Sawma Rabba ( Syriac: ܨܲܘܡܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ) is the

East Syriac The East Syriac Rite, or East Syrian Rite (also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite), is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturg ...

liturgical season that begins seven weeks before Easter, falling during

Great Lent Great Lent, or the Great Fast (Greek language, Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή, ''Megali Tessarakosti'' or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, ''Megali Nisteia'', meaning "Great 40 Days", and "Great Fast", respectively), is the most impor ...

, and culminates on Resurrection Sunday. It begins with ''Pētūrtta'' Sunday and extends precisely seven weeks until Easter. Among the descendant Churches of the

Church of the East in India According to apocryphal records, Christianity in India and Christianity in Pakistan, in Pakistan (included prior to the Partition) commenced in 52 AD, with the arrival of Thomas the Apostle in Kodungallur, Cranganore (Kodungaloor). Subsequentl ...

, the Sawma Rabba is popularly known as the Fifty days' fast, since Resurrection Sunday occurs at its fiftieth day.

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{{reflist Lent Syro-Malabar Church Church of the East in India