Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church

After the Lamentation Service at our various churches, teens and members of G-ROC 20/40 will meet at St. George for an All Night Vigil. We will read Psalms and Acts through the night, and plan to keep vigil from approximately 10:30PM until around 9AM the following morning (when the Liturgy at St. George begins). If [...]

Be on guard at the end of [a Fast]. Very often the more conscientious among the faithful make real efforts to keep the fast, both with regard to the dietary disciplines, and with regard to their inner life: contending with the passions and thoughts, avoiding and resisting temptations, spiritual reading, prayer, preparation for confession, more [...]

From AbbaMoses.com
The Church’s traditional teaching on fasting is not widely known or followed in our day. For those Orthodox Christians who are seeking to keep a more disciplined fast, the following information may be helpful.
Though the rules may appear quite strict to those who have not seen them before, they were developed with all of [...]