Lent & fasting
Clean Monday
Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis
2 March 2020
The Journey to the Cross and Resurrection of Christ
Create in me a clean h...
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Fasting and its Benefits (3)
Saint John of the Ladder
27 February 2018
1. As we’re now going to speak of the stomach, we’ve decided again- as with...
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Fasting and its benefits (2)
26 February 2018
Who is as strong as a lion, but, for the sake of his stomach falls into a t...
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The Fast and its Benefits (1)
25 February 2018
Let us observe an acceptable fast, pleasing to the Lord. A true fast: estra...
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The Forty Days
20 February 2018
The two preceding Sundays, of the Last Judgment and of Forgiveness, togethe...
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The end of the fast and the ‘air’ of asceticism
Nikolaos G. Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
9 April 2017
Having completed the forty days that bring profit to our soul, we beseech Y...
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Gluten-free Lenten Tapas
James W. Lillie
27 March 2017
If you want to make a special ascetic effort for Lent, you could always eat...
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A Patristic Reading Plan for the Great Lent
27 February 2017
Great Lent might be a time of increase in spiritual reading. We present a d...
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True fasting means loosing the bonds of injustice
2 December 2015
Let’s have a brief look at some of the features of true fasting.
Fast...
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