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Great Barekendan to be celebrated tomorrow
Aysor.am
Saturday,March 05
On March 6 the Armenian Apostolic Church marks Barekendan. The Eve of
Great Lents and week Lents is called Barekendan.
According to the calendar, the days prior to weekly fasts, as well as
Great Lent, (with the exception of the fast preceding Holy Nativity)
are called Barekendan. The word Barekendan means `good living' or
`good life', as we are called to live cheerfully, joyfully, and to be
happy on these days preceding fasting periods.
`The Eve of Great Lent, as Great Barekendan is also called,
commemorates the human bliss, which Adam and Eve enjoyed in the Garden
of Eden. It also symbolizes the heavenly right, according to which,
mankind could eat all types of fruit, except the fruit of the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil. Barekendan is the manifestation of the
virtues of the soul, through which people can transform mourning to
joy, and torment to peace. It is with this comprehension, with bowing
of our souls, penitence, fasting and hope for mercy, that each
Christian individual should take his first step on the long, 40 day
journey of Great Lent, culminating with the Glorious Resurrection of
our Lord Jesus Christ,' informs the Armenian Patriarchal Diocese.
From: A. Papazian
Aysor.am
Saturday,March 05
On March 6 the Armenian Apostolic Church marks Barekendan. The Eve of
Great Lents and week Lents is called Barekendan.
According to the calendar, the days prior to weekly fasts, as well as
Great Lent, (with the exception of the fast preceding Holy Nativity)
are called Barekendan. The word Barekendan means `good living' or
`good life', as we are called to live cheerfully, joyfully, and to be
happy on these days preceding fasting periods.
`The Eve of Great Lent, as Great Barekendan is also called,
commemorates the human bliss, which Adam and Eve enjoyed in the Garden
of Eden. It also symbolizes the heavenly right, according to which,
mankind could eat all types of fruit, except the fruit of the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil. Barekendan is the manifestation of the
virtues of the soul, through which people can transform mourning to
joy, and torment to peace. It is with this comprehension, with bowing
of our souls, penitence, fasting and hope for mercy, that each
Christian individual should take his first step on the long, 40 day
journey of Great Lent, culminating with the Glorious Resurrection of
our Lord Jesus Christ,' informs the Armenian Patriarchal Diocese.
From: A. Papazian