"The true fast is that in which sins, anger, tongue, and instincts are under control" (St Basil the Great).
The Holy Great Fast is often referred to as "The Spring of Our Spiritual Life". Spring being the most beautiful season of the year and a time of spiritual renewal.
Worries are growing about the fate of the two bishops kidnapped on April 22 near Aleppo, in Syria. More than a month after the kidnapping, there is still no news of the Greek Orthodox bishop of Aleppo, Boulos Yazigi, and Youhanna Ibrahim, the Syriac Orthodox metropolitan of the same city. According to several sources, the two prelates were kidnapped in the village of Kafr Dael as they were trying to mediate on behalf of two priests kidnapped by rebel groups several months earlier.
"The true fast is that in which sins, anger, tongue, and instincts are under control" (St Basil the Great).
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The rightful occupant of the Episcopal throne of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewhado Church is widely known to have been unlawfully detained in
As to the scriptures, “There is a time for everything” Ecc 3:1. In our Orthodox Church there are seasons set for fasting. One of these seasons is the Great fast; also known as “ዓቢይ ጾም” in our Church language.
ካብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ዝተረኽበ ንቤተ ክርስቲያን ተዋህዶ ንምቁጽጻር ብመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ሽርሒ ዘቃልዕ ቪድዮ
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