In general, the fasting rules during Great Lent and Holy Week are as follows: WEEKDAYS (Monday Friday) are observed as Strict Fast Days. The Road Back to Christ: Reflections on Lent, Holy Week and the Resurrection is a series of short daily reflections on the scripture readings of Holy Week and the accounts of the Resurrection and post-Resurrection appearances of Christ. The Lenten liturgical program was synthesized throughout time. On the morning of that Sunday, at the Divine Liturgy, we hear the words of Christ: On these dayswe abstain from meat, dairy, fish with backbones, fowl, alcoholic beverages, and oil. The weeks of the Great Lent are: First Sunday (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Second Sunday (St. Gregory Palamas) Third Sunday (Adoration of Cross) Fourth Sunday (St. John of Climax) Fifth Sunday (St. Mary of Egypt) Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday Fasting The ascetic fast of Great Lent continues from Meatfare Sunday to Easter Sunday, and is broken only after the Paschal Divine Liturgy. Fasting on the weekdays of the first week of Great Lent is especially severe. The cornerstone of Lent is not fasting, but repentance and growing in our faith. The following is an overview of the events. Telegram | Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? Home / This is the true fast: the casting off of evil, the bridling of the tongue, the cutting off of anger, the cessation of lusts, evil talking, lies and cursing. Great Lent & Holy Week - 1st Monday of Great Lent through Great and Holy Saturday Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast - June 11 through June 28 Dormition (Theotokos) Fast - Aug. 1 through Aug. 14 Fast-Free Weeks Afterfeast of the Nativity of Christ to Theophany Eve - Dec. 25 through Jan. 4 If you have any specific questions about how the fasting discipline applies to you, you should consult your spiritual father. "The Road Back to Christ: Reflections on Lent, Holy Week and the Resurrection", St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, FL, Level one -- Fast from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays and during Holy Week, Level two -- Fast from meat and fish on Wednesdays and Fridays and during Holy Week, Level three -- Fast from meat the entirety of Lent and Holy Week, Level four -- Fast from meat and fish the entirety of Lent and Holy Week, Level five -- Level four and eliminate dairy products during Holy Week. The lenten services also make the undeniable point that we should not pride ourselves with external fasting since the devil also never eats! When we each ask God to open to me the gates of repentance this Lent, remember that we do not fast to earn Gods love or to impress others around us. Fasting 3. Thus, fasting is not about giving up something only to get it back. There is a forty day fast that precedes the Feast of the Nativity (November 15-December 24), a fourteen day fast that precedes the Feast of the Dormition (August 1-14), and the Holy Apostles Fast (which begins the day after All Saints Day and lasts through June 28). Outside of Lent, it is Tradition to fast every Wednesday (in honor of the betrayal of Christ) and Friday (in honor of His Crucifixion). When people think of the word "Lent," the word "fasting" is one of the first things that comes to mind. In the case of All Saints parishioners, your spiritual father is Fr.
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