The Unique Three Day Fast – 2026 I Unique, Rigours, Symbolic Traditional | Jan 26 to Jan 29

Nineveh Lent is close at hand, starting from Monday January 26 (to be exact from the evening of 25th January). The three-day fast though the smallest of the five canonical fasts, is one of the Rigorous, Unique, Symbolic and Traditionally observed, fasts of the Orthodox Churches, commemorating the three days of fasting that Prophet Read more

The Passion and Glorification of St. John the Baptist | Jan 7/Aug 29: Commemorating the Martyrdom of St. John, the Baptist – Harbinger of Monasticism

John (God is gracious) the Baptist came, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” Prophet Isaiah, referred to him 700 years before his birth “A voice of one calling in the desert, “Prepare the way for The Lord, make straight paths Read more