Canon LXXXIX. The faithful spending the days of the Salutatory Passion in fasting, praying and compunction of heart, ought to fast until the midnight of the Great Sabbath:  since the divine Evangelists, Matthew and Luke, have shewn us how late at night it was [that the resurrection took place], the one by using the words ὀΨὲ σαββάτων , and the other by the words ὄρθρου βαθέος . Ancient Epitome of Canon LXXXIX. On the Great Sabbath the fast must be continued until midnight.