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36415	Schmemann, Alexander	Great Lent: A School of Repentance. Its Meaning for Orthodox Christians			.txt	text/plain	4595	365	77	[Illustration: GREAT LENT A SCHOOL OF REPENTANCE (front cover)] our houses, that from Christ our God we may receive the great mercy." We are approaching again the Great Lent--the time of repentance, the special time of repentance and calls each Orthodox Christian to a --the Orthodox teaching on fasting, prayer and other spiritual of Lent and repentance: that of the =return to God=. On the week following Meat Fare Sunday a limited =fasting= is prescribed. We must train and prepare ourselves for the great effort of Lent. The Great Lent consists of six weeks or forty days. The Great Canon is sung and read twice during Lent: in four parts at On weekdays of Lent this prayer is read twice at the end of each readings, it contains special Lenten hymns to be sung every day at the Church's progress in Lent by reading those lessons and books which	./cache/36415.txt	./txt/36415.txt