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How should Orthodox view Thanksgiving?
Celebrate it. Thanksgiving is a civic holiday that fits naturally into Orthodox life because our entire faith is built on thanksgiving. The word “Eucharist” literally…
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What is the Orthodox view of New Year’s celebrations?
The Orthodox Church doesn’t forbid New Year’s celebrations, but it does something better. It transforms them. January 1st isn’t just another day to nurse a…
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How do I deal with Valentine’s Day during Lent?
Lent comes first. When February 14 falls in a fasting season or just before Great Lent, the season’s disciplines take priority over the secular holiday.…
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How do I bless my home?
You call the church office and schedule a time for the priest to come. He’ll bring holy water blessed at Theophany, pray through your home,…
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What is house blessing?
House blessing is when the priest comes to your home and sanctifies it with holy water, asking God’s protection and grace for everyone who lives…
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How do I handle secular holidays as an Orthodox Christian?
You can celebrate them. Just sanctify them. The Orthodox Church doesn’t ask you to skip Thanksgiving dinner or boycott Independence Day barbecues. We’re not separatists.…
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How do I pray throughout the day?
You start with morning prayers when you wake up, end with evening prayers before bed, and fill everything in between with short prayers that take…
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How do I handle the fasting rules?
You handle them with your priest’s help, and you start slowly. Fasting in Orthodoxy isn’t about perfection or earning anything. It’s medicine for the soul,…
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What do I eat during fast periods?
During Orthodox fasts you avoid meat, dairy, and eggs. That’s the baseline. On Wednesdays and Fridays and the weekdays of Great Lent, the typical rule…
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How do I fast with a non-Orthodox spouse?
You keep your fast. You keep it with wisdom, charity, and a lot of conversation. Fasting is your personal spiritual discipline, not something you impose…
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How do I fast with young children?
You keep fasting. Your kids join in gradually, starting small. The Church doesn’t expect a three-year-old to keep the Great Lent fast like an adult.…
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What if fasting is hard for me?
It’s supposed to be hard. That’s the first thing to understand. Fasting is medicine, and medicine doesn’t always taste good going down. But the Church…
