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The Melkite Greek Catholic Church has an Annual Liturgical Cycle. Each Liturgical Cycle has a Preparing Time Period and a Celebrating Time Period. The Preparing Time Period and the Celebrating Time Period are equally important because the reason for both time periods is equally important. Every Preparing Time Period (fasting, praying, and performing Charity) is followed by a Celebrating (Feasting) Time Period. Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha and Great Feast of the Nativity According to the Flesh of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ hae the same lenght of Preparing Time Period and Celebrating Time Period: forty days. The Feast Day is counted as the first day (day one) in the Celebrating Time Period. Periods of feasting are periods of celebration. We celebrate by feasting. "Feasting" is eating all foods and drinking all drinks all the time. During periods of feasting, Melkites are required to eat the specific forbidden foods and drink the specific forbidden beverages. They can eat and drink any time during the day and the night. Periods of Feasting
Feast Days
Great Feast of the The Annunciation (Al Bisharah) of The Theotokos and Ever-Virgin MaryBecause this feast is so important, the regulations for feasting on the Great Feast of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) of The Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, 25 March, always supersedes the regulations for fasting during the Preparation for the Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha - Fesakh - Hajmeh. This Great Feast Day is always a day of feasting. Transition Period between Great Lent and Great and Holy WeekThe Transition Period between Great Lent and Great and Holy Week is Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday --Shaneeneh is a Celebrating Time Period. Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Holy CrossBecause this feast is so important, The Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Lifegiving Holy Cross, 14 September, is always a day of fasting (fast and abstience). More InformationCyberTypicon Reverend Father Peter Boutros
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