Great Lent
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Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season of the church year within many denominations of Eastern Christianity. It is intended to prepare Christians for the greatest feast of
Eucharist at St. Mary's Church, Meenangadi
The Crucifixion. Icon by Theophanes the Cretan (16th century, Stavronikita monastery, Mount Athos).
Saint Gregory Dialogus, who is credited with compiling the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Last Judgment is a repeating theme of Great Lent (17th-century icon from Lipie, Poland).
Byzantine Rite
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The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern
Great Lent
…additional liturgical celebrations described below, Christians are expected to pay closer attention to and increase their private prayer. According to Byzantine Rite theology, when asceticism is increased, prayer must be increased also. The Church Fathers have referred to fasting without prayer as "the fast of the…
An iconostasis separates the sanctuary from the nave in Byzantine Rite churches. Shown here is part of a six-row iconostasis at Uglich Cathedral. North Deacon's Door (left) and Holy Doors (right).
An Orthodox priest in Argos, Greece, conducts a morning liturgy. Liturgical book readers can be seen.
A baptism
A chrismation