SEX DURING LENT – Father Eugen Tănăsescu's warning to believers who deviate from the order

In a society where more and more believers personalize their fasting rules, choosing to abstain from bodily pleasures only during Holy Week or to observe only a food fast, the Orthodox Church draws attention to the danger of transforming a spiritual ordinance into a superficial exercise, devoid of its profound meaning. Priest Eugen Tănăsescu explains why fasting cannot be reduced to a simple diet or an arbitrary selection of rules, but involves …