Church Worship as a Journey to Heaven
What are the Holy Fifty Days following the Feast of the Resurrection?
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- a. The Feast of the Resurrection and the evening prayer on Resurrection Sunday (an invitation to the resurrected life).
- b. Thomas Sunday (or New Sunday, or the eighth day).
- c. Feast of the Ascension, forty days after the Resurrection.
- d. Pentecost (descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles) and the Prostration Prayer on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection (preparation for the heavenly annunciation).
- e. Fast of the Apostles ending with the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (invitation to evangelical service).