Great Lent

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Etymology

A calque from a language with traditional Orthodox practice, where this fast is called "great" to distinguish it from the Advent and Dormition fasts, likely Calque of Byzantine Greek Μεγάλη Νηστεία (Megálē Nēsteía).

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Great Lent

  1. (Christianity) In Eastern Christianity, the period of fasting before Pascha.

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