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==Fasting times==
===Lenten Extended fasting periods===There are four main periods of extended fasting (lenten periods):
:1. The [[Great Lent]] is the period of six weeks preceding [[Holy Week]] in anticipation of the Feast of [[Great Feasts|Feasts]], [[Pascha]].
:2. The [[Nativity]] Fast (or Advent; also called St. [[Apostle Philip|Philip]]'s Fast, coming immediately after his feast on [[November 14]]), is the period from [[November 15]] to [[December 24]] (forty days) in anticipation of [[Christmas]], the Festival of the Nativity of the Savior.