Canon 89 Breaking the fast on the night of Great Saturday

Κανόνες τῆς ἐν Τρούλλῳ Ἁγίας καὶ Οἰκουμενικῆς Πενθέκτης Συνόδου

The Council in Trullo · Constantinople, 691 to 692 · convened by the emperor Justinian II · The Quinisext Council (Trullo, 692) on the map

The faithful, passing the days of the saving Passion in fasting and prayer and compunction of heart, must break the fast about the middle hours of the night of Great Saturday, since the divine Evangelists Matthew and Luke indicate the lateness of the night, the one by the words "Late on the sabbath" [Matthew 28:1], the other by "At deep dawn" [Luke 24:1].

Τὰς τοῦ σωτηρίου πάθους ἡμέρας, ἐν νηστείᾳ, καὶ προσευχῇ, καὶ κατανύξει καρδίας ἐπιτελοῦντας, χρὴ τοὺς πιστοὺς περὶ μέσας τῆς περὶ τὸ μέγα σάββατον νυκτὸς ὥρας ἀπονηστίζεσθαι, τῶν θείων Εὐαγγελιστῶν Ματθαίου καὶ Λουκᾶ, τοῦ μέν, διὰ τοῦ, Ὀψὲ σαββάτων ῥήματος· τοῦ δέ, διὰ τοῦ Ὄρθρου βαθέος, τὴν βραδύτητα τῆς νυκτὸς ὑπογραφόντων.

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