Holy Week is the culmination moment in the Great Lent, when the sufferings and crucifixion of Jesus Christ are remembered. During this period, Christians should especially devote themselves to spiritual time - fasting, praying, trying to pay less attention to everything worldly. So, is it possible to work in the garden in the Holy Week or do you have to devote yourself fully to the spiritual? There are several opinions on this score.
Can I plant a garden in Holy Week?
Of course, work itself is not a sin, especially since most people in this period continue to go to work. Agree that to miss the whole week and not go to their workplace can not afford each, not everyone.
But is it possible to dig and sow beds in the Holy Week in addition? After all, this period falls on the spring - active time of garden and garden works. As experienced gardeners know, sometimes one missed a favorable weather for the day can affect all future crops. And it's risky to miss the whole week.
Given that plants are not guided by holidays and special dates, it is important to monitor weather conditions, and if they are extremely favorable for planting, you still have to plant. But if there is a possibility to refuse complex and exhausting occupations in the garden, it is better to postpone them until the end of the post.
Opinions of priests on whether you can sit in the passionate week
And here again there is no single answer, because each priest has his point of view, which can be fully explained in detail. And yet most of them believe that people should devote much time to the spiritual - to attend services, to pray, to seek their thoughts on the spiritual. But in my spare time, there is nothing sinful about giving a little time to planting.
The only wish is to finish the landing by Friday, because it is Friday and Saturday that are the most mournful and hard days for the crucified Christ. And already these days it is necessary to aspire to completely abandon worldly worries.