The first day is known as " Trinity Sunday "; the second day is known as " Spirit Monday " ( or " Monday of the Holy Spirit "); and the third day, Tuesday, is called the " Third Day of the Trinity ".." The Afterfeast of Pentecost lasts for one week, during which fasting is not permitted, even on Wednesday and Friday.

The Feast of the Dormition has a one-day Forefeast and 8 days of Afterfeast.

The Transfiguration is preceded by a one-day Forefeast and is followed by an Afterfeast of eight days, ending the day before the Forefeast of the Dormition.

** Ascension and its Afterfeast

** Pentecost and its Afterfeast

Though liturgical colours are not as fixed in the Eastern practice ( normally there are simply " festive " colours and " somber " or Lenten colours ), in some churches, green is used for Pentecost and its Afterfeast.

The Afterfeast of the Nativity ( similar to the Western octave ) continues until 31 December ( that day is known as the Apodosis or " leave-taking " of the Nativity ).

* In the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church, an Apodosis is the final day of an Afterfeast

Most of those on the Fixed Cycle have a period of preparation called a Forefeast, and a period of celebration afterward, similar to the Western Octave, called an Afterfeast.

This is normally done on Theophany, or at least during the Afterfeast, but if the parishioners are numerous, and especially if many live far away from the church, it may take some time to bless each house.

Afterfeast: The Feast of Theophany is followed by an eight-day Afterfeast on which the normal fasting laws are suspended.

The Triodion is used until the lights are extinguished before midnight at the Paschal Vigil, at which time it is replaced by the Pentecostarion, which begins by replacing the normal services entirely ( during Bright Week ) and gradually diminishes until the normal services resume following the Afterfeast of Pentecost.

Joachim and Anna, an Afterfeast.

The Feast of the Exaltation has a one-day Forefeast and an eight-day Afterfeast.

However, Pokrov has no Afterfeast.

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 liturgical season from Pascha to the Sunday of All Saints ( the Sunday after Pentecost ) is known as the Pentecostarion ( the " fifty days ").

Great Lent officially begins on Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha ( Ash Wednesday is not observed in Eastern Christianity ) and runs for 40 contiguous days, concluding with the Presanctified Liturgy on Friday of the Sixth Week.

Though there are no materials provided in the Lenten Triodion for this day, it is the very first day that is affected by the date of the upcoming Pascha ( all the preceding days having been affected by the previous Pascha ).

There are four fasting seasons during the year: The most important fast is Great Lent which is an intense time of fasting, almsgiving and prayer, extending for forty days prior to Palm Sunday and Holy Week, as a preparation for Pascha.

* Ascension ( 40 days after Pascha )

* Pentecost ( 50 days after Pascha )

Great Vespers is the form served on Sundays and major feast days ( those of Polyeleos rank or above ) when it may be celebrated alone or as part of an All-Night Vigil, or as the commencement of the Divine Liturgy, or on a few special occasions, e. g., Good Friday or Pascha afternoon.

The services that day, as in the rest of Bright Week, are quite different than during the rest of the year and are similar to the services on Pascha ( Easter Sunday ) and include an outdoor procession after the Divine Liturgy ; while this is prescribed for all days of that week, often they are only celebrated on Monday and maybe a couple of other days in parish churches, especially in non-Orthodox countries.

The Priest vests fully in his Eucharistic Vestments on the Sunday of Pascha, and in Epitrachelion ( Stole ) and Phelonion ( chasuble ) for the other days of Bright Week-Gospel only on Sunday, no Doxology at all ( neither Small nor Great ).

The 50 days following Pascha are called the Pentecostarion ( again, named after the liturgical book ).

* The Publican and the Pharisee: 10th Sunday before Pascha ( 70 days )

* The Prodigal Son: 9th Sunday before Pascha ( 63 days )

* The Last Judgment ; also, Meat-Fare Sunday ( the last day meat may be eaten ): 8th Sunday before Pascha ( 56 days )

* Sunday of Forgiveness ; 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 ( 40 days )

* Clean Monday, the actual beginning of Great Lent: 48 days before Pascha

* Triumph of Orthodoxy — 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 )

* Saint Gregory Palamas — 2nd Sunday of Lent — 5th Sunday before Pascha ( 35 days )

* Adoration of the Cross 4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent ( 28 days )

* Saint John of the Ladder — 4th Sunday of Lent — 3rd Sunday before Pascha ( 21 days )

* Saint Mary of Egypt — 5th Sunday of Lent — 2nd Sunday before Pascha ( 14 days )

Then, with the coming of Easter, Pascha the eating of eggs resumes.

The Sunday before Easter is Palm Sunday, with the Wednesday before Pascha being known as Spy Wednesday.

Drake left Plymouth on 24 May 1572, with a crew of 73 men in two small vessels, the Pascha ( 70 tons ) and the Swan ( 25 tons ), to capture Nombre de Dios.

St. Mary of Bethany is commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches with her sister Martha on June 4, as well as on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers ( the Third Sunday of Pascha, i. e. the Third Sunday of Easter ).

** Bright Week ( Easter Week ) Commencing with matins on Pascha ( Easter Sunday ) through the following Saturday

The Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches commemorate Nicodemus on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, celebrated on the Third Sunday of Pascha ( i. e., the second Sunday after Easter ) as well as August 2, the date when tradition holds that his relics were found, along with those of Stephen the Protomartyr, Gamaliel, and Abibas ( Gamaliel's second son ).

In response, in 1924, the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece voted to accept an altered form of the Gregorian calendar that both maintained the traditional Julian calendar Paschalion for calculating the date of Pascha and all of the moveable feasts dependent on it, but adopted a system of dates which will agree with the Gregorian Calendar (" New Calendar ") dates until 2800, when the two will start very slowly to diverge, due to slightly different methods of calculating leap years.

The Pascha continued to flourish however, and now has evolved into a chain with additional brothels in Munich and Salzburg.

In April 2006, an advertisement for the Pascha brothel in Cologne that featured a several story image of a half-naked woman with the flags of 2006 FIFA World Cup countries sparked outrage after Muslims were offended by the inclusion of the Saudi Arabian and Iranian flags.

The largest brothel in Europe is the eros center Pascha in Cologne, a 12 story building with some 120 rooms for rent and several bars.

Even during the period of Early Christianity, part of the East ( Western Anatolia ) was in disagreement with Pope Victor I over Quartodecimanism, holding that Easter ( called Pascha in both Greek and Latin ) should be celebrated at the full moon, like the Jewish Passover, not on the following Sunday.

Magiritsa () is a Greek soup made from lamb offal, associated with the Easter ( Pascha ) tradition of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Prepared by Greeks on Holy Saturday along with the next day's lamb, magiritsa is consumed immediately after the Pascha midnight Divine Liturgy.

All dates having to do with Pascha ( Easter )-the beginning of Great Lent, Ascension, Pentecost, etc.

This was a title given to St. Alexander I ( the 19th Archbishop of Alexandria ), in honor of the canonical responsibilities bestowed upon the Primates of Alexandria thereafter, to determine the date of the Pascha, and to convey ecclesiastical letters of notification to all Hierarchies of the Universal Church, along with the Paschal encyclical.

An Old Scouts Guild, affiliated with the Pfadfinder-Gilde Österreichs is named Slatin Pascha.