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Lenten periods
===Lenten periods===
There are four main periods of fasting (lenten periods):
:1. The [[Great Lent]] is the period of six weeks preceding [[Holy Week]] in anticipation of that greatest the Feast of [[Great Feasts|feastsFeasts]], [[Pascha]].:2. Advent, or the The [[Nativity]] fast Fast (or Advent; 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]], the Festival of the Nativity of the Savior.:3. The [[Apostles]]' fast 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]].:4. The [[Dormition]] fast Fast is the period of the first two weeks of August in anticipation of the feast of the [[Dormition]] of the [[Theotokos]].
===Fasting days===
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