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Lesson 9 - Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving & the Liturgical Life

This class explores the Orthodox Christian way of life as it is lived daily and sanctified through time. We will first examine the foundational spiritual disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, understanding them not as isolated religious duties but as interconnected practices that heal the heart, train the will, and restore our relationship with God and neighbor. These disciplines form the inner rhythm of repentance and transformation in Christ. In the second half of the class, we will explore the liturgical cycles of Orthodox worship, learning how the Church sanctifies time itself through daily, weekly, yearly, and festal cycles. From the Divine Liturgy to fasting seasons and feast days, we will see how the Church shapes our spiritual life by immersing us in the saving events of Christ’s life. Together, these teachings reveal how Orthodox Christians grow in holiness not only through personal effort, but by living within the prayerful rhythm of the Church. Appendix: From the Fathers - Writings from the Fathers and Theologians of the Church on each of the Class topics can be found here: https://orthodoxfl.com/wp-content/upl...