Editing Great Lent (section)

====Prayer for the dead====
[[Image:MHS Sad Ostateczny XVII w Lipie p.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Last Judgment]] is a repeating theme of Great Lent (17th-century icon from Lipie, [[Poland]]).]]

During the Great Fast, the church also increases its [[prayer for the dead]], not only reminding the believer of his own mortality, and thus increasing the spirit of penitence, but also to remind him of his Christian obligation of charity in praying for the departed. A number of Saturdays during Great Lent are [[Saturday of the dead|Saturdays of the Dead]], with many of the hymns of the Daily Office and at the Divine Liturgy dedicated to remembrance of the departed. These Saturdays are:
*The Saturday of Meatfare Week
*The Second Saturday of Great Lent
*The Third Saturday of Great Lent
*The Fourth Saturday of Great Lent
In addition, the [[Memorial service (Orthodox)#Lity|Lity]], a brief prayer service for the departed, may be served on each weekday of Great Lent, provided there is no [[feast day]] or special observance on that day.