Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)

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The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent in the Byzantine Rite is a pre-Paschal Sunday commemorating St. Mary of Egypt and emphasizing repentance and ascetic struggle as Lent nears its conclusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunday observance
liturgical feast
moveable feast
pre-Paschal Sunday
associatedWith desert monasticism
life of St. Mary of Egypt
celebratedOn fifth Sunday of Great Lent
chronologicallyFollows Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) NERFINISHED
chronologicallyPrecedes Lazarus Saturday NERFINISHED
Palm Sunday NERFINISHED
commemorates St. Mary of Egypt NERFINISHED
ascetic struggle
repentance
determinedBy date of Pascha
emphasizesPractice almsgiving
confession of sins
fasting
prayer
hasAlternativeName Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt NERFINISHED
hasHymnography canon of repentance
stichera in honor of St. Mary of Egypt
hasLanguageTraditions Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
Greek
various vernacular languages in Byzantine churches
hasLiturgicalBook Triodion NERFINISHED
hasLiturgicalColor Lenten color (often dark or purple, local usage)
hasReading Epistle reading appointed in the Triodion
Gospel reading emphasizing repentance
hasSeasonalContext final phase of Great Lent
hasService Divine Liturgy NERFINISHED
Great Vespers NERFINISHED
Matins
hasTheme God’s mercy
conversion of sinners
humility
perseverance in fasting and prayer
preparation for Pascha
liturgicalFunction to encourage intensified repentance near the end of Lent
to present St. Mary of Egypt as a model of radical conversion
observedBy monastic communities
parish communities
partOf Great Lent NERFINISHED
Paschal cycle NERFINISHED
usedIn Byzantine Rite NERFINISHED
Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine tradition NERFINISHED
Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED

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Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite) precedes Fifth Sunday of Great Lent (Byzantine Rite)