Tag: Christmas Fast

Spirituality

Let us bring the sighs of the publican as an offering to God: On fasting with the abbess of Bistrița – Vâlcea Monastery

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
03.12.2021

Stavrophore Anastasia Honcioiu, Abbess of Bistrița – Vâlcea Monastery, urges everyone “to bring to God the sighs of the publican” and to avoid despair by putting our trust in God. The abbess agreed to answer…

Diaspora

Nativity Fast: Let Christ show us how He sees the world, Metropolitan Iosif urges

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
20.11.2020

‘Let Christ show us how He sees the world, how He sees our neighbour and each of us, and let Him look through our eyes,’ urged Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe in a…

Dioceses

Archbishop Calinic points to 3 conditions for Nativity Fast to achieve its intended purpose

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
20.11.2020

Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Radauti sent a message at the beginning of the Nativity Fast reminding that ‘fasting is an opportunity to free the body from the bondage of matter, which tends to manifest…