This fast is established in honor of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ and the Dormition of the Most Holy Virgin Mary.

Each day is blessed by our Lord, especially the fasting days which help to increase our spiritual awakeness and our attention over the heart and its cleaning of the passions.

Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Rev. George Mastrantoni

A Daily Account of the Solemn Services During Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose […]