Lentorama 2017: Lenten Observers of Instagram

Day 33: Maybe I missed this part when I posted that link on how Orthodox Christians calculate the date for Easter

WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FORTY DAYS WHICH PROFIT OUR SOULS. NOW LET US BEG THE LOVER OF MANKIND; ENABLE US TO SEE THE HOLY WEEK OF YOUR PASSION, THAT WE MAY GLORIFY YOUR MIGHTY WORK, YOUR WONDERFUL PLAN FOR OUR SALVATION, SINGING WITH ONE HEART AND VOICE, LORD, GLORY TO YOU! #Lent #Byzantine #Catholic #Orthodox #Christian

A post shared by St. Basil the Great (@stbasilcharlotte) on Apr 7, 2017 at 8:33pm PDT

You think after so many years of doing Lentorama I'd have this figured out, but apparently the Great Lent starts on a Monday and includes Sundays, so it ends before Holy Week. The Orthodox churches also don't do Ash Wednesday, which I didn't know but should have figured out from having relatively observant Greek Orthodox friends. All in all it seems like a much tidier affair on the Orthodox side.