I know that most of the regulars here follow the western liturgical cycle rather than the eastern. As you are coming to the end of Lent, and me and my community are getting ready to enter it, I’m curious – what has been your individual lenten discipline, and what did you gain from it, and the time of preparation for Pascha?
Moreover, Im curious about what other OC/IC communities did together during Lent: did you support a charity, have study days, or maybe a concerted effort at outreach? If so how did this contribute to your sense of benefitting from Lent? Did you notice a change in your community because of this project?
My little fellowhsip here in London has chosen to support the World Food Program during Lent. Recently there has been a great deal of reporting on how the rising affluence of some areas like China, in addition to the rising cost of fuel, and the push for turning food crops into fuel, combines to make aid projects more difficult. We’re going to donate the money we would have spent on meat during the Great Fast (were we not “fasting”) to the WFP. In my household we dont spend much on meat to start with, but a quick calculation is astonishing how many families that will feed in areas of the greatest need. I’ll be posting more on this over the course of the season.
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