Fasting During Lent
In my last post, I mentioned that Orthodox enter Lent with Forgiveness Vespers, not on Ash Wednesday. In this post, I thought I’d mention another way in which Orthodox Christianity differs from the...
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This week, on December 5th, we will have a vespers followed by an open house of sorts to the community. I don’t know how many visitors we’ll get, but for us, December 6th is the feast day of our...
View ArticleJesus’ Birth and the Bible
I have already mentioned that Wednesday evening, one of the short talks will discuss fasting. That talk will be given by Larry Carcoana, our vice president and a founding member of our parish. A...
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