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 CenterTransition Period between Great Lent and Great and Holy Week
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. The Transition Period begins at the beginning of the Vespers of Lazarus Saturday on the evening of the Friday after the Fifth Sunday of Lent and ends just before the Vespers of Great and Holy Monday on Holy and Glorious Palm Sunday--Shaneeneh afternoon. The Transition Period is a time of celebration that is a time of feasting, not fasting.
How to determine when the Transition Period occursA count back from the date of Pascha is made. TraditionsTraditions of Great Lent and Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton PapersTwo Resurrections?? Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton ImagesImages of Holy Week Melkite Greek Catholic Church Eparchy of Newton Great and Holy WeekGreat and Holy Week is within the Pascha Cycle. Great and Holy Week is between the Transition Period between Great Lent and Great and Holy Week and Holy and Glorious Pascha. Great and Holy Week begins at the beginning of the Vespers of Great and Holy Monday on Holy and Glorious Palm Sunday--Shaneeneh afternoon and ends just before the Divine Liturgy of Holy and Glorious Pascha is celebrated on Great and Holy Saturday evening. Great LentGreat 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. Liturgical CycleGreat Feast DaysFeasts Days - SpecificHoly God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ 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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