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Holy
Saturday could be thought of as a Forefeast of Pascha, but the Bright Resurrection of Christ is so far above and beyond the normal level of Great Feasts that it falls into a category all by itself. It does, however have an Afterfeast, and that is why it is treated in this
604:, Pascha can occur as early as March 22.) The Apodosis is celebrated at Vespers on the evening of the Feast if the following day is a Lenten weekday or St. Lazarus Saturday. If the following day is a Saturday or Sunday, the Feast is celebrated for two days.
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is extended for a number of days, depending upon the particular Feast. Each day of an
Afterfeast will have particular hymns assigned to it, continuing the theme of the Feast being celebrated. At each of the
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for "leave-taking", lit. "giving-back") of the Feast. On the
Apodosis, most of the hymns that were chanted on the first day of the Feast are repeated. On the Apodosis of Feasts of the
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of the feast will usually be chanted on every day of the
Afterfeast (if two canons were chanted on the day of the feast, they will be alternated on the days of the afterfeast).
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Each of these three has only 1 day of
Afterfeast, and no Apodosis. These are not counted among the Twelve Great Feasts (i.e., Great Feasts of the Lord or Theotokos).
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The
Forefeast of the Ascension is the same day as the Apodosis of Pascha. In contemporary practice, the Forefeast is often omitted or celebrated at Compline.
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The
Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord is of variable length, depending on the date of Pascha: the Afterfeast must generally end before the beginning of
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Mid-Pentecost is unique in that it is a Feast that falls within a Feast (falling as it does within the
Afterfeast of Pascha).
126:, the remaining services of the day in question falling outside the festal period. This is indicated in the table below as
412:
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Synaxis of Ss. Symeon the God-Receiver and Anna the
Prophetesse (3 February—the day after the Meeting of the Lord)
593:
359:
171:
39:
396:
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500:
466:(26 March—the day after the Annunciation) If the Annunciation falls during Holy Week the Synaxis is omitted.
187:
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203:
580:. (For the Orthodox, the latter timing is only possible for Orthodox churches who continue to follow the
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do not have
Forefeasts). Forefeasts and Afterfeasts will affect the structure of the services during the
589:
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on each day of the Forefeast. (However, the Triodion of the Forefeast of the Transfiguration is said at
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commemorates a saint who is intimately bound up with the Feast being celebrated. The four Synaxes are:
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503:(August 1), though it is not counted as a Great Feast, has one day of Forefeast, and no Afterfeast.
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43:
89:. Some of the Great Feasts of the Lord have a special canon composed of only three odes, called a
601:
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Five of these Afterfeasts have a special commemoration on the day following the Feast, called a
463:
219:
577:
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478:
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is a special day of strict fasting and preparation in anticipation of the Feast, called a
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597:
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Synaxis of the Theotokos (26 December—the day after the Nativity of our Lord)
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375:
115:
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63:
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Most of these Great Feasts also have a day or more of preparation called a
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Other Great Feasts that have Afterfeasts (although no Forefeasts) are:
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calendar falls too early to be that close to even the earliest date of
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42:(somewhat analogous to what in Western Christianity would be called an
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572:
The Forefeast is omitted if it would fall on the third Sunday of
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or Postfeast, is a period of celebration attached to one of the
446:(9 September—the day after the Nativity of the Theotokos)
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could be considered a type of Forefeast for Palm Sunday.
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The Forefeasts and Afterfeasts break down as follows:
456:(7 January—the day after the Theophany of our Lord)
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106:The last day of an Afterfeast is called the
474:The Nativity of the Forerunner (June 24)
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645:Apodosis of the Dormition in Jerusalem
81:(most Feasts that are on the moveable
70:of the feast are read or chanted. The
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665:Eastern Orthodox liturgical days
484:The Feast of the Holy Apostles,
21:Leavetaking (The Wheel of Time)
95:, which is usually chanted at
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302:Annunciation of the Theotokos
559:The day before Palm Sunday,
479:Beheading of the Forerunner
397:Transfiguration of our Lord
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413:Dormition of the Theotokos
348:Twenty-fifth day of Pascha
332:Sunday of the Resurrection
62:during an Afterfeast, the
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172:Nativity of the Theotokos
40:Eastern Catholic Churches
584:, since March 25 in the
501:Procession of the Cross
188:Exaltation of the Cross
49:The celebration of the
385:Fiftieth day of Pascha
364:Fortieth day of Pascha
204:Entry of the Theotokos
430:. In this context, a
360:Ascension of our Lord
236:Theophany of our Lord
16:Period of celebration
578:St. Lazarus Saturday
282:Sunday before Pascha
220:Nativity of our Lord
520:Eve of the Nativity
252:Meeting of our Lord
602:Gregorian Calendar
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83:Paschal Cycle
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192:14 September
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51:Great Feasts
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32:Great Feasts
27:
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481:(August 29)
278:Palm Sunday
224:25 December
208:21 November
176:8 September
55:church year
28:Afterfeast,
654:Categories
548:Great Lent
492:(June 29).
454:Forerunner
256:2 February
147:Forefeast
417:15 August
376:Pentecost
240:6 January
116:Theotokos
79:Forefeast
68:kontakion
64:troparion
525:Paramony
401:6 August
306:25 March
160:Days of
151:Name of
145:Days of
108:Apodosis
97:Compline
92:Triodion
596:of the
440:Joachim
432:Synaxis
428:Synaxis
314:⁄
289:⁄
264:⁄
136:a day.
131:⁄
124:Vespers
53:of the
614:table.
592:. For
590:Pascha
328:Pascha
153:Feast
101:Matins
44:Octave
507:Notes
486:Peter
157:Date
72:canon
574:Lent
518:The
490:Paul
488:and
477:The
444:Anna
442:and
66:and
38:and
335:39
319:–2
269:–8
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367:9
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351:8
324:0
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216:5
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