<Li> The period of the Triodion (the Sundays before Great Lent, Cheesefare Week, Palm Sunday, and Holy Week) </Li> <Li> The period of the Pentecostarion (Sunday of Pascha through the Sunday After Pentecost which is also called the Sunday of all saints) </Li> <P> Some of these feasts follow the Fixed Cycle, and some follow the Moveable (Paschal) Cycle . Most of those on the Fixed Cycle have a period of preparation called a Forefeast, and a period of celebration afterward, similar to the Western Octave, called an Afterfeast . Great Feasts on the Paschal Cycle do not have Forefeasts . The lengths of Forefeasts and Afterfeasts vary, according to the feast . </P> <Ul> <Li> Nativity of the Theotokos (September 8) <Ul> <Li> birth of the Theotokos to Joachim and Anna </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Elevation of the Cross (September 14) <Ul> <Li> the rediscovery of the original Cross on which Christ was crucified </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (November 21) <Ul> <Li> the entry of the Theotokos into the Temple around the age of 3 </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (December 25) <Ul> <Li> the birth of Jesus, or Christmas </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Theophany (January 6) <Ul> <Li> the baptism of Jesus Christ, Christ's blessing of the water, and the revealing of Christ as God </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple (February 2) <Ul> <Li> Christ's presentation as an infant in the Temple by the Theotokos and Joseph . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Annunciation of the Theotokos (March 25) <Ul> <Li> Gabriel's announcement to the Theotokos that she will conceive the Christ, and her wilful agreement thereto </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>

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