Definition of Forefeast. Meaning of Forefeast. Synonyms of Forefeast

- more of preparation called a Forefeast (most Feasts that are on the moveable Paschal Cycle do not have Forefeasts). Forefeasts and Afterfeasts will affect...
- are chanted on Sundays and higher-ranking feast days. The liturgical Forefeast of the Nativity begins on December 20, and concludes with the Paramony...
- non-religious activities), his major celebration is on August 14 (the forefeast of the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God). "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA:...
- products and fish is prohibited. The Feast of the Exaltation has a one-day forefeast and an eight-day afterfeast. The Sa****ay and Sunday before and after...
- is changed before the vespers service that begins the first day of a forefeast, and remains until the apodosis (final day of the afterfeast). Under Western...
- Transfiguration is preceded by a one-day Forefeast and is followed by an Afterfeast of eight days, ending the day before the Forefeast of the Dormition. In Byzantine...
- also read from the apodosis of the Exaltation of the Cross up to the forefeast of the Nativity of Christ, and from the apodosis of Theophany up to the...
- that day is the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil. On 2 January begins the Forefeast of the Theophany. The Eve of the Theophany on 5 January is a day of strict...
- hymnography used on this day and the hymns chanted on Good Friday. Forefeast: The liturgical Forefeast of Theophany begins on January 2 and concludes with the Paramony...
- the Lord and a Great Feast of the Theotokos (Mother of God). It has a forefeast of one day, and an afterfeast of seven days. However, if the feast falls...