When Is Orthodox Lent 2025. Online calendar of orthodox holidays for 2025. Read about orthodox lent around the world in 2025.
The great fast, or great lent, is the most significant and solemn fasting period in the orthodox christian liturgical calendar, beginning at sundown on cheese fare sunday and culminating on holy saturday, just before easter sunday. Orthodox lent, also known as the great fast, is a time of preparation leading up to the most important celebration in the orthodox christian faith, the feast of the resurrection of.