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{{Liturgical year}}

'''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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* [[Easter]]

* [[Fasting and Abstinence of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Lent]]

* [[Fasting and Abstinence of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India|Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Lent]]

* [[Nativity Fast]]

* [[Apostles' Fast]]