{{Short description|Eastern rite Christian liturgical season}} {{about|the East Syriac Christian Liturgical Calendar|Great Fast|Great Lent|}} {{Infobox holiday |holiday_name = Season of Great Fast |image =Sawma Rabba.jpg
|caption = Icon depicting the theme of Season of Great Fast |nickname = |observedby = [[East Syriac Rite|East Syriac Christian]]s |date = |observances = [[Church service]]s |type = [[Christianity|Christian]], cultural |significance = Commemoration of the [[Temptation of Christ|40 days fasting]] and [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Crucifixion]] of Jesus |relatedto = [[Good Friday]], [[Maundy Thursday|Thursday of Pesha]], [[Great Lent|Great Fast]], [[Syro Malabar Church]] |duration = 50 days |frequency=Annual |begins= 50 days before [[Easter|Resurrection Sunday]] |scheduling=Christmas day of week-based }} {{Liturgical year}} '''Sawma Rabba''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: ܨܲܘܡܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ) is the [[East Syriac Rite|East Syriac]] liturgical season that begins seven weeks before Easter, falling during [[Great Lent]], and culminates on [[Easter|Resurrection Sunday]]. It begins with ''Pētūrtta'' Sunday and extends precisely seven weeks until Easter. Among the descendant Churches of the [[Church of the East in India]], the Sawma Rabba is popularly known as the Fifty days' fast, since Resurrection Sunday occurs at its fiftieth day.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Syro-Malabar Catechetical season|url = http://www.syromalabarcatechesis.com/home/season/4|access-date = 2021-07-08|archive-date = 2021-07-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183657/http://www.syromalabarcatechesis.com/home/season/4|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= FASTING AND GREAT LENT|url=https://news.assyrianchurch.org/fasting-and-great-lent/}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Lent]] [[Category:Syro-Malabar Church]] [[Category:Church of the East in India]]