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| Subject: The week that begins on the Sunday of Pascha[ Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:27 am | |
| The week that begins on the Sunday of Pascha[5] is called Bright Week, and is considered to be one continuous day. The Holy Doors of the iconostasis are left open from the moment they were opened at midnight throughout all of Bright Week, being closed only at the end of the Ninth Hour on Bright Saturday. Most of the features of the Paschal Vigil being repeated, with only slight variations: the tone in which the services are chanted changes from day to day, Matins and the Divine Liturgy are celebrated separately, and the Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom is not repeated. Also, at the end of Liturgy (or, more traditionally, Matins) there is a crucession (religious procession) around the outside of the church every day (or at least on Bright Monday). The entire week is a fast-free period, even on Wednesday and Friday, which are normally fast days throughout the year. limousine service lake forest ilLimo CT | |
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