if you are my love will be with you. dear brothers and sisters the next day after the feast of the week, all the saints come out. in the peter's fasting church year, there are several multi-day fasts.

the most famous of them is great lent, which precedes the main christian holiday of the lord's easter, and the summer bed before the feast of the holy apostles peter and paul is not so much said, but at the same time this fast is also an important part of the spiritual life of the church. the formation of the apostolic fast dates back to the first times of the life of the orthodox church, but especially this fast was established when churches were built in constantinople in the name of the supreme apostles peter and paul, the consecration of the constantinople church. the day of remembrance of the apostles took place on july 12, and since then this day has become, especially solemn for the believers of the orthodox church. it was firmly established in the preparation of pious christians for this holiday by fasting and prayer. this is the summer fast, which we now call peter's or the apostolic fast

, which we used to call the pentecostal fast. the church calls us to this post following the example of the saints the apostles, who, having received the holy spirit on the day of pentecost in bed and in prayer , were preparing with great labors for the worldwide preaching of the gospel. according to established custom, the fast of peter and paul begins after the feast of pentecost. there is also a spiritual meaning in this. the fact is that after the end of great lent, a long easter period begins , during which there are no fasts of many days. however , abstinence must always be present in the life of a christian, including abstinence in five foods, which are prescribed posts. everything that we can read spiritually in the literature about great lent is relevant, and for

the apostolic lent here we must remember that fasting is basic. many exercises for the spiritual improvement of a christian often focus mainly on abstinence in food and ask the question of whether it is possible or not to eat fasting on the one hand. this is really important. after all, abstinence in food is the five pleasures of life. this is the basis of any fast, including petrov's, but sometimes the great temptation will be limited to food only. diets. in fact, this post suggests. not only that, but also includes our efforts at prayer and more focused meditation on the spiritual life. and what is very important is doing good deeds. we see that abstinence is much more than just avoiding certain

types of food. through abstinence in food and entertainment. we can learn to control our passions. it helps. it is better for us to recognize ourselves. it happens that a person begins to be burdened by fasting, becoming irritable aggressive. the thing is that fasting reveals man dormant sins and passion. this is a great opportunity to start fighting them. normal condition. after fasting spiritually, joy and solemn elation. mood. in the realization that, with god's help, we managed to fight our sins and spiritually approach the heavenly father of scripture. there is a very valuable idea for us that a person can be rooted not so much by the food that he eats, but by the words that he says or the deeds that he does. food, however, does not

bring closer, according to the word of the apostle, to god, and peter's fast moves away from it. according to the church charter, it is not as strict as the great one, nevertheless, during it we will abstain from many products. why does this happen, because a person is a single whole, both spirit and body, and on how a person’s body lives on a straight line, the state of his soul, many sins appear due to the fact that the temptation that lurked in the soul was strengthened by the weakness of the body. and let the strength of the state of health or any other reasons, not every believer can fast in food properly in this way, however, everyone can and should, in the continuation of the coming lent, exercise himself in the virtue of love for god and strictness towards himself.

and mercy to your neighbor speaking about the upcoming lent, it is important to remember that any spiritual work for the sake of christ is climbing the ladder of virtue, and climbing up is always difficult, therefore spiritual work on oneself during lent requires strength and attention cannot be taken and completed work immediately in this regard , some people sometimes show an unreasonable approach, filled with extremes, or not at all observes peter's fast, considering it not as significant as the great one, and therefore not necessarily for himself. either he suddenly decides to lead him to great severity, not having the ability to fast. however, such a sudden zeal, as a rule, often ends quickly, or a person does not

stop fasting at all, or does it as a great burden. but in our time it happens the other way around , often people neglect fasting in the summer, because the holidays are holidays. and it really imposes some of its component on the passage fasting at this time, but nevertheless it is important not to omit fasting, because this is an important restoration that helps a person through life as a christian gains spiritual experience. he begins to understand that his most serious opponent is his own passions, imperfections that live in the heart of any fast - this is the most convenient time to try to defeat them, weaken the whole, if you don’t

do it now during fasting, then when, before the very beginning of great lent, there are the tradition of asking for forgiveness of your loved ones and in temples is even performed separately worship service called the rite of forgiveness. believers try to apply themselves with those with whom it is possible, they had before that some kind of misunderstanding of resentment. before peter , the fasting of a separate order of forgiveness is not performed, but the principle remains, the same every fast must be performed in a peaceful state of mind for a christian. in principle, it is not appropriate to have any grievances against others or to be the cause of grief yourself. but even if this happens, it is necessary to strive for reconciliation immediately, and not wait for some special moment in the church calendar.

dear brothers and sisters, let the upcoming fast before peter be for each of us a time of true christian joy , spiritual transfiguration and victory over our imperfections, the last time in which this fast is performed reminds us of our inner spirituality, in which our christian virtues should flourish. and our desire to live according to the gospel commandments. give us spiritual fruits. god bless us. having passed, the upcoming fasting days become more pure , merciful neighbors even more diligent vera in the good

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