In This Issue
FEATURES
The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today
Official Document of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
Fasting: Is It Really Necessary?
Rev. Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou
Days that Remember: Feasts, Memory and Faith
Dr. Nicole Roccas
Sustenance, Benediction, Praxis, Lent
Poems by Nicholas Samaras
Facebook as a Lenten Discipline: An Orthodox Pilot Study
Rev. Dr. Anton C. Vrame
To Eat or Not to Eat? How is the Question
Rita Madden
Nourishing Body and Soul: Tips and Tricks for Meal Planning During a Fast
SERIES & ARTICLES
So You've Formed an Outreach Committee ...
Rev. Fr. Jim Kordaris
What is Family Ministry?
Rev. Fr. Alexander Goussetis
Create Your Parenting Plan
Anastasia Leondis
BOOK REVIEWS:
The Church Has Left the Building: Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the Twenty-first Century – Michael Plekon, Maria Gwyn McDowell & Elizabeth Schroeder (Editors)
Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Anton C. Vrame
The Food and Feasts of Jesus: Inside the World of First-Century Fare, with Menus and Recipes – Douglas E. Neel & Joel A. Pugh
Reviewed by Sarah Parro
FROM THE DIRECTOR:
Fasting and Feasting
Rev. Dr. Anton C. Vrame