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 Eastern Orthodox Nativity of Christ is not greeted with festively illuminated streets and homes. We expect the light of Christ to illuminate us and, through intensified prayers and fasting, we ...

Orthodox Christianity - fasting Holy fasting is one of the most important parts of the orthodox nativity celebrations. Eastern orthodox Churches fast for 40 days where many of the oriental ...

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 spiritual benefits, from self-mastery to equanimity.

Local Orthodox Christian communities to commence Nativity Fast on Thursday. Mike Spence. ... The thought process is completely different for Eastern Christians and Orthodox Christians.

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

The Orthodox Church started on Wednesday 25/11/2020 the Nativity Fast, which lasts for 43 days and ends on January 7, as it held masses and prayers at various churches nationwide. Pope Tawadros II of ...

That usually means just one meal per day, in the afternoon or evening. This 40-day Nativity Fast — also observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic and Coptic Church, among others ...

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 spiritual benefits, from self-mastery to equanimity.