Tag: fasting

Patriarch’s Call to Prayer and Fasting for Peace in Syria

In the ancient Eastern tradition of the Church, after Pentecost in June is observed the Fast (or period of abstinence) of the Twelve Apostles, chief among whom are Peter and Paul, whom…

Patriarch Gregorios’ Pastoral Letter for Great Lent 2011

Prot. Nº 96 /2011D                                                        Damascus, 24 February 2011       Letter of H. B. Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, for Great…