When the Christmas Eve begins
When the Christmas Eve begins
In Orthodox Christian practice, there arePious customs of keeping holy fasts. In total, there are four multi-day fasts, one of which is in the winter period. This post is called Christmas.
The main celebration of the Christian faith in the winterA period of time is considered the Nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ. This holiday is solemnly celebrated by the Holy Orthodox Church on January 7th according to a new style. In order for the believers to prepare spiritually for the meeting of the Savior, the Church established a Christmas fast.
The Christmas post is non-transient, thenThere is a time of this period of abstinence is permanent. Christmas fast begins always on November 28th in a new style. The last day of the Holy Christmas Lent is the 6th of January, and on the 7th of the same month the believers break fast (they eat food of animal origin).
In 2014, the beginning of Christmasfalls on Friday, and the feast of the Nativity of Christ on Wednesday. Orthodox Christians need to remember that before the Christmas fast there is no continuous week (that is, the time when the post is canceled on Wednesday and Friday). Thus, on Wednesday, November 26 (new style), Orthodox Christians fast to commemorate the betrayal of Christ, Thursday, November 27, the day when meat and other meals are allowed, and Friday November 28 is the first day of a multi-day winter Christmas fasting .
The Christmas post is otherwise called Filippov. The fact is that on the eve of the beginning of the abstinence period (November 27), the Orthodox Church remembers the memory of the apostle Philip. On this day, the believers are being summoned for the entire time of the Nativity Fast.
