The forty-day fast practically ends on this day. Tomorrow, after we follow Jesus in His entry into Jerusalem, the Church will call us to join another fast, the "Great Week Fast", which used to be, in ancient times, the preparatory fast for Pascha. The convergence of the two fasts, the forty-day fast and the Great ...
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Raising of Lazarus
Lazarus
The feast of the raising of Lazarus, celebrated by the Church in the past on this day, was one of the four days on which the qualified catechumens used to receive the sacrament of baptism. Two things are essential in the celebration of this feast: the first is that the position of the feast seems ...
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