Pentekostarion

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In church year: Eastern churches
…after Easter, contained in the Pentēkostarion (post-Easter liturgical service book), including the Feast of Ascension, 40 days after Easter, and concluding with the Festival of All Saints on the Sunday after Pentecost. Other special commemorations of the period are the Feast of Orthodoxy, on the first Sunday in Lent, recalling…
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In Eastern Orthodoxy: The liturgical cycles
…the Easter season in the Pentēkostarion (called the “Flowery Triodion”). The weekly cycle is the continuation of the Resurrection cycle found in the Triōdion and the Pentēkostarion; each week following the Sunday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter) possesses its own musical tone, or mode, in accordance with which all…
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