The three day lent is a lent of attrition and repentance commemorating
the repentance of the people Nineveh at the preaching of Prophet Jonah.
This lent starts three weeks before the start of the Great Lent.
February 2nd is celebrated as the day when infant
Jesus was presented in the temple. Also called the day
of the Old Aged. Memory of St. Simon and St. Hanna.