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===Lenten periods===
There are four main periods of fasting (lenten periods):
:1. [[Great Lent]] is the period of six weeks following the [[Lenten Triodion]] and preceding [[Holy Week]] in anticipation of that greatest of [[Great Feasts|feasts]], [[Pascha]].
:2. Advent, or the [[Nativity]] fast (also called St. [[Apostle Philip|Philip]]'s Fast, coming immediately after his feast on [[November 14]]), is the period from [[November 15]] to [[December 24]] (forty days) in anticipation of [[Christmas]].
:3. The [[Apostles]]' fast is the period from the week following [[Pentecost]] (a variable feast) to the [[feast day]] of Sts. [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]] on [[June 29]].