“Let us fast an acceptable and very pleasing fast to the Lord. True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue, abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood
Fasting, in our days, has become one of the most neglected spiritual values. Because of misunderstandings regarding the nature of fasting, because of confused and reversed priorities in its use,
About Fasting, Sermon 2. “Exhort the people, priests,” it says; “speak into the ears of Jerusalem.” The nature of that word “exhort” is enough to intensify the desires of
Our Holy Father Basil, Archbishop of Caesarea, Cappadocia. About Fasting (De jejunio), Sermon 1. [31.164] 1. “Sound the trumpet,” he declares, “in the new moon, on the high day
Many might ask the question: Why did Christ, the most and only Innocent, have to face the worst form of death, the death on the cross, in order to reconcile
