Editing Yehowists (section)

==Worship and traditions==
Yehowist worship takes place during closed meetings, available to members of the society. The meetings are likely to include prayers, singing, reading Holy Scriptures, and burning [[incense]].<ref>"Jehovists-Il’inites. A Russian Millenarian Movement" by Sergey V. Petrov, Nova Religio 9, no. 3 (March 2006): 80-91. See abstract online at http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519005435/http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 |date=2011-05-19 }}</ref> Yehowists use a book of hymns written by Ilyin for singing both at worship meetings and at informal meetings.<ref>"Jehovists-Il’inites. A Russian Millenarian Movement" by Sergey V. Petrov, Nova Religio 9, no. 3 (March 2006): 80-91. A short review is available at http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519005435/http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/nr.2006.9.3.080 |date=2011-05-19 }}</ref>

Like in Judaism, Saturday is a day of rest. As such, Yehowist worship meetings take place on Saturdays, starting from Friday night. Unlike Judaism, observing Saturday is not so strict. Saturday is the only religious festivity of Yehowists. Celebration of [[Christmas]], [[Easter]], and other traditional Christian religious celebrations is not allowed. However, Yehowists use common and personal celebrations like the New Year and birthdays for informal meetings.

Yehowists strictly follow a food diet, which in general is similar to the Jewish one. In particular, eating pork, hare, and other seafood is strictly forbidden.<ref>See "Peculiarities of religious practice of Yehowists as a factor for preserving their identity" by Sergey V. Petrov in a digest entitled "Religious practices in modern Russia, Moscow: Novoe Izdatelstvo, 2006."</ref>

Yehowists do not serve in the army and do not take part in military actions. As a whole the moral rules they preach are universal. They condemn hatred, unjustness, lie, slander, theft, alcohol, smoking, and other vices.