[Elfsea] Elfsea Defender Dinner by the Lyst Field

[glen wilkerson]

Um, before I possibly make an ass of myself - how many people would be offended by a snarky comment about lent?

Alaric, Militant Agnostic 

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>From: Sandra Geil <alexsandraeryn at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Apr 1, 2009 3:42 PM
>To: glen wilkerson <gdwilkerson at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Elfsea Defender Dinner by the Lyst Field
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>Let me get this straight, you gave up haggis for lent?
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>Alaric
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>No - the Orthodox Church does not permit meat (or dairy--which I do not follow as scrupulously)during lent.
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>For the Record the fasting is 
> Wednesday and Friday except the week after Pascha(Easter) and Nativity (Christmas)
>Nativity Lent (roughly the "advent" season)
>Great Lent (roughly six weeks before Pascha)
>The Apostles Fast (June ranges from 0 days to the entire month as it starts on a fixed holiday --like Christmas-- and ends on a floating holiday -- like thanksgiving)
>The Dormition Fast (August 1 - 15)
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>al AERYN
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