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Clean Monday
March 18, 2024
The beginning of Great Lent for Eastern Christian churches, which starts 40 days before Orthodox Easter (Pascha), counting Sundays.
Religious / Ethnic Group – Eastern Christian
Tradition and Practices – Clean Monday is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting ood, a special kind of azyme breadm baked only on that, named “Iagana” and the widespread custom of flying kites.