Orthodox Nativity Fast

Today is the first day of the season of the Orthodox Nativity Fast.

Fasting for the feast

I spoke with my Priest about fasting during the 40-day period. My concern was related to my history of Type 2 diabetes which in in remission due to a Low Carb diet. When I tried the fast for Lent I gained 20 lbs and was concerned about my health. The fast is essentially a high carb diet and being normally low carb/carnivore I was always very hungry on the standard fasting diet.

My Priest gave me guidance during Lent to add eggs and dairy for the fast. I bought Low Carb tortillas and will eat egg and cheese burritos for three meals a day for the fast.

Fasting from Social Media

I will be off social media but will keep my DMs open for friends to reach out to me directly. It's not fair to disappear from people's lives completely. X and Facebook take up way too much of my time. I enjoyed being off both for the Lenten Fast.

I will keep up on world affairs by watching The Duran, Alex Christoforou, and Alexander Mercouris every day as I currently do but won't be posting on social media about them. That will be hard since they are very insightful.

Prayers

My priest gave me guidance for prayer. The guidance was to pray the prayers three times a day. I have not been doing that but I want to pick up the practice during this fasting period. At the very least pray The Lord's Prayer before my icon wall three times a day.

Reading

I want to do the daily Epistle and Gospel readings. They can be found here.

I've got a lot of books to read. First of all, I want to read the weekly Catechumen class reading from The Orthodox Faith, Worship, and Life book.

I'd also like to finish the book I recently started, Rock and Sand: An Orthodox Appraisal of the Protestant Reformers and Their Teachings, by Father Josiah Trenham. It is a great book. I've just got through the first chapter.

Cleaning my House

I got a dog and my house is a mess. I'd like to spend more time with the dog and clean my house.

Blogging

I'm planning to blog this season here.