Hi, I wanted to let anyone know who is saying "I can't fast, I can't go that long without food!" Fasting isn't abstaining from food for 24, 36, or 48 hours it isn't that at all. In the Coptic Orthodox Church we fast 210 days out of the year. Wednesday and Friday we eat vegan, depending on what your priest tells you you will abstain from food from 12 midnight to 12, 3, 5, or 6pm (no food no water) it varies based on your spirituality as a person hence why it's based on what your priest tells you as he knows you as a person and your struggles and strengths. We fast from 12 midnight to when Communion is and we can attend Liturgy any day of the week that is no food no water. We have different seasons of the fast and depending on the season it is either vegan or vegan + fish. Outside of that we also abstain from sexual relations if you are married.

The point of fasting for us is during this time we are to spend it with God in prayer and reading the Scripture. Fasting is a means of brining your body into submission under your soul/spirit because the body is weak and flesh.