“The fasting, prayer, repentance, prostrations and charity of Great Lent are to be the results of hearts filled with praise and thanksgiving, and they are designed to reinvigorate our relationship with God and one another. If they remain only exercises in personal asceticism, they do not accomplish the goal of a heart which is well pleasing to God. It is our hearts we must continually work on…”
(Fr. Ted Bobash in pravoslavie.ru)

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