Lent & fasting
The Dormition Fast
1 August 2022
From the 1st to the 14th of August we fast in honor of Our Most Holy Lady, ...

The Ascetic Life (4th Sunday of Great Lent)
Metropolitan Agathangelos of Fanari
3 April 2022
For secular people today, focusing on an ascetic saint is a problem. Of wha...

3rd Sunday of Great Lent
Nikolaos Georgantonis, Theologian
27 March 2022
The Holy Fathers wisely dedicated the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent to the honou...

Saint Gregory Palamas and the Hesychasts (2nd Sunday in Lent)
Pavlos Mouktaroudis
20 March 2022
The second Sunday in Lent is devoted to Saint Gregory Palamas (14th century...

Cheese-Fare Sunday
Monk Agapios
5 March 2022
Behold, my friends, the arena of Holy Lent opens today. Behold, we’ve arriv...

The Fast on the Eve of Theophany
Ioannis Foundoulis Professor of the Theological School A. U. Th. †
4 January 2022
It’s often said that the fast on the eve of Theophany has to do with the co...

On the End of Great Lent
Abba Dorotheos
23 April 2021
So, all those who wish to cleanse themselves of the sins of the whole year ...

The Fullness in Lent
Fr. Stephen Freeman
8 April 2021
This article keeps coming to mind as I celebrate the Liturgy of the Pre-San...

True Fasting
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
4 March 2020
‘Indeed, I tell you, they have their reward’.
Whatever we gain and achieve...

Fasting: Same Rules for Everyone (Desert and Big City)
3 March 2020
One of the more curious features of living in Greece is that, if you go to ...
