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Quiz: Great Lent

1. On which day does the season of Great Lent end according to the Jerusalem liturgical statutes?

1 On Wednesday of Holy Week, when the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served for the last time and the Prayer of Ephrem the Syrian is read
2 On Holy Saturday, before Easter
3 On the Friday before Lazarus Saturday, when the stichera "Having fulfilled Forty Days..." is sung
4 On Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Great Lent

Correct answer: №3

Correct!

Comment:
On Friday before Lazarus Saturday, according to the church statutes, the forty-day Lent is completed, as indicated by the verse, "Having fulfilled Forty Days, we ask to see the Holy Week of Thy Passion...". Coming days are Lazarus Saturday and Palm Week, the feasts between the Forty Days and Holy Week, and then a special time - Holy Week.

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