Fasting and Prayer
Teaching the proper understanding of fasting, particularly those associated with the major Feasts of the Church (Nativity, Nineveh, Great Lent, Apostles, & Dormition). Fasting must be combined together with prayer and charity. Fasting enables us to control the body and refreshes the soul.
Contents
Teacher Training and Resources
- TTC stuff
Reference Materials
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Articles
- St John Chrysostom’s Homily on Fasting
- DSWA Department of Counseling Note on Fasting and Mental Health
Videos
- The Ladder Episode 9: Fasting, Fr. Shawn Thomas (Northeast American Diocese)
Podcasts
- Podcasts
Scripture
In order to help our children grow in the Orthodox Faith in North America, a decision was made to standardize all materials to the Orthodox Study Bible (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/016/2010, October 28, 2010). Please continue to pray and support the development of a fully approved translation based on the Peshitta, and our textbooks will educate on the various translations and historic development of Scripture.
- [Scripture]
Verse
Liturgical Resources
The Ministry of Liturgical Resource Development (LRD) was created in July of 2015 (DSWA Kalpana DSWA/C/10/2015, July 24,2015) to promote the translation, versification, and publication of vital English liturgical resources. Today most of our Sacramental offices are available and the "Service Book of the Holy Qurbono" and "Shehimo: Book of Common Prayer" are available in print. Wherever possible references will be made using LRD resources given the easy access to these materials to the faithful in North America.
Holy Qurbono
- Qurbana things
- text
Other Hymns
- Other Hymns
- Text
Other Prayers
- Other Prayers
- Text
Promion and Sedro
- Promion/Sedro
- Text
Quotes
Patristic Quotes
- [St. John Chrysostom] "Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor."
- [St. Macarius] "This is the sign of Christianity. However man should do and how many justifying works he should perform, he should feel that he has accomplished nothing. And when he fasts, he should say, 'I have not fasted.' When he prays, let him think, 'I have not prayed.' Persevering in prayer he should say, 'I have not persevered. I have only begun to practice asceticism and to labor.'"
- [St. Basil] "Let us fast an acceptable and very pleasing fast to the Lord. True fast is the estrangement from evil, temperance of tongue, abstinence from anger, separation from desires, slander, falsehood, and perjury. Privation of these is true fasting."
Other Quotes
- [Church] Text
Syriac and Greek Words
- Word (Syriac) - text
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