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*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 [[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).
*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 Friday]] or [[Holy Saturday]], wine (but not oil or fish) are permitted).
