How Do Orthodox Christians Participate In Lent?

Fr. Timothy Pavlatos is the Pastor of St. Katherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Chandler, Arizona.

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[DanielStivenPradera]

I left the roman church and became Orthodox
All glory to our only lord Jesuschrist ☦️
He showed me the way 💒

[Maximos]

I haven’t been to church since I was like 13 and I’m 33 now with a wife who has never been baptized and 4 kids who have never been baptized nor chrismated. I grew up Protestant and I truly believe the Holy Spirit has been pushing me to Orthodoxy. I can’t explain it any other way. I went to my first Divine Liturgy this last Sunday and everyone around my wife and kids and I were so genuine and nice and non-judgmental. Including the Father. It was so welcoming and warm and filled my heart up so much with the love of Jesus Christ. I truly found my home and I can’t wait to go through Catechism classes and for all my family to be chrismated and baptized around Easter next year. Thank you God for your persistence to push me towards salvation for not just me but for my kids and my wife. ☦️

[OrthoNektarios]

This is why I made this man my Spirtual father! Such full of wisdom and love for Christ!

[SimonSymeou]

Orthodox fasting is less about the food but more about committing to God and controlling our passions. Praying more, Being sober minded, controlling our thoughts and making our thoughts obedient to Christ. the fasting is a method of training so to speak to assist us in our prayers and behaviour. Fasting does not qualify us, fasting is for us to gain self control. As Fr. Timothy here explains superbly that the food rules are not hard but a guide. Being sober minded so that we can focus our love on Him and to fill our heart with love as God is the author of love. Good fast my Orthodox brothers and sisters.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me and save me a sinner.
☦️💞☦️💞

[ECOK]

My wife and I are to be received into the Holy Orthodox Church this upcoming Holy Saturday. As I listened to Father's words I began to weep yet again at how our Glorious and Compassionate Lord could call to a man like me and lead me into this miraculous and overwhelming beauty of a life renewed and restored. Bless you Fr. Timothy for your kindness and gentleness, and my prayer is that all mankind come to know Christ in His Holy Spirit. Repentance is the beautiful path, the Way! Blessed Lent to all of us. Lord Jesus Christ Have Mercy on us and save us, amen!

[betelhem_betmengistu]

who noticed the hands continuously praying with a prayer rope.😇🥰

[owengordon]

I’m a new orthodox catechumen and wow do I have far to go it’s so hard not to rush and think we can run (out of pride) before we can even walk sometimes I feel so empty inside but something keeps pushing me to church like I’m on auto pilot and my soul is craving Our Lord please pray for me brothers and sister

[neyneynanamo]

I know a guy who used to be into hinduism an new age stuff and he used to mock(in a friendly way) the fact that we Christians look so tired after 2-3 days of complete fasting(no food at all) while he can and does 7 days complete fasts a few times a year. He is a Christian now, Glory to God and he was incredibility surprised at first that he could not even do regular fasting for a single day in the beginning.

[oakandiron_]

GLORY TO CHRIST FOR ALL THINGS!!!! blessed Lent my brothers and sisters!!

[FuzzyMutt]

Thank you Fr. Timothy: as a recent convert this is my first Great Lent and the clarity you offer here is most helpful. Glory be to God, thank you!

[daphnepearce]

I'm a new catechumen with so much to learn. This will be my first Great Lent and your explanation of Lent gives me so much clarity and peace. Thank you

[kaylacarter]

This made me weep. Lord have mercy on me.

[G]

I like this priest need more content of him

[Hbes]

What an amazing, captivating, and beautifully delivered message about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Very happy that I’ve found this… thank you so much Father Timothy.

[melatdemessie]

Today I learned the biggest lesson about fasting. I’m Ethiopian Orthodox and we don’t eat absolutely nothing for 3 days ( from Good Friday tills Sunday) and I honestly did say I did it, which was absolutely wrong. Thank you priest for showing me how wrong I was.

[justsulvana]

Can anyone help me? I’m an ex Muslim who converted, I was baptized in the Protestant church, but feel called by God to the Orthodox faith. I had a dream where the Holy Spirit was speaking to me and showed me a vision of me in an Orthodox Church accepting the Eucharist.

I’m a single mom and don’t know if I will be welcomed in. I have so many questions.

[lorenharper]

This guy is spot on in his theology. I really enjoyed listening to him.

[miriuzi]

I love how well he spoke. This really inspired me, as this is my first time as a Christian Orthodox that I want to take part in the Great Lent. The diet part is hard at some points because I am not used to it (still trying to do the best I can), but I am still gracefully putting more effort into focusing and reflecting on my faith, myself and others during this period.

[cjlaforge]

Glory to God! Thank you, Fr. Timothy Pavlatos, for teaching us and for praying for us. Love in Christ, Thomas and Anna Ramey

[orthodox_soul]

Weighing each and every word carefully as I pray, slowly and with intention, is the #1 thing I must consistently remind myself to do. I suspect I may spend my entire life struggling to learn how to truly offer prayer to God properly even just once. Thanks for another great video. 🙏🏽☦️