Dormition Fast 2025
Today, August 1st, those on the Byzantine Liturgical calendar begin the Dormition Fast. This fast begins August 1st and ends on August 14th and is a time of preparation for…
Dormition Fast
The Dormition Fast 2023
August 1, begins the Dormition Fast in the Byzantine Catholic Church. This particular fasting season is only 2 weeks long (ending on the Feast of the Dormition, August 15) but…
A Melkite Guide for the Dormition Fast
All significant feasts of the Church are preceded by a period of preparation. We generally call this period of preparation as a “fast”. Experience says we work on our human…
The Dormition Fast
From August 1 to August 14, the Byzantine Churches prepare for the feast of the Dormition (Assumption) of the Holy Theotokos with a period of prayer and fasting.