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QUESTION 1

Is Holy Week part of Great Lent?

QUESTION 2

When does Great Lent end?

QUESTION 3

Usually, Feasts of the Lord are several days long. the feast is celebrated in some way after the main commemoration. There is one great feast of the Lord that only lasts one day. Which is it? Speculate why.

QUESTION 4

Which TWO separate feasts use the same troparion? Why?

QUESTION 5

What Gospel(s) is the Raising of Lazarus recounted in? What day is the Feast celebrated? Why? Who were Lazarus' siblings? What happened to St. Lazarus after his resurrection?

QUESTION 6

Why did Christ ride into Jerusalem on the foal of an ass?

QUESTION 7

It is traditional for the faithful to hold Palms during the Palm Sunday liturgy. when are these palms given out? What other plant is popularly used, especially by Russians? In the historical Palm Sunday, how were the palms used?

QUESTION 8

Why did so many people greet Jesus when He entered Jerusalem.

QUESTION 9

What, in general, is the Typicon for the celebration of Palm Sunday? Which service books are used for the vespers, matins and Divine liturgy. Try to be comprehensive.

QUESTION 10

What rules about food does everyone remember for Palm Sunday