“The feasts should have an impact on our lives, they should revive and kindle our faith (heart) in future blessings, and nourish pious, good morals. The feasts are spent more often in sin, as they are met by an unreasonable lack of faith, a cold heart, often not at all prepared for the feeling of these great blessings of God, which God has given through a well-known celebrated person or event.”
( St John of Kronstadt ‘My Life in Christ’)