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Before we get started, Ukraine, again, briefly Here is a good account of the history of Orthodoxy in Ukraine vis-a-vis the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Patriarchate. (Thanks to my cousin Jacklyn for finding this.) https://ecfr.eu/publication/defender_of_the_faith_how_ukraines_orthodox_split_threatens_russia/ So today the President of the country with the greatest number of Eastern Orthodox Christians (Russia – 62 million) […]

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  Ukraine Before we get to today’s main topic, I feel compelled to talk about the war in Ukraine, which so greatly affects the Holy Orthodox Church. First and most important, please give to aid the suffering Ukrainian people. I recommend International Orthodox Christian Charities: https://iocc.org   IOCC has contacts inside Orthodox countries, which means they get […]

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The Church edges us ever closer to the Great Fast. This coming Sunday is Meatfare Sunday, the last day for meat till Pascha.  Here it is slipping away even now. The following Sunday, March 6, is Cheesefare Sunday, the last day for meat byproducts, wine and oil and the like – for the day after […]

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Here’s where we are: This week there was no Wednesday or Friday Fast. If you forgot: Quick! grab a cheeseburger! preferably the healthy kind like my wife makes. Next week: normal fasting. Meatfare Sunday, February 27: last day for meat till Pascha. Clean Monday, March 7: The Great Fast begins. I once described Orthodox fasting […]

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  (Pravmir) Pre-Lent Now we get down to work, preparing for Great Lent which is four weeks away. What disciplines should we take on? Which extra Church services should we attend? How should we keep the Fast? However, if we think the purpose of Lent is to not eat meat for a few weeks, then […]

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