Editing Monday (section)

==Religious observances==

=== Christianity ===
The [[early Christianity|early Christian]] [[Didache]] warned believers not to fast on Mondays to avoid [[Judaizers|Judaizing]] (see [[#Judaism|below]]), and suggested fasting on Wednesdays instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Didache 8 |url=https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/research_sites/cjl/sites/partners/cbaa_seminar/didache.htm}}</ref>

In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], Mondays are days on which the [[Angel]]s are commemorated. The [[Octoechos (liturgy)|Octoechos]] contains [[hymn]]s on this theme, arranged in an eight-week cycle, which are chanted on Mondays throughout the year. At the end of [[Divine Services]] on Mondays, the [[dismissal (liturgy)|dismissal]] begins with the words: "May Christ our True God, through the [[intercession]]s, of his most-pure [[Theotokos|Mother]], of the honorable, Bodiless Powers (i.e., the angels) of [[Heaven]]…". In many Eastern [[monastery|monasteries]] Mondays are observed as [[Fasting#Eastern Orthodoxy|fast days]]; because Mondays are dedicated to the angels, and [[monk]]s strive to live an angelic life. In these monasteries, the monks abstain from meat, fowl, dairy products, fish, wine and oil (if a [[feast day]] occurs on a Monday, fish, wine and oil may be allowed, depending upon the particular feast).

Members of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] spend one evening per week, called [[Family Home Evening]] (FHE) or Family Night.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dollahite |first1=David |last2=Marks |first2=Loren |title=Mormons' Weekly Family Ritual Is an Antidote to Fast-Paced Living |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/03/mormon-family-home-evening/556658/ |journal=[[The Atlantic]]|date=29 March 2018 }}</ref> This is usually a Monday, when families are encouraged to spend time together in study, prayer and other family activities.

===Hinduism===
In [[Hinduism]], Mondays are associated with the [[Hindu god]] of the moon [[Chandra]] or Soma. In several [[Languages of South Asia|South Asian languages]], Monday is knowns as ''Somavara'' or ''Somavaram''. Hindus who fast on Mondays do so in dedication to the deity [[Shiva]]. Some observe the ''Solah Somvar Vrat'', which is a fast of sixteen Mondays dedicated to Shiva in hopes of getting married and finding a suitable partner. Fasting on Mondays in the Hindu month of [[Shravana (month)|Shravana]] is also considered auspicious as it is one of the holiest months to Hindus and dedicated to Shiva and his consort [[Parvati]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pujayagna.com/blogs/hindu-fasting-days/somvar-vrat-monday-fast | title=Somvar Vrat }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://pujayagna.com/blogs/hindu-fasting-days/shravan-somvar-vrat-monday-fast | title=Shravan Somvar Vrat }}</ref>

=== Islam ===
In [[Islam]], Mondays are one of the days in a week in which Muslims are encouraged to do [[Fasting in Islam#Days of voluntary fasting|voluntary fasting]], the other being Thursdays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fasting Six Days of Shawwal on Mondays and Thursdays - Islam Question & Answer |url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/106468/fasting-six-days-of-shawwal-on-mondays-and-thursdays |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=islamqa.info |language=en}}</ref> 

There are a number of [[Hadith]] which narrated of [[Muhammad]] fasting on these days. According to the same Hadith, Muhammad was born on a Monday. It is also narrated that he received his [[Muhammad's first revelation|first revelation]] (which would later become [[Quran|the Quran]]) on Monday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elias |first=Abu Amina |date=2019-04-15 |title=Hadith on Fasting: Recommendation to fast Monday, three days a month |url=https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2019/04/15/fast-monday-three-per-month/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=www.abuaminaelias.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Judaism ===
In [[Judaism]], Mondays are considered auspicious days for fasting. 

In Judaism, a small portion of the weekly [[Parashah]] in [[Torah]] is read in public on Monday and Thursday mornings, as a supplement for the [[Saturday]] reading). Special penitential prayers are recited on Monday unless there is a special occasion for happiness which cancels them. According to the Mishna and Talmud, these traditions are due to Monday and Thursday being "the market days" when people gathered from the towns to the city.

A tradition of [[Ashkenazi Jews]] to voluntarily fast on the first consecutive Monday, Thursday and Monday of the Hebrew month is prevalent among the ultra-orthodox.

In Hebrew, Monday is called "Yom Shení", literally meaning "Second Day", following the biblical reference to the sabbath day as the "Seventh-day" and the tradition of that day being on [[Saturday]]. It has been established that the phonetic and cultural link between the planet Saturn, Saturday and the Sabbath day is of ancient Mesopotamian origin.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/751082 Saturn Jews], Eric Zafran Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. See also [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]] Professor [[Moshe Idel]]'s book, Saturn Jews, and Shlomo Sela's article [https://katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog/saturn-and-jews Saturn and the Jews] (University of Pennsylvania) about trends in late Judaism distancing it from the link between the Sabbath day and Saturn.</ref>