Day: March 4, 2008
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Why We Fast
I was asked last year by an acquaintance in town: “Does your Church observe Lent?” I quickly explained that we did. I was then asked how our Church fasted, and I explained something of the general outlines of Orthodox fasting. They then said to me that they needed their nourishment and instead had taken up…
Mallory, We live in a consumer-based culture (all cultures in history “consume” – but never to the level of our…