Sorry to write this post so early, but I am seeking a bit of info regarding the why's on certain aspects of the Nativity Fast. I looked through the archives of this site and I understand what the Nativity Fast consists of but I am lost on how to explain this to others. Mainly the 25+ people showing up at my mother's house for her "once in a lifetime Christmas event".
(The Good-year blimp will be flying over your homes as soon as we finalize the guest list) :mrgreen: .
My family is as of yet unaware of my gleanings into Orthodoxy and my desire to convert. So when I show up for Christmas and say, "Oh, by the way I am here to be but not to eat", I am going to get a whole bunch of questions and I would appreciate some responses as I am totally new at the fasting schedule of Orthodoxy.
(Neo-Catholicism's rules of fasting consist of "1 hour warnings" before Communion but really nothing more is enforced.) So. any advice, reponses, funny faces, or anyything else you can do to help me out on this one thanks a million!
Joseph Michael