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=====Great Fast (Sawma Rabba)=====
During these weeks the faithful meditate over the 40-day fast of Jesus and the culmination of his public life in passion, death and burial. The season begins 50 days before Easter on Peturta Sunday and comprises the whole period of [[Great Lent]] and culminates on [[Easter|Resurrection Sunday]]. Word Peturta in Syriac means "looking back" or "reconciliation". 
Faithful enter the weeks of Great Fast, celebrating the memory of all the Faithful Departed on the last Friday of Denha.

According to the ecclesial tradition, the weeks of Great Fast is also an occasion to keep up the memory of the beloved Departed through special prayers, renunciation, almsgiving, and so on and thus prepare oneself for a good death and resurrection in Jesus Christ. During the fast faithful of [[Syro Malabar Church]] do not use meat, fish, egg, many dairy products, and most favorite food items, and avoid sexual contacts on all days including Sundays and Feast days. Before European colonization, [[Nasrani (India)|Indian Nasranis]] used to have food only once a day (after 3:00 pm) on all days during Great Fast.
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Feasts in the Lenten Season
*Peturta Sunday on First Sunday of Great Fast
*[[Clean Monday|Ash Monday]] or [[Clean Monday]] on the first day (Monday) of Great Fast
*[[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]] Friday on the sixth Friday of Great Fast
*[[Palm Sunday|Oshana Sunday]] on the seventh Sunday of Great Fast
*[[Maundy Thursday|Thursday of Pesha]]
*[[Good Friday|Friday of Passion]] or [[Good Friday]]
*[[Holy Saturday|Great Saturday]] or Saturday of Light

The following feasts are always in the Lenten Season:
*Feast of Mar [[Cyril of Jerusalem]] (March 18)
*Feast of [[Saint Joseph]] (March 19)
*[[Feast of the Annunciation]] (March 25)