Parish practice
Godparents
Sponsors who receive the baptised from the font and answer for their Christian upbringing.
Церковный справочник
Что означают слова, которые звучат в храме: облачения, богослужения, таинства, устройство храма.
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Parish practice
Govenie (preparation week)
Several days of preparation for confession and Communion: fasting, services and prayer at home.
Feasts and fasts
Great feasts
Feasts served almost like the twelve, yet not counted among them: the Protection, Peter and Paul, two days of the Forerunner, and the Circumcision.
Feasts and fasts
Great Lent
The longest and strictest fast of the year: 48 days before Pascha, made up of the Forty Days, Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week.
Ranks of sanctity
Great Martyr
A martyr whose sufferings were especially long and severe and whose veneration is widespread — George, Panteleimon, Barbara, Catherine.