts, charity events, as well as to honor couples who have been married for more than 25 years. And among the youth there was a belief that a marriage concluded on this day would be long and happy.