The last day prior to Great Lent is Forgiveness Sunday ... the year in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Lent always begins on Monday, which is designated as "Clean Monday ...

During the first four days—from Monday to Thursday—the Great Canon of Repentance of St. Andrew of Crete is read in nearly every Orthodox Church. Lenten service in Sretensky ... rouse ourselves to ...

And it doesn’t mean that we have to like everyone or accept the behavior of everyone else. Great Lent begins for Orthodox Christians Great Lent begins for Orthodox Christians The head of the Russian ...

Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday ... (which include the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox branches) use the Julian ...

"Orthodox Christianity is the most widespread ... Only 15% of Russians were able to remember the date when observance of Great Lent begins: March 18. Another 27% said that they knew the date ...

Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday (called Clean Monday), but Ash Wednesday is not observed. Can Catholics eat meat on Ash ...

What they know in Greece is that, in Lent, we begin to shake off winter. So, orthodox christians play with the imagery of a shifting season. They talk about the ‘flower of repentance’ that begins to ...

Many of the Christian faith observe Lent, is about a 40-day period of fasting and prayer. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday ... For Eastern Orthodox Christians, Easter is also the same day.

As a result, the former begins Lent on the seventh Wednesday before Easter Sunday, known as Ash Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Eastern churches start what is known as Great Lent on the Monday of the ...