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atmosphere of clean monday may seem at odds with the lenten spirit of repentance and self-control, but this seeming contradiction is a marked aspect of the orthodox approach to fasting , in accordance with the gospel lesson ( matthew : – ) read on the morning before, which admonishes: when ye fast, be not
, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. verily i say unto you, they have their reward. but thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy father which is in secret...
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