Editing Great Lent (section)

====Prodigal Son====
[[File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|[[Rembrandt]]'s painting of the ''Return of the [[Prodigal Son]]'' ({{circa|1662}})]]

The theme of this week is the Parable of the [[Prodigal Son]] ({{bibleverse|Luke|15:11-32|KJV}}). Again, the Triodion does not give [[proper (liturgy)|propers]] for the weekdays. The Gospel Reading on Sunday lays out one of the most important themes of the Lenten season: the process of falling into sin, realization of one's sinfulness, the road to repentance, and finally reconciliation, each of which is illustrated in the course of the parable.

The week following is the only week of the Triodion on which there is normal fasting (i.e. no meat, fish, wine, oil or animal products on Wednesday or Friday except if an important feast such as the [[Presentation of Jesus at the Temple]] or [[Forty Martyrs of Sebaste]] falls on that day, in which case certain foods are allowed).