Pre-Lenten Triodion 2018
Sunday 28 January 2018 – Sunday 18 February 2018
The three preparatory weeks before Great Lent, when the Lenten Triodion begins: the church eases into fasting while the Gospel readings turn towards repentance.
Key days
- Sun 28 Jan Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
- Tue 30 Jan Synaxis 3 Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom
- Fri 2 Feb Meeting of Christ in the Temple
- Sun 4 Feb Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Sun 11 Feb Sunday of Meatfare
- Mon 12 Feb St Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch; St Aleksy, Metr. of All Russia
- Wed 14 Feb St Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs
- Sun 18 Feb Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise