The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Forgive me, Jean-Serge, for accusing you of judgment. But I do think your advice should be treated with caution. In my jurisdiction, we don't make a rigid distinction between confessor and spiritual father. It could be that by "spiritual father" you are thinking of old-style monastic elders to whom ...

Jean-Serge, the Wednesday/Friday fasts that are not apart of any seasonal fast, are these one meal per day also?

According to strict observance, yes. There are some feast days such that, if they fall on Wed or Fri, oil and wine are allowed, and I think this also means that you don't need to fast ...

Jean-Serge, laziness is a sin, but so is pride and judging others. You accuse me of attributing pride to those who want to follow their own fasting rules, without respecting their spiritual fathers, but you have no compunction about accusing people of laziness when they don't fast according to your ...

I would advise just following the local custom of your church.

Even in a same parish, you can find different customs because people come from different backgrounds. So, even worse at the level of a church. Not to talk about some parishes where the spirit is quite lax and you could end up eating ...

I seldom heard about Mother Mariam and recently read about her from a website that seems run by a World Orthodox person who reported things from the newspapers of this period. It appears she was accused of and condemned for : stealing the property of some person with fraud but also mistreatment ...