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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).