March 10, 2019 107 0 8 Important Things to Remember in Anticipation of Great Lent The Great Lent is near. It is time for every Christian to pause and think what he or she should give up for the…
March 10, 2019 30 0 The Day Before Great Lent The last preparatory week before the Great Lent is over. It has an alternative name — Meatfare Week — due to the fact that…
March 10, 2019 84 0 Forgiveness Sunday Tomorrow we enter the holy days of Great Lent, and the Church calls us to ask forgiveness of one another with repentance and humility…
March 6, 2019 128 0 On Fasting Again: Why and How It Can Be Good for Us To those on the new style calendar who are celebrating the Nativity of Christ, we wish all a joyous feast. Please keep this delightful…
February 19, 2019 534 0 The Reason Why There Is no Fast during the Week of the Publican and the Pharisee Question: Why don’t we observe the Wednesday and Friday fast during the week of the Publican and the Pharisee? Thank you! Respectfully, Olga. Answer: The parable…
December 5, 2018 333 0 10 Things to Abstain from during the Nativity Fast What is important for us to bear in mind during the fast? The fast, by definition, is a time of abstinence. Therefore, let…
December 5, 2018 107 0 Practical Advice on Abstinence Fasting from information is no less important for a contemporary person than fasting from food. Excessive consumption of information, which can even be…
December 3, 2018 96 0 Shifting Our Focus: the Reason We Should Fast before the Feast of the Nativity On November 28th we begin the Nativity Fast. We fast before the Great Feast of the Nativity in order to prepare ourselves…
November 27, 2018 618 0 Should We Fast in the Presence of Unbelievers? There is a remarkable story in the book Everyday Saints related to fasting. Russian monks came to the Caucasus during the Chechen War to hear…
August 7, 2018 129 0 How Could We Teach Our Children to Fast? Teaching children to fast is very basic in an Orthodox Christian upbringing, like teaching them to pray. The question of when and how strictly…