The in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the Moveable Feast s built around Pascha (Easter). The cycle is comprised of approximately ten weeks before and seven weeks after Pascha. The ten weeks before Pascha are known as the period of the '' Triodion '' (referring to the book that contains the services for this liturgical season). This period includes the three weeks preceding Great Lent (the "pre-Lenten period"), the forty days of Lent, and Holy Week . The 50 days following Pascha are called the '' Pentecostarion '' (again, named after the liturgical book).
The Sunday of each week has a special commemoration, named for the Gospel reading assigned to that day. Certain other weekdays have special commemorations of their own (see outline, below). The entire cycle revolves around Pascha. The weeks before Pascha end on Sunday (i.e., the Week of the Prodigal Son begins on the Monday that follows the Publican and the Pharisee). This is because everything in the Lenten period is looking forward towards Pascha. Starting on Pascha, the weeks again begin on Sunday (i.e., Thomas Week begins on the Sunday of St. Thomas). The Paschal cycle continues throughout the entire year, until the beginning of the next Pre-Lenten period. The Tone Of The Week , the Epistle and Gospel readings at the Divine Liturgy , and the 11 Matins Gospels with their accompanying hymns are dependant on it.
(For Fixed Feast s, see Eastern Orthodox Church Calendar . For this year's date for Pascha, see Easter . For the method used to calculate this date, see Computus .)
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See Also: Pre-Lenten Season
- : 11th Sunday before Pascha
- : 10th Sunday before Pascha (70 days)
- : 9th Sunday before Pascha (63 days)
- ; also, '''Meat-Fare Sunday''' (the last day meat may be eaten): 8th Sunday before Pascha (56 days)
- ; also, '''Cheese-Fare Sunday''' (the last day dairy products may be consumed — during Great Lent fish, wine, and olive oil will be allowed only on certain days): 7th Sunday before Pascha (49 days)
See Also: Great Lent
- , the actual beginning of Great Lent: 48 days before Pascha
- —1st Saturday in Great Lent—commemorating of the "miracle of the Kolyva " (boiled wheat) by Theodore Of Tyro during the reign of Julian The Apostate
- —1st Sunday of Lent—commemoration of the restoration of Icons after the defeat of the Iconoclast Heresy in 843 : 6th Sunday before Pascha (42 days)
- —2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent—commemorative Divine Liturgies and Memorial Service s for the dead are celebrated on the
- —2nd Sunday of Lent—5th Sunday before Pascha (35 days)
- 4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent(28 days)
- —4th Sunday of Lent—3rd Sunday before Pascha (21 days)
- —5th Saturday of Great Lent
- —5th Sunday of Lent—2nd Sunday before Pascha (14 days)
See Also: Holy Week
- , the beginning of Holy Week (8 days before Pascha)
- , or the Triumphant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem : last Sunday before Pascha (7 days)
- ''' (from the Old Testament ), who was sold into slavery by his brethren, and the withering of the fig tree () (6 days)
- ''' (5 days)
- ''' by the woman in the house of Simon The Leper in Bethany ; also, the Holy Unction (4 days)
- ''', the "Marvelous Prayer", and the betrayal by Judas Iscariot (3 days)
- ''' of Christ; Joseph Of Arimathea (2 days)
- ''' of Christ, his descent into Hades to raise up mankind and defeat the powers of death (last day before Pascha)
See Also: Pascha
- '''The starting at midnight)
- ''' to the four corners of the world, symbolized by the reading of the Gospel in various languages from the four corners of the Church building (Sunday afternoon)
See Also: Pentecostarion
- : Week following Pascha
- (Sunday of Saint Thomas): 1st Sunday after Pascha (7 days)
- : Tuesday after Thomas Sunday (9 days)
- : 2nd Sunday after Pascha (14 days)
- : 3rd Sunday after Pascha (21 days)
- : 4th Sunday after Pascha (28 days)
- : 5th Sunday after Pascha (35 days)
- (39 days)
- : 6th Sunday after Pascha (42 days)
- , when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles : 7th Sunday after Pascha (49 days)
- : 8th Sunday after Pascha (56 days)
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