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→First Class Feasts—Feasts of the Lord
*Most of these feasts have both a [[forefeast]] and a [[leavetaking]] (exceptions: '''Palm Sunday''' has neither; '''Ascension''' and '''Pentecost''' have a leavetaking but no forefeast).
*An [[All-Night Vigil]] is appointed for the eve of the feast.
*At [[Vespers|Great Vespers]] the **The [[Psalter#Kathismata|kathisma]] reading from the [[Psalter]] that follows the litany of peace is omitted unless the feast coincides with a [[Sunday]], in which case the first kathisma (Psalms 1-8) is read at Great Vespers on Saturday evening as usual (exceptions: the first kathisma is omitted on the eve of Pentecost and on the eves of '''Nativity''', '''Theophany''', and '''Transfiguration''' when those feasts fall on a Sunday).**Old Testament readings follow the prokeimenon.
*[[Festal Orthros]]
**The [[polyeleos]] (Psalms 134 and 135) is chanted immediately after the second poetic kathisma (on a Sunday it replaces the [[amomos]] (Psalm 118) as the third reading from the Psalter).
**Select Psalm verses from the [[eclogarion]] can follow the polyeleos, if desired.
**There is a gospel [[pericope ]] for the feast (chanted from the [[holy doorsHoly Doors]] and without a veneration following).
**The praises and the great doxology are chanted.
*At the [[Divine Liturgy]] for the feast, the patronal [[troparion]] of the temple is suppressed.
*The divine services are for the feast alone; all other commemorations are suppressed (even on a Sunday).
*When the feast falls on a [[fasting|fasting day]], the fast is relaxed to permit fish, wine, and oil(exception: in '''Elevation of the Holy Cross''', even if it falls on Sunday, a strict fasting is observed.).
== Second Class Feasts—Feasts of the Theotokos ==
:[[Annunciation|''Annunciation'']], [[March 25|''March 25'']]'''+'''
:'''+ ''These are considered Feasts of the Theotokos, but they also share certain characteristics proper to First Class Feasts''.'''
*These feasts have both a forefeast and a leavetaking.
*An All-Night Vigil is appointed for the eve of the feast.
*At Great Vespers**When the feast falls on any day other than Sunday, the kathisma reading of appointed for the day for Great Vespers (following the litany of peace) is replaced by the first [[stasis]] of the first kathisma (Psalms 1-3) (exceptions: at the Great Vespers for the '''Presentation of Christ''' and '''Annunciation''' the kathisma reading is omitted altogether). **When the feast falls on a Sunday the first kathisma (Psalms 1-8) is read at Great Vespers on Saturday evening as usual. **Old Testament readings follow the prokeimenon.
*At Festal Orthros
**The polyeleos (Psalms 134 and 135, or Psalm 44 with its poetic refrains) is chanted immediately after the second poetic kathisma (on a Sunday it replaces the amomos (Psalm 118) as the third reading from the Psalter).
**The praises and the great doxology are chanted.
*At the Divine Liturgy for the feast, the patronal troparion of the temple is suppressed.
* When the feast falls on any day other than Sunday, the divine services are for the feast alone; all other commemorations are suppressed. When the feast falls on a Sunday the services for the feast are combined with those of the Resurrectionfrom the [[Octoechos]]. *When the feast falls on a fasting day, the fast is relaxed to permit fish, wine, and oil (exception: when '''Annunciation''' falls during [[Holy Week]], wine and oil (but not fish) are permitted; when '''Annunciation''' falls on [[Holy_Week|Holy Friday]] or [[Holy Saturday]], wine (but not oil or fish) are permitted).
== Third Class Feasts—Vigil and Polyeleos Commemorations ==
'''Third Class Feasts''' are commemorations for which the [[Menaion]] includes a complete akolouthia.
*These feasts generally do not have a forefeast or a leavetaking (exceptions: the commemorations of St. [[Demetrios]] ([[October 26]]), the [[Nativity of the Forerunner]] ([[June 24]]), Ss. [[Apostle Peter |Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] ([[June 29]]), and the [[Beheading of St. John the Forerunner|Beheading of the Forerunner]] ([[August 29]]) each has a leavetaking).
*An All-Night Vigil may be appointed if there is a text for [[Little Vespers]] in the Menaion, in which case the commemoration is designated '''Vigil'''. Otherwise, an All-Night Vigil is not appointed and the commemoration is designated '''Polyeleos'''.
*At Great Vespers
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