The people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast Jonah 3:5. Nineveh freed itself from death by fasting Saint Ambrose. His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Denkha 4th, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, is inviting people to observe September 1st to September 3rd as a Baoutha d-Ninwaye, which is three days of prayer and fasting. It is a tradition that has been practiced since the early centuries of Christianity in the Assyrian Church of the East and some of the other Eastern Rites, following the tradition of the Ninevites in the time of the prophet Jonah. news.assyrianchurch.org/2014/08/31/h-h-mar-dinkha-iv-urges-the-church-congregation-to-fast-a-special-rogation/5323 Let us do like the Ninevites, and use these three days to offer prayers and fasting in whatever way each person can for the conversion of hearts and peace in the world. Let us put ourselves before our Lord, as humble, obedient and faithful servants of the One True God, seeking to hear the message that He desires to give to the world through us.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:35:48 +0000
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