Tradition and traditions by Archimandrite Barnabas Lambropoulos
First of all, let’s take a look at the affiliation between the Holy Bible and the Church. Before we commence, it would be worth listening to an opinion expressed byFasting According to the Church Fathers
The holy fathers and teachers of the Church, having proved by their own experience the beneficence of fasting, zealously inspired, agree with the teaching of Holy Scripture about fasting (Gen.Saint Mary of Egypt (April 1st)
The biography of this wonderful saint was written by St. Sophronius, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Once, during the Honorable Fast [Lenten Season], a certain priest-monk (Hieromonk), the Elder Zosimus, withdrewCatechesis for 3rd Week in the Great Lent by Saint Theodore Studite
Brethren and fathers, in the presence of our holy father and teacher we have no need to discourse; but nevertheless because of our custom let us say just a little.
