Tag: Nativity Fast

The fasting period begins on Saturday December 10 to Saturday, December 24. Some may observe the traditional Nativity Fast that is 40 days in length called the St Philip’s Fast which begins with Vespers on November 14th, lasting until Vespers on December 24th. The Melkite Synod of Bishops approved a shorter number of days for …

How will we prepare for the coming of the Lord on the feast of His Incarnation, the Nativity (Christmas) this year on December 25th? Certainly, Covid 19 has posed great challenges  to us: relating to others in a normal manner, the faithful worship of God at the weekly Divine Liturgy, not giving into nihilism, economic …

Lord Jesus, You have come so many times to us and found no resting place; forgive us for our overcrowded lives, our vain haste, and our preoccupation with self. Come again, O Lord, and though our hearts are a jumble of voices and our minds overlaid with many fears, find a place however humble, where …