Great Lent: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''Great Lent''', or the '''Great Fast''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή, ''Megali Tessarakosti'' or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, ''Megali Nisteia'', meaning "Great 40 Days", and "Great Fast", respectively), is the most important [[fasting]] season of the [[church year]] within many denominations of [[Eastern Christianity]]. It is intended to prepare Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, [[Easter|Pascha]] (Easter).<ref name="Moroz">{{cite web|url=https://risu.org.ua/ua/index/exclusive/kaleidoscope/63352/|title=Лютерани східного обряду: такі є лише в Україні|last=Moroz|first=Vladimir|date=10 May 2016|publisher=РІСУ - Релігійно-інформаційна служба України|language=uk|access-date=19 September 2018|quote=В українських лютеран, як і в ортодоксальних Церквах, напередодні Великодня є Великий Піст або Чотиридесятниця.}}</ref>

[[File:Altar of orthodox Church of saint Wenceslaw and Saint Ludmila in Třebíč, Třebíč District.jpg|thumb|250px|An Orthodox church in the Czech Republic [[antipendia|vested]] in [[liturgical colors|lenten colors]] ([[Třebíč]]).]]

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*[http://lent.goarch.org/ Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha in the Greek Orthodox Church]

*[http://www.pravmir.com/article_166.html Great Lent: History, Significance, Meaning]

*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/pascha Great Lent and Holy Pascha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303041922/http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/pascha/ |date=2008-03-03 }}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080720134806/http://www.rocor.org.au/news/?p=161 A Homily on Fasting and Dispassion] by St. [[Theodore the Studite]], to be read at the beginning of Great Lent

*[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/billykangas/2014/03/lent.html The Origins of Lent] A study of the early historical development of the fast