Great Lent
Culture of origin: Christian · Cultural
Holiday sources: Eastern Orthodox · Eastern Orthodox (new calendar)
Great Lent, the forty days of fasting before Holy Week, begins on Clean Monday, 48 days before Pascha, and runs to the Friday before Lazarus Saturday. Its first Sunday is the Sunday of Orthodoxy.
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