Milk Week, or "Week of Tyrophagia", is the third week of the Lent, preparatory to the Lenten Mass in the Easter Liturgy of the Eastern Churches - Orthodox Churches and Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite -.

The dairy week begins on the Sunday of the last Judgment or Sunday of the meat (P - 56), from which the consumption of meat is prohibited. It lasts until Sunday of the Pardon (P - 49). This precedes pure Monday (P-48), the first day of the Great Lenten season.

During the dairy week, meat consumption is not permitted, but milk, cheese and eggs are. Dairy Week is also Carnival Week - from Latin carnem levare: "take away meat" -.

In this week's gospel, the Church teaches that, according to Christ, what we do for the humblest is to Him that we do it. Another aspect of Lent is thus evoked: almsgiving, according to the ancient tradition for which what is saved by fasting, is redistributed to the poorest. Noteschange the code code Related Articleschange the code

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