Nativity Fast

[D+C]

I'm a little confused about this passage on a website I like using (from Guidelines for the Nativity Fast | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese

according to your own will without guidance from your spiritual father.

So you shouldn't consult your spiritual father about whether and how you should fast?

 

[seashale76]

I'm a little confused about this passage on a website I like using (from Guidelines for the Nativity Fast | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese



So you shouldn't consult your spiritual father about whether and how you should fast?

Read it again. It said Do Not Fast according to your own will without guidance from your spiritual father.

 

[D+C]

You are absolutely right, thank you for the correction!

 

[Protoevangel]

I'm a little confused about this passage on a website I like using (from Guidelines for the Nativity Fast | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese



So you shouldn't consult your spiritual father about whether and how you should fast?

Hi D+C,

I'm sure you already know this, but just as a reminder: When you see a list like the one you quoted from:

Do Not Fast

between December 25 and January 5 (even on Wednesdays and Fridays);
if you are pregnant or nursing a newborn;
during serious illness;
without prayer;
without alms-giving;
according to your own will without guidance from your spiritual father.​

What that means, is that you apply the header of the list to each line below, like:

Do Not Fast between December 25 and January 5 (even on Wednesdays and Fridays);
Do Not Fast if you are pregnant or nursing a newborn;
Do Not Fast during serious illness;
Do Not Fast without prayer;
Do Not Fast without alms-giving;
Do Not Fast according to your own will without guidance from your spiritual father.​