Pre-Lenten Triodion 2019
Sunday 17 February 2019 – Sunday 10 March 2019
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 17 Feb Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
- Sun 24 Feb Sunday of the Prodigal Son
- Wed 27 Feb St Raphael Bishop of Brooklyn
- Sun 3 Mar Sunday of Meatfare
- Sat 9 Mar Commemoration of Departed Righteous Monastics; Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
- Sun 10 Mar Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise