The Nativity fast begins on November 15/28, and lasts forty days. The Nativity fast is not as strict as Great Lent or the Dormition fast, and can be compared to the Apostle’s fast. It was instituted ...

My wife Julie made her the birthday cake you see in the picture. Because we are in the Nativity fast, it had to be vegan. That beautiful lemon cake, and the cupcakes surrounding it, are made ...

And today, we celebrate that for which we have prepared during the Nativity Fast. Our fasting, intensified prayer, and almsgiving find their meaning and fulfillment in the Mystery of the Incarnation: ...