in some places, the services on weekdays during the dormition fast are similar to the services during great lent (with some variations). many churches and monasteries in the russian tradition perform the lenten services on at least the first day of the dormition fast. in the greek tradition, during the fast either the great paraklesis (supplicatory canon) or the small paraklesis is celebrated every evening except saturday evening and the eves of the transfiguration and the dormition.