LENTEN WORSHIP IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Great Lent consists of six weeks or forty days. It begins on Monday after Cheese Fare Sunday and ends on Friday evening before Palm Sunday. The Saturday of Lazarus’ Resurrection, Palm Sunday the Holy Week form another special liturgical cycle.
The meaning and spirit of Great Lent find their first and most important expression in worship. Not only individuals but the whole Church acquires a penitential spirit, and Lenten services help us to deepen our spiritual vision, to consider our life in the light of Orthodox teaching about man.