But among Eastern Christians — both Catholic and Orthodox — this season is known as the Nativity Fast. So while Advent begins on Dec. 1 this year for Catholics, the Byzantine custom is ...

The thought process is completely different for Eastern Christians and Orthodox Christians ... Christian way of life," Lynch said. The Nativity Fast The Nativity Fast is that period where members ...

Instead of feasting before the Nativity, they fasted. Eastern Orthodox Christians still fast for six weeks before the birth of Jesus. And fasting is recommended by a host of faiths, who tout its ...

Two of Russia’s greatest sacred composers, Grigory Lvovsky and Pavel Chesnokov, remind us that the Eastern Orthodox Churches are now marking The Nativity Fast, the forty days leading up to ...

This 40-day Nativity Fast — also observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic and Coptic Church, among others — typically prohibits meat, dairy, eggs, oil and wine. (Some ...

Orthodox Archbishop Lazar Puhalo is four days away from completing his annual 40-day Nativity fast. He refrains from ... Christians (who are often called Eastern Orthodox). There are many of ...

Instead of feasting before the Nativity, they fasted. Eastern Orthodox Christians still fast for six weeks before the birth of Jesus. And fasting is recommended by a host of faiths, who tout its ...