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Great Lent en · PROPN

Etymology

A calque from a language with traditional Orthodox practice, where this fast is called "great" to distinguish it from the Advent and Dormition fasts, likely a calque of Byzantine Greek Μεγάλη Νηστεία (Megálē Nēsteía).

Meanings

1. In Eastern Christianity, the period of fasting before Pascha.

Relateds

Lent

Synonyms

Great Fast

Translations (9)

uk Вели́кий піст (Great Lent) · fr Grand Carême (Great Lent) · ru Вели́кий по́ст (Great Lent) · el Μεγάλη Νηστεία (Great Lent) · es Gran Cuaresma (Great Lent) · sk Veľký pôst (Great Lent) · ota بیوك پرهیز (Great Lent) · de Große Fastenzeit (Great Lent) · de große Fastenzeit (Great Lent)