Each year, the Canon of St. Andrew is read over the first four days of Great Lent, during Great Compline. It is then read in full on the fifth Thursday in Great Lent. It is one of the most spiritually uplifting and inspiring canons in the Holy Tradition of our Church. The holy Canon is a "dialogue between St. Andrew and his soul." The ongoing theme is an urgent exhortation to change one's life or, in other words, to repent.