The Apostles' Fast

The history of an ancient but less known period of Christian fasting LINKS: Our fasting introduction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOYBSCJMFHg Our episode about Saint Athanasius of Alexandria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgZVZ2GRgHw An article about the Apostles' Fast: https://www.oca.org/reflections/fr.-stephen-freeman/the-apostles-fast An article on the history of the Apostles' Fast: https://orthochristian.com/62494.html St Leo the Great's sermon on Saints Peter and Paul: https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/06/saint-leo-great-on-feast-of-saints.html The poetic writing of St. Ephraim the Syrian on the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul: https://www.mystagogyresourcecenter.com/2025/06/encomium-to-holy-apostles-peter-and.html Amongst our friends that support this channel are those at Orthodox Youth & Young Adult Ministries: https://www.theoym.org/ Check out their new "What's Your Ministry?" website for resources: https://whatsyourministry.org/whats-your-ministry/ Please consider a monthly donation towards keeping this channel going: https://ko-fi.com/patristix You can also help us by getting Patristix graphic designs on ALL SORTS of merch at our Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/patristix/shop?asc=u Also follow us on social media for cool graphics, pictures and info: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Patristix Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/patristixgram/