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Pascha Preparation Cycle Backwards
| Liturgical Day | When Occurs | Calendar Day / Beginning Ending of Period | Previous Calendar Day | Next Calendar Day | Great Lent Day | Fast that day | Trio- dion Fast follow week | Aposto- los | Gos- pel |
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| Pascha | |||||||||
| Pascha | Patriarch and faithful in Orthodox dominated countries celebrate according to Julian calendar on 1st Sunday after 1st full moon after March 20 after Jewish Passover, Faithful in Latin dominated countries celebrate according to Gregorian calendar on 1st Sunday after 1st full moon after March 20. Earliest possible date March 22 and latest possible date April 25. | All services of Pascha are moved ahead 12 hours. Vespers, Orthos, Divine Liturgy of liturgical day of Pascha on calendar day of Great Holy Saturday. | Great Holy Saturday | Bright Monday / New Monday | Feast | ||||
| Great Week | |||||||||
| Great Week | Monday thru Saturday before Pascha | All services Great Holy Week are moved ahead 12 hours. Vespers and Orthos of liturgical day are on previous calendar day. Great Holy Week begins at beginning of Vespers of Great Holy Monday on Palm Sunday afternoon and ends just before Divine Liturgy of Holy Glorious Pascha on Great Holy Saturday evening. | Palm Sunday Shaneeneh | Great Holy Monday | Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Saturday | Saturday before Pascha | Calendar day Great Holy Friday | Great Holy Friday | Pascha | Strict Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Friday | Friday before Pascha | Calendar day Great Holy Thursday | Great Holy Thursday | Great Holy Saturday | Strict Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Thursday | Thursday before Pascha | Calendar day Great Holy Wed- nesday | Great Holy Wed- nesday | Great Holy Friday | Strict Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Wed- nesday | Wed- nesday before Pascha | Calendar day Great Holy Tuesday | Great Holy Monday | Great Holy Thursday | Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Tuesday | Tuesday before Pascha | Calendar day Great Holy Monday | Great Holy Monday | Great Holy Wed- nesday | Fast | ||||
| Liturgical day Great Holy Monday | Monday before Pascha | Calendar day Palm Sunday afternoon / evening | Palm Sunday Shaneeneh | Great Holy Tuesday | Fast | ||||
| Transition Period between Great Lent and Great and Holy Week | |||||||||
| Transition Period between Great Lent and Great Holy Week | Weekend before Pascha 2nd Saturday before Pascha and 1st Sunday before Pascha | Transition period begins at beginning of Vespers of Lazarus Saturday on evening of last Friday in Great Lent and ends just before beginning of Vespers of Great Holy Monday on afternoon of Palm Sunday. | Last Friday in Great Lent | Great Holy Monday | Feast | ||||
| Palm Sunday Shaneeneh | 1st Sunday before Pascha | Transistion period ends just before beginning of Vespers Great Holy Monday on afternoon of Palm Sunday Shaneeneh. | Lazarus Saturday | Great Holy Monday | Feast | Phil. 4: 4-9 | Jn. 12: 1-18 |
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| Lazarus Saturday | 2nd Saturday before Pascha | Transistion period begins at beginning of Vespers of day on evening of last Friday Great Lent. | Last Friday Great Lent | Palm Sunday Shaneeneh | Feast | Heb. 12: 28-13:8 | Jn. 11: 1-45 |
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| Great Lent | |||||||||
| Great Lent | Forty Days before Lazarus Saturday | 40-day count begins at beginning of Vespers of Clean Monday on evening of Sunday of Cheese fare / Forgive- ness and ends just before Vespers Lazarus Saturday on evening of last Friday in Great Lent. Sundays do count. | 4 Sunday Triodion Cheese fare / Forgive- ness | Lazarus Saturday | Fast | ||||
| Friday after 5th Sunday Lent | 2nd Friday before Pascha | Great Lent ends just before beginning of Vespers of Lazarus Saturday on evening. | Last Thursday in Great Lent | Lazarus Saturday | Day 40 | Fast | Eph. 2: 4-10 | Mt. 4: 1-11 |
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| 5th Sunday Lent Comme- moration Venerable Mother St. Mary of Egypt | 2nd Sunday before Pascha | Day 35 | Fast | Heb. 9: 11-14 | Mk. 10: 32b -45 |
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| 4th Sunday Lent Comme- moration Holy Father John | 3rd Sunday before Pascha | Day 28 | Fast | Heb. 6: 13-20 | Mk. 9: 17-31 |
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| 3rd Sunday Lent Veneration Holy Cross | 4th Sunday before Pascha | Day 21 | Fast | Heb. 4: 14-5:6 | Mk. 8: 34-9:1 |
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| 2nd Sunday Lent Holy Relics | 5th Sunday before Pascha | Day 14 | Fast | 2 Cor. 4: 6-15 | Mk. 2: 1-12 |
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| 1st Sunday Lent Triumph Orthodoxy | 6th Sunday before Pascha | Day 7 | Fast | Heb. 11: 24-26 32-40 12: 1-2A | Jn. 1: 43-51 |
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| Clean Monday | Clean Monday is between Triodion Sunday Cheese fare / Forgive- ness and 1 Sunday Great Lent. Clean Monday can be as early as Feb. 2 and as late as March 8. | Great Lent begins at beginning Vespers this evening Sunday Cheese fare / Forgive- ness. | 4 Sunday Triodion Cheese fare / Forgive- ness Vespers Clean Monday Service Forgive- ness | 1st Tuesday Great Lent | Day 1 | Strict Fast | 1 Cor. 3: 18-23 | Lk. 21: 8-36 |
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| Prophonisimon | 4 Sundays before Great Lent | Prophonisimon ends just before beginning Vespers Clean Monday evening Sunday Cheese fare / Forgive- ness. | Clean Monday | ||||||
| 4th Sunday Prophonisimon Cheese fare / Forgive- ness Vespers Clean Monday Service Forgive- ness | 7th Sunday before Pascha | Great Lent begins at the beginning Vespers Clean Monday this evening. | Last Saturday Triodion | Clean Monday | Tradition last day products from animal with backbone, such as milk, eggs, butter, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, are eaten until Pascha | Great Lent fasting | Rom. 13: 11b -14: 4 | Mk. 6: 14-21 |
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| 3rd Sunday Prophonisimon Meat fare | 8th Sunday before Pascha | Tradition last day meat from any animal with backbone is eaten until Pascha | No meat | 1 Cor. 8: 8-13 9: 1-2 | Mk. 25: 31-46 |
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| 1st All Souls Saturday | 9th Saturday before Pascha | 9th Friday before Pascha | 3rd Sunday Triodion Meat fare | ||||||
| 2nd Sunday Prophonisimon Prodigal Son | 9th Sunday before Pascha | No fasting | Normal fasting (Wed. Fri.) | Heb. 7: 26-8:2 | Lk. 15: 11-32 |
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| 1st Sunday Prophonisimon Pharisee and Publican | 10th Sunday before Pascha | No fasting | No fasting | 2 Cor. 4: 6-15 | Lk. 18: 10-14 |
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