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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greek Orthodox fasting (OF), which involves 180 ... Daily intakes of energy, macro- and micronutrients of a day during a weekend of Nativity Fast, defined as non-restrictive day (NRD), and ...

The Orthodox Church started on Wednesday 25/11/2020 the Nativity Fast, which lasts for 43 days ... top bishops led Wednesday masses at various churches. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the fast ...

Technically, there aren't. All Eastern Orthodox agree that Dec. 25 is the date of Christmas, or the Feast of the Nativity, as they call it. The question is whether Dec. 25 falls on Dec. 25 or Jan. 7.

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 ...