medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Angus,
Can you tell us more about the lengthy fast in August?
not only about the liturgy, but about the probable weather?
is fasting going to be "easier" because it is so hot -
or is one required, as in Ramadan, to abstain from liquids
as well as food?
M Cormack
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>John B. Wickstrom wrote:
>>assumption of the virgin: is it rejected or simply of
>>secondary interest in the liturgy of the Eastern feast?
>In the Coptic church there are five main feasts of the Theotokos:
>Nativity (9 May), Presentation in the Temple, Dormition (29 January),
>Assumption (Fast begins 7 August, feast on 22 August), and consecration
>of the first church dedicated to the Theotokos at Philippi (28 June). Of
>these feasts, apart from some local observances, the Assumption is
>observed and the others tend to be disregarded. See i.a. Otto
>KHS-Burmester, _The Egyptian or Coptic Church: A detailed description of
>her liturgical services ..._, Cairo, Publications de la societé
>d'archéologie Copte, 1967. Feasts DO vary both in importance and date
>among the 'eastern' churches, which we often tend to lump together,
>sometimes wrongly.
>Angus Graham
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