Journalist: Two Days of Fasting a Week Improves Health
We wonder what two days Michael Mosley chose when he decided to try two days of intermittent fasting per week. Since the universal Orthodox tradition advises Wednesdays and Fridays of the year as days...
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Orthodox Christians Prepare for Dormition Fast
For Eastern Orthodox Christians all over the world following the traditional calendar, two weeks of fasting begin Tuesday morning in preparation for the feast of the Dormition (“falling-asleep”) of the...
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American Metropolia: Among Westerners, an Ancient Fast Returns
The American Metropolia’s Western Rite communities were quietly given an unexpected surprise in their calendar this year: 13 more fast days. The 2012 Western calendar lists an optional two-week...
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Great Lent Begins
Today is Clean Monday for Eastern Orthodox Christians, marking the beginning of Great Lent. Orthodox Christians traditionally abstain from the eating of meat and dairy, and the typicon calls for...
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LIVE FRIDAY 7 PM PST: Salutations to the Theotokos from Portland’s Nativity...
NFTU Radio, as we continue to focus on strengthening our multimedia focus, will be streaming a live broadcast of the Χαιρετισμοί (“Salutations”) to the Theotokos this Friday, April 6/19, at 7 PM PST....
View ArticleLIVE Great Friday Service at 6 PM PST!
Great Friday Services courtesy of the Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity in Portland, OR will be live on NFTU Radio starting at 6 PM PST. The Cathedral Schola will broadcast the services live for those...
View ArticleNew Study: Fasting May Regenerate The Entire Immune System
January 18, 2015 (Source: http://organichealth.co) Fasting for as little as three days can regenerate the entire immune system, even in the elderly, scientists have found in a breakthrough described...
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Sad Without Meat For Lent? You Could Be Reducing Your Cancer Risk
If you’ve been looking for a great reason to fast in the traditional Orthodox manner, but you find there’s a lot of outside pressure to do otherwise, the Journal of the American Medical Association...
View ArticleThe Patriarchal Sigillion of 1819 Under St. Gregory V of Constantinople on...
The Patriarchal Sigillion of 1819 Under St. Gregory the Fifth SIGILLION The Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Sacred Community of the Holy Mountain Gregory by the mercy of God Archbishop of...
View ArticleSt. Pachomius of Chios on Frequent Communion
[Source] Who would not weep at the ignorance and wretched state of our contemporary clergy? Where has it ever been heard, that the Christians should go to Church, seeking to receiving Holy Communion,...
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