منتدى الفرح المسيحى - Fasting also precedes service

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Pope Shenouda III

Fasting also precedes service:
Before the Lord Jesus Christ started His overt service, He fasted for forty days, spending the time in seclusion with the Father on the mountain
We likewise, after ordaining a new priest, assign to him a period of forty days of fasting and seclusion, usually at a monastery, before he begins his service.