"Orthodox Christianity is the most widespread confession in Russia ... fasting (56%, down 18 p.p. versus 2022). Only 15% of Russians were able to remember the date when observance of Great Lent ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter ...

It's the main fasting time for the ... about some way to approach the Great Lent, especially of you are very new to this, as well as his plans to build a Russian Orthodox Church on the Gold ...

During Lent, people often fast or give up something special to them ... though the Eastern traditions (which include the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox branches) use the Julian calendar ...