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Byzantine Basics, Gospels, The Great Fast -

It's here! The Great Fast has arrived.

Yesterday's Gospel from Matthew has three main themes.

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Byzantine Basics, Gospels, The Great Fast -

Can you believe we're one week away from the start of the Great Fast? It simultaneously feels like it's snuck up on me and also that it took a long time to arrive this year!

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Desert Fathers, Saint Quotes, The Great Fast -

During the Great Fast, we'll feature quotes from the Desert Fathers, written in the book The Sayings of the Desert Fathers - The Alphabetical Collection, translated by Benedicta Ward, SLG. This week's quote features Abba Anthony.

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Clean Monday, The Great Fast -

It's here! Today is Clean Monday which means we've started the Great Fast. No dairy, no meat, no eggs.

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Apostles Fast, Byzantine Basics, Dormition Fast, Fasting, Philip's Fast, The Great Fast -

Quick! How many fasting seasons does the Byzantine calendar have? I'm not talking Fridays, I'm talking the multi-day fasting periods.

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Bridegroom Matins, The Great Fast -

This week the Church in her wisdom gives us the Bridegroom Matins. The Bridegroom Matins are celebrated the first three days of Holy Week, and each day commemorates a different theme.

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Alleluia, Byzantine Basics, The Great Fast -

Some of you are quite shocked by our graphic today! It's Lent! It's the Great Fast! And you're saying Alleluia?!

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Saints, The Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, The Great Fast -

This Thursday we celebrate the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. The canon was written by St. Andrew of Crete as part of his personal meditation and reflects on both the New Testament and the Old Testament in identifying how we should live.

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Byzantine Basics, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, Presanctified Liturgy, The Great Fast -

During the Great Fast, we celebrate the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, oftentimes referred to as Presanctified Liturgy. During this liturgy, the faithful are provided an opportunity to receive communion which was consecrated on Sunday during Divine Liturgy.

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Prayer, St. Ephraim, The Great Fast -

St Ephraim the Syrian was a prolific writer who is said to have written over one million lines of songs and poems. His most well known prayer is the Prayer of St. Ephraim, which we pray often during the Great Fast.

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