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[Alexandr Korol]

In the Orthodox Church, Mondays are dedicated to the first creations of God – the Angels, to whom hymns in the Octoechos are dedicated and sung on Mondays throughout the year during daily services. In many monasteries, Mondays are fasting days: since Mondays are dedicated to Angels, monks strive to live an angelic life, abstaining not only from meat and poultry but also from dairy products, fish, wine, and oil (if a feast falls on a Monday, fish, wine, and oil may be allowed).
At Vespers on the eve of Monday during Great Lent, before the Rite of Forgiveness or the informal Rite of the Passion, a special great prokeimenon is proclaimed instead of the usual daily or weekly prokeimenon...” That’s a bit complicated. What else is there about Monday? “In Thailand, yellow is traditionally associated with Monday.” Well, that makes sense – there are seven days in a week, seven colors, and in some ancient cultures, specific days were linked to certain colors. “In some countries and cultures, Monday is associated with specific stereotypes. For example, among Jews, Monday is not considered a suitable day for a wedding because, during the creation of the world, God never said ‘it is good’ on that day, as He did on the others. In Thailand, yellow is traditionally associated with Monday (see the Thai solar calendar). In many Western songs, Monday is depicted as a day of depression, anxiety, or melancholy. Statistics show that in the Netherlands, people are more likely to commit suicide, call in sick, or engage in internet surfing on Mondays.” They really don’t like the workweek starting on Monday – I think that’s the real reason behind this. Next. “In Tsarist Russia, common folk had a widespread habit of ‘Mondaying,’ meaning not working on Monday: ‘Monday- hangover – Sunday’s wake,’ ‘Monday – idler.’ The day was considered unlucky, likely a remnant of an ancient custom where a village priest, upon encountering a parishioner who had skipped Sunday’s liturgy, would chain him outside the church. Superstitious people avoided starting new projects, traveling, or lending money on Mondays.” You know what my rule is? I forbid people, if they’re spending the weekend outside the city, from driving home on Sunday. That’s when the highest concentration of people who live within the system – and right now, the system is chaos – are all heading back because they have work on Monday. The probability of accidents and fatalities is very high at that moment because many are inattentive, distracted after a weekend away, and some are still hungover. That’s exactly why I forbid all my close ones from driving back on Sunday and tell them to go on Monday instead,