 Some Eastern Catholics perform the Black Fast on Fridays during Lent, especially on Good Friday.The Black Fast is observed by the by devout Eastern Orthodox Christians or monks throughout Great Lent, as well as the three other fasting periods of the year (the Dormition Fast, Nativity Fast, and the Apostles' Fast).The term "Black Fast" has a different connotation within the Romanian Orthodox Church, which defines it somewhat similar to the definition given by those within the realms of the Classical Pentecostal movement (see below).