Fasts

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Prayer, Fasting and Worship

7 questions

• QHow long are the Apostles’ Fast, the Holy Great Fast, and Jonah's Fast (in days)?
• QIs sexual relation between husband and wife permitted at all during the fast?
• QIs honey allowed during the fast?
• QDuring the Fast of Jonah or Nineveh, is there a response recited at communion time with the Holy Book of Psalm 150? Some people say Jonah in the belly of the whale as a…
• QOn what basis and sources of information does our Church build her decisions concerning what types of food to abstain from during our fasts?
• QHow many times do we fast per year (excluding Wednesdays and Fridays)?
• QFor what purpose is the Apostles’ Fast or what does signify?

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