Fasting Seasons and Days |
Paschal Cycle:
1. Meatfast the week before the beginning of Great Lent
2. Great Lent and Holy Week
Yearly Cycle: 1. Nativity (St. Philip's) Fast Nov. 15 through Dec. 24 2. Apostles' (Peter and Paul) Fast from the Monday after All Saints Sunday through June 28 3. Dormition (Theotokos) Fast Aug. 1 through Aug. 14 Fast Days: 1. The Wednesdays and Fridays of the Year, except for Fast-free Weeks 2. The Eve of Theophany Jan. 5 3. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist Aug. 29 4. The Elevation of the Cross Sept. 14 Fast-Free Weeks: 1. Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve Dec. 25 through Jan. 4 2. The week following the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee 3. Bright Week the week after Pascha 4. Trinity Week the week after Pentecost, concluding with All Saints Sunday
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