Because of the importance of the last few days of Holy Week, and because of the joy of the Resurrection, the Typikon ("Ustav") forbids, as in other festal periods, special prayers for the departed, "e.g." a Panikhida, (except for funerals, which, obviously, cannot be postponed) from Great and Holy Thursday through Thomas Sunday (a period of eleven days). Therefore, the first opportunity after Pascha to remember the dead is on the second Monday of Pascha. However, because in Orthodox countries, a number of monasteries follow the custom of fasting on Mondays, the feast is often celebrated on Tuesday, so that all may partake of eggs.