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ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ENTER 40 DAYS OF FASTING: ANCIENT DISCIPLINE PREPARES HEARTS FOR CHRIST'S NATIVITY
The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Church in preparation for the Nativity of Jesus on December 25. The Byzantine fast is observed from November 15 to December 24, running for 40 days instead of the four or