Category: fasting
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Fasting, Abstinence, and Liberation
WHAT DID YOU GIVE UP FOR LENT? Don’t tell me – you’re not supposed to tell folks. But what was it? Do you think of it as a struggle or a punishment to do so? Are you making a sacrifice for God? Or are you doing something to make up for your sins? What is…
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Advent Soup & Frybread
For Orthodox of both eastern and western rites, the period leading up to Christmas is a time of abstaining from animal products. Fish may be ok, shellfish too, but meat, dairy and eggs are right out. So we find other things to do. These two recipes have become mainstays for me this season, already: and…
Orthoparadoxy 