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the count. great lent officially begins on clean monday , seven weeks before pascha ( ash wednesday is not observed in eastern christianity) and runs for contiguous days, concluding with the presanctified liturgy on friday of the sixth week. the next day is called lazarus saturday , the day before palm
and almsgiving . the foods abstained from are meat, fish, eggs and dairy products, wine, and oil. according to some traditions, only olive oil is abstained from; in others, all vegetable oils. [ ] while wine and oil are permitted on saturdays, sundays, and a few feast days, and fish is permitted on palm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lent