The Orthodox Christmas celebration follows a 40-day fast, only broken on Christmas Eve when the first star appears.
Russians have Christmas Day on the January 7, in keeping with the Julian calendar. That is very interesting, I had no idea. Can you imagine doing a 40 day fast!!! I have done a fast for healthy reasons. But only for a few days at a time. It cleanses out the body and rids the body of toxins. Maybe that's why Christians fast, to rid the body of toxins and leave the body "clean" and "pure"? On Jan 7, 9:36 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6bJ2WTpEA > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
