Great Lent

Great Lent
in Eastern Christianity, the period of fasting before Pascha

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  • Lent, The Season of —    The word Lent has no special significance save only as it designates the time of the Fast before Easter. The word is derived from the Anglo Saxon lencten, meaning the spring season. From this we learn that the Lenten Fast means simply the Fast …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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