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Clean Monday
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Etymology
From the Old Testament reading at sext on this day, Isaiah 1:16, “Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil...”
Proper noun
Clean Monday
en Christianity The seventh Monday before Easter, en Eastern Christianity traditionally regarded as the beginning of Lent or Great Lent.
en Pure Monday Ash Monday Monday of Lent Green Monday<qq:Cyprus>
en Clean Week < Lent Great Lent
en Feb 10 2010 New York Times D5 Clean Monday, a holiday in Greece, marks the start of the Lenten season.
Usage notes
In the Greek and most other denominations of Eastern Orthodoxy, the liturgical day is reckoned according to Jewish practice and so begins at the vespers service on the preceding Sunday evening.
Related terms
en Clean Week
Translations
First day of the Orthodox Lent
Greek: el Καθαρά Δευτέρα f
Russian: ru Чи́стый понеде́льник m
See also
en Forgiveness Vespers
en Calendar