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• Is the melody for Adam Theotokia during the Holy Great Fast the same as the annual? Is there any special rite or the regular order for Midnight Praises?
• Question about rites during the Great Fast: Is Tasbeha or Midnight Psalmody prayed throughout the week? Also can you pray Vespers on Sunday night since the Divine Liturgy is in the morning?
• This year, our school has placed our final exam schedule beginning on Easter Monday. This means Passion Week is going to be filled with a lot of studying to prepare for finals. This is going to be my first time ever being away from my family on Great Friday-Feast of the Resurrection. Last year I was able to fly home for these days since Easter was earlier.  I am really upset because I do not feel it is going to be the same this year. I look forward to Passion Week every year since it is my favorite season, and now school seems to occupy this time. I managed to book a flight for Palm Sunday since our school gave us a long weekend.    What advice can you give me to be able to still enjoy the high peak of Passion Week while doing my duty in preparing hard for my finals. As for Easter, all the Egyptian group here also are not going back home, so at least we will have each other on Easter night, but I still know if it will not be much of a celebration when my family and I are apart.
• What are the rites for the Friday concluding the Holy Great Fast?
• What is the correct Rite for the Divine Liturgy of the Sunday proceeding the first Sunday of the Holy Great Fast?
• What is the reason for fasting an extra week at the beginning of the Holy Great Fast?