Blog Archive

Saint Moses the Black

Saint Moses the Black
Saint Moses the Black

Popular Posts

Labels

Saint John the Theologian

Saint John the Theologian
Saint John the Theologian

Followers

Total Pageviews

Powered By Blogger
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Weekly Fasting (Wednesday & Friday)

This is from the podcast Faith and Philosophy.

As seen from the website:
"Wednesdays and Fridays are fast days for Orthodox Christians. But, why do we observe this and what spiritual benefit is there?"

Play Online

Direct Link


To be honest, I still don't know if the fasts are from sun up to sun down (about a 12 hour fast day), or if they are 24 hour fast days?

I know the ancient semetic world weren't strict on exact 24 hours days. But as far as the weekly fasts go, I never could really pin down the exact hour of when they begin and end. But then again.....sense it seems more like a personal practice........I guess it doesn't matter. Or does it?




JNORM888

0 comments:

Related Posts with Thumbnails