Fasts and Feasts: A historical guide to the church calendar
Christians began very early to celebrate the life, death, and Resurrection of their Savior by marking time. Weekly at first, and then yearly, a rhythm developed to help believers grow in faith and become closer to their Lord. Learn more about that rhythm and its history in this guide with ideas to make it part of your own discipleship or that of your church.
- Item number: 4930
- Media type: Book
- Running Time: 56 pages
- Region: All
- Production Year: 2025
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Think about how you would tell the story of your own life to someone else—and the story of your life with Christ. Are there events you particularly remember? Are there times of happiness and times of sorrow? What has been the rhythm of your days?
One of the distinctive aspects of the Christian faith is that it is a story rooted in time—centered around the true story of a Savior who lived at a moment in history that we can pinpoint. Because of this, Christians began very early to celebrate the life, death, and Resurrection of their Savior by marking time. Weekly at first, and then yearly, joyful commemorations and penitential periods developed; over the first few centuries of the church they achieved a rhythm, year in and year out, intended to help believers grow in faith and become closer to their Lord.
In Fasts and Feasts: A historical guide to the church calendar, you will find an introduction to this rhythm—to inform you about its history and, perhaps, give you ideas to make it part of your own discipleship or that of your church.