THE MEANING OF GREAT LENT
The Holy Season of Great Lent has always been for Orthodox Christians a time of self-denial, a period of self-examination, a period for preparation to enter the Holy Passion and Resurrection of our Saviour. But in recent years, we have seen a sad attitude take over what was once an attitude of joyful expectation and anticipation. Instead self-denial there is now a denial of Lent. Instead of a period of preparation to enter the Holy Passion of Christ, we find the attitude that “I don’t need any preparation, I am a good person.”READ MORE
