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{{stub}}[[Image:Pascha.jpg|right|frame|Resurrection of Christ<ref>Russian Orthodox icon of the [[Resurrection]] of Christ, 16th century</ref>]]'''Bright Week''' or '''Renewal Week''' (in Greek: ''[http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%B5%CE%B2%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1 Διακαινήσιμος εβδομάδα],'' ''Diakainisimos'') is the first week following the '''Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior [[Jesus Christ''' ]], which is celebrated as the '''Holy and Glorious each year at [[Pascha''' and continue all week until ]]. It ends the following Sunday, the [[Sunday of St. Thomas]]. For the Orthodox Christians Bright Week is the first week of the begins a period of celebration that continues for fifty days until '''[[Pentecost''']].
With Bright Week This celebration includes the practice of the faithful begin the period to Pentecost of joyously greeting each other with the [[Paschal greeting|salutation ]] of ''Christ is Risenrisen'' and , followed by the response of ''Indeed indeed He is risen'' or ''truly He is Risenrisen'' , as the whole of creation is renewed by Our Lord and Savior. The services of Bright Week are done with the [[Royal Doors ]] fully open as . This unblocked view of the [[altar]] symbolize’s symbolizes the open door of Christ’s Christ's empty tombas well as the rent veil of the Jewish Temple, which was torn apart at the moment Christ died.
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The entire week is considered to be one continuous day and the main reason why [[fast]]ing is completely prohibited to all Orthodox during the week<ref>[[fast]]ing is also prohibited during Bright Week so that the faithful may recover their strength after the eight weeks of fasting for [[Great Lent]] and [[Holy Week]].</ref>.
== Liturgical variations ===== Funeral services ===If it is necessary to conduct a funeral during Bright Week, this service follows the format for Paschal Matins, with only a few funeral hymns being chanted<ref>Hapgood, Isabel F. (1906), Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic Church (2nd ed.), Englewood NJ: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese (published 1975), pp. 435-6, 610 </ref>. It is held that those Orthodox Christians who die in penitence during this time are released from the bonds of their sins and are accepted into the Kingdom of Heaven<ref>Hapgood, op. cit.</ref>. == Notes==<small><references/></small> ==See also==*[[Pentecostarion]] [[Category:Feasts]][[Category: Liturgics]] [[ro:Săptămâna luminată]]
