Sts Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Institute
14 Apr 09: Interview of ABC Radio with Matushka Helen Metlenko on Great Lent
The Good Life: Orthodox Great Lent
29/03/2009
Noel Debien with Helen Metlenko, teacher, wife of a Russian Orthodox Priest and mother of three children
THIS EPISODE
For the Orthodox, not unlike Western Christians, the education of “desire” into healthy directions is one key to the Christian Spiritual life, and in the 40 days of Lent leading up to Easter, fasting; prayer and almsgiving are undertaken by many Christians. The Russian Orthodox follow the Julian calendar, and count the Sundays as days of lent also… (more…)