In some dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church it is customary for the bishop to visit each parish or region of the diocese some time during Great Lent and give Anointing for the faithful, together with the local clergy.

In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent begins on Clean Monday, rather than Wednesday, so the household's dairy products would be used up in the preceding week, called Cheesefare Week.

The Estonian name lihavõtted and the Hungarian húsvét, however, literally mean the taking of the meat, relating to the end of the Great Lent fasting period.

In Eastern Christianity, the spiritual preparation for Pascha begins with Great Lent, which starts on Clean Monday and lasts for 40 continuous days ( including Sundays ).

The last week of Great Lent ( following the fifth Sunday of Great Lent ) is called Palm Week, and ends with Lazarus Saturday.

The Vespers which begins Lazarus Saturday officially brings Great Lent to a close, although the fast continues through the following week.

Among the Oriental Orthodox, a variety of anaphoras are used, but all are similar in structure to those of the Constantinopolitan Rite, in which the Anaphora of Saint John Chrysostom is used most days of the year ; Saint Basil's is offered on the Sundays of Great Lent, the eves of Christmas and Theophany, Holy Thursday, Holy Saturday, and upon his feast day ( 1 January ).

The best known of these writings is the Prayer of Saint Ephrem which is recited at every service during Great Lent and other fasting periods in Eastern Christianity.

His feast day is celebrated on 28 January and on the Saturday of the Venerable Fathers ( Cheesefare Saturday ), which is the Saturday before the beginning of Great Lent.

Very popular during fasting periods, such as the Great Lent:

This book is one of the most widely-read among Orthodox Christians, especially during the season of Great Lent which immediately precedes Pascha ( Easter ).

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine Catholic Churches additionally commemorate him on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent.

* St John Climacus ( of the Ladder ) Orthodox icon and synaxarion for Fourth Sunday of Great Lent

The epinomical practice in question being drinking milk on most of the approximately 200 fasting days, especially the Great Fast ( Lent )— an activity which was prohibited by all other ecclesiastical authorities of the time.

Unlike the West, Palm Sunday is not considered to be a part of Lent, the Eastern Orthodox Great Fast ends on the Friday before.

The bulk of the resistance probably stemmed from varying doctrines and practices between east and west ; for example, Roman deacons were prohibited from living with their wives after ordination, Roman priests were prohibited from having married twice prior to ordination, and Roman Christians were prohibited from fasting on the Saturdays of Great Lent and allowed to consume animal blood.

In Eastern Orthodox Church, its equivalent, the Sunday before the Great Lent, is called the Forgiveness Sunday or the Cheesefare Sunday.

The former name derives from that this Sunday is followed by a special Vespers called the Forgiveness Vespers which opens Great Lent.

The church never allows strict fasting on any Saturday ( except Holy Saturday ) or Sunday, and the fasting rules on those Saturdays and Sundays which fall during one of the fasting seasons ( such as Great Lent, Apostles ' Fast, etc.

During Great Lent, when the celebration of the Liturgy is forbidden on weekdays, there is always Liturgy on Saturday as well as Sunday.

This council is celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite as " The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy " each year on the first Sunday of Great Lent — the fast that leads up to Pascha ( Easter )— and again on the Sunday closest to October 11 ( the Sunday on or after October 8 ).

Traditionally, Orthodox spouses abstain from physical relations on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays the eves of Great Feasts and throughout the four lenten periods ( Great Lent.

Short Ride in a Fast Machine ( Fanfare for Great Woods ) ( 1986 ): This piece is joyfully exuberant, brilliantly scored for a large orchestra.

During the Great Fast, a special service book is used, known as the Lenten Triodion, which contains the Lenten texts for the Daily Office ( Canonical Hours ) and Liturgies.

During the Great Fast, the church also increases its prayer for the dead, not only reminding the believer of his own mortality, and thus increasing the spirit of penitence, but also to remind him of his Christian obligation of charity in praying for the departed.

Before the forty days of Great Lent commence, there is a three-week Pre-Lenten season, to prepare the faithful for the spiritual work they are to accomplish during the Great Fast.

At the end of the service comes the " Ceremony of Mutual Forgiveness " during which all of the people one by one ask forgiveness of one another, that the Great Fast may begin in a spirit of peace.

At Great Compline during the first four days of the Fast ( Monday through Thursday ) the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is divided into four parts and one part is chanted each night ( for further information about the Great Canon, see Fifth Week, below ).

The Sunday which ends the fourth week is dedicated to St. John Climacus, whose work, The Ladder of Divine Ascent has been read throughout the Great Lenten Fast.

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When a Saturday falls during one of the fasting seasons ( Great Lent, Nativity Fast, Apostles ' Fast, Dormition Fast ) the fasting rules are always lessened to an extent.

Richmond has been used as a filming location for a significant number of TV programmes & films including The Fast Show, Century Falls, Earthfasts, A Woman of Substance ( 1984 ) and All Creatures Great and Small amongst others.

Orthodox Christians should go to confession at least four times a year ; often during one of the four fasting periods ( Great Lent, Nativity Fast, Apostles ' Fast and Dormition Fast ).

Short Ride in a Fast Machine ( Fanfare for Great Woods ) is a musical piece composed by John Adams.

As with the other Fasts of the Church year, there is a Great Feast that falls during the Fast ; in this case, the Transfiguration ( August 6 ), on which fish, wine and oil are allowed.

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So it is with Great Expectations, whether the hands be Orlick's as he strikes down Mrs. Gargery or Pip's as he steals a pie from her pantry.

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In Korea, the Hangul alphabet was created by Sejong the Great Hangul is a unique alphabet: it is a featural alphabet, where many of the letters are designed from a sound's place of articulation ( P to look like the widened mouth, L to look like the tongue pulled in, etc.

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