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From the Old Testament reading at sext on this day, Isaiah 1:16, “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil...”
In the Greek and most other denominations of Eastern Orthodoxy, the liturgical day is reckoned according to Jewish practice and so begins at the vespers service on the preceding Sunday evening.
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/09 09:23 UTC 版)
Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Great Lent. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of the 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday.