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To: Salvation; Tax-chick

For us, Great Lent doesn’t start until March 14th this year. That’s also when the Great Fast starts. “Technically” that means no meat or meat products (eggs, dairy), no fish with a backbone, no wine, no oil until Pascha (May 1st this year). Very few lay people actually follow that fast, but most of us abstain from meat for the duration. The first week is the hardest but after that it’s not so bad. In point of fact, you’ll feel better and the very end of Great Lent is the time to have your cholesterol checked.

I goes without saying that regular participation in the weekday devotions during Lent is the “way to go”.


17 posted on 02/06/2016 4:52:09 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen and you, O death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis

I’m giving up political commentary. No Mark Steyn, no Jonah Goldberg ... it’s going to HURT.


18 posted on 02/06/2016 4:57:09 AM PST by Tax-chick ("We have no values in common with Saudi Arabia."~ Daniel Greenfield)
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To: Kolokotronis

I was curious what your Lent looked like. How many meals do you actually eat per day? For the first time, I am observing the pre-Vatican II Lenten Fast...which is the full 40 days (minus Sundays).


19 posted on 02/06/2016 6:07:31 AM PST by piusv (The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
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