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Line 58: The services of the [[Canonical Hours]] are much longer during Great Lent and the structure of the services is different on weekdays. The usual evening [[Compline#Small Compline|small compline]] is replaced by the much longer service of [[Great Compline]]. While in the Russian tradition Great Compline is used on Friday night (though some parts are read rather than sung and some Lenten material is replaced by non-Lenten hymns), in the Greek practice, ordinary Compline is used together with, on the first four weeks, a quarter of the [[Akathist#Akathist to the Theotokos|Akathist to the Theotokos]]. On the fifth Saturday, known as the Saturday of the Akathist, everywhere, the entire Akathist is sung at Matins. In “The Typikon Decoded”, Archbishop Job Getcha offers this comparison of the commemorations associated with the Sundays of Great Lent in the “Ancient Triodion”. These more ancient commemorations are retained in the hymnography still in use for the “Contemporary” Sundays of St Gregory Palamas, St John of the Ladder, and St Mary of Egypt. On each of these, the troparia of the 1<sup>st</sup> Canon at Matins reference the more ancient commemoration (the Prodigal Son, Good Samaritan, and the Rich Man and Lazarus respectively). In addition, during Palm Week (between the Sunday of St Mary of Egypt and Lazarus Saturday), the 1<sup>st</sup> Canon at Matins on each weekday references the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus as a parallel to the Lazarus of Bethany who falls ill and is raised from the dead after four days in the tomb (John 11:1-45). '''Ancient Triodia''' '''Contemporary Triodia''' ''(Jerusalem Lectionary)'' ''(Constantinople Lectionary)'' Sunday of the Holy Prophets Sunday of Triumph of Orthodoxy Sunday of the Prodigal Son Sunday of St Gregory Palamas Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee Veneration of the Cross Sunday of the Good Samaritan Sunday of St John Climacus (of "The Ladder") Sunday of the Rich Man & Lazarus Sunday of St Mary of Egypt Palm Sunday Palm Sunday ==== Theme of Lenten joy ==== | |||