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The Prophets Fasted Moses: When I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone...I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water. Deuteronomy 9:9 (LXX) Prophet Jonah: It was by fasting among other things that the people of Nineveh were saved from his prediction of peril. Jonah 3:7 (LXX) Prophet Joel: Fasting associated with repentance: “Now, says the Lord your God, turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting and with wailing, and with…

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For Orthodox believers, the six-week Christmas fast began on November 28, which precedes the happiest Christian holiday, the Nativity of Christ – Christmas.Preparation for Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, is complete if the believer approaches the sacred mysteries of confession, repentance and communion at the end of the six-week fast. Fasting is the … Orthodox Christmas Fasting has Begun Read More » Orthodox Fasting, Spiritual Questions, Watch Your Words, The Believer, Fast Quotes, Christian Holidays, Holy Quotes, Greek Easter, Christmas Preparation

For Orthodox believers, the six-week Christmas fast began on November 28, which precedes the happiest Christian holiday, the Nativity of Christ - Christmas.Preparation for Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, is complete if the believer approaches the sacred mysteries of confession, repentance and communion at the end of the six-week fast.Fasting is the foundation

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By Protopresbyter Fr. Thomas Vamvinis Fasting and Temptation Fasting means I don't eat, it is voluntary hunger. Therefore, to fast as an Orthodox during Great Lent is to drive ourselves into a marginal situation in which we feel the demands of the body, but the power of the soul masters it. This marginal situation is expedient to the tempter to betray us with the most powerful temptations. He does not have power over the struggling fasting Christian, but the Christian is lured by the…

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Particularly during this season of Great Lent with all its fasting and services and so forth, Orthodox Christians who live in a multi-religious society may be tempted to think or say something like what you see in this image here: “Orthodoxy: Christianity. Only Tougher.” On its face, there is of course a lot of truth to that characterization. Being a faithful Orthodox Christian is… Greek Orthodox Christian, Orthodox Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Prayer Requests, True Faith, Russian Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Daily Prayers, Orthodox Christianity

Particularly during this season of Great Lent with all its fasting and services and so forth, Orthodox Christians who live in a multi-religious society may be tempted to think or say something like what you see in this image here: “Orthodoxy: Christianity. Only Tougher.” On its face, there is of course a lot of truth to that characterization. Being a faithful Orthodox Christian is…

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