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

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