In the Russian Orthodox Church, the second Sunday after the Feast of Pentecost is traditionally the day when all the saints of the Russian land are commemorated. In a way, this service (and others that follow the same pattern) are an extension of the service of the first Sunday after Pentecost, which is kept as the Feast of All Saints (not to be confused with All Saints' Day in the western Churches, which is celebrated on November 1).
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“From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)
“If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)