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What is Great and Holy Wednesday?
Great and Holy Wednesday commemorates the woman who anointed Christ with costly perfume and Judas Iscariot’s agreement to betray Him. These two events stand side…
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What is Great and Holy Thursday?
Great and Holy Thursday is the day we commemorate Christ’s Last Supper with His disciples, the institution of the Eucharist, and His betrayal by Judas.…
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What is Great and Holy Friday?
Great and Holy Friday is the day Christ died on the Cross. It’s the day we stand at Golgotha and watch the God-man give up…
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What is Great and Holy Saturday?
Great and Holy Saturday is the day Christ lay in the tomb. His body rested in death while His soul descended into Hades to shatter…
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What is Bright Week?
Bright Week is the seven days immediately following Pascha. Every single day of it is treated as Pascha itself. Think of it this way: we…
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What is Thomas Sunday?
Thomas Sunday is the first Sunday after Pascha, when we remember Christ appearing to the Apostle Thomas eight days after the Resurrection. You know the…
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What is the Apostles’ Fast?
The Apostles’ Fast is a fasting season that begins the Monday after All Saints Sunday and runs through June 28th, the eve of the Feast…
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When is the Apostles’ Fast?
The Apostles’ Fast begins on the Monday after the Sunday of All Saints and ends on June 28. The fast changes length every year. The…
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What is the Dormition Fast?
The Dormition Fast is a two-week fast from August 1 through August 14 that prepares us for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos…
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How strict is the Dormition Fast?
The Dormition Fast is one of the strictest fasts in the Church calendar. It’s comparable to Great Lent in its rules, just shorter. From August…
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What is the Nativity Fast (Advent)?
The Nativity Fast is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting that prepares us to receive Christ at His Nativity. It runs from November 15…
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How long is the Nativity Fast?
The Nativity Fast lasts forty days, from November 15 through December 24. We break the fast at the Divine Liturgy on Christmas Eve. Sometimes you’ll…
