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Great Lent is the time of preparation for celebrating Feast of Feasts Holy and Glorious Pascha. We prepare ourselves through praying, fasting, and performing charitable works. Praying, fasting, and performing charitable works are means of spiritual growth. These actions help us to grow stronger spiritually by helping us to focus on Holy God's great gifts and blessings in our lives.
The time of Great Lent should be a time of spiritual focusing and renewal, a time of forgiving and asking for forgiveness, a time of reconciliation and healing. One of the great lessons of Lent is its reminder that we need to put Holy God first in our lives, and that when we do so, Holy God will provide whatever else we need. Let us pray that we will always put HolyGod first--ahead of money and mortgages, parties and personalities, insults and injuries--knowing that when we truly trust in HolyGod, He will provide us with the strength and the will and the creativity to deal with whatever problems or situations we may encounter. PerspectiveOne of the Vespers hymns for the beginning of Great Lent puts this holy season into perspective for us: Let us enter the season of Lent in the spirit of joy, Why is it called "Great" LentThis season is called "Great" because:
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Great Lent is Forty Days.The 40-day count begins at the beginning of the Vespers of Clean Monday Service of Forgiveness on the evening of the Fourth Sunday of Triodion --Cheese fare / Forgiveness and ends just before the Vespers of Lazarus Saturday on the evening of the Friday after the Fifth Sunday of Lent.Cean Monday is day 1 and the Friday after the 5th Sunday of Great Lent is day 40. Sundays do count. How to determine when Clean Monday occursGreat Lent is Forty Days. Patriarch's Great Lent Letter via the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts), United StatesEparch Cyrille Bustros' Great Lent Letter, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts), United StatesEparch John Elya's Great Lent Letter, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Eparchy of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation (Al Bisharah) in Roslindale, Massachusetts), United StatesTraditionsTraditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton More InformationSaint Ignatios of Antioch Melkite Greek Catholic Church Then click on Resources. The first category is Lenten Information. Everything You Wanted to Know About Lent But Were Afraid to Ask St. George Melkite-Greek Catholic Church, Sacramento, CA Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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