Great Lent not just a fast; a time to "to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer ,,,"

Most think of Great Lent in terms of fasting, but it is more a time to "to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed."

Audio: http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/misc_2023+purpose-of-great-lent+not-just-fasting.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/WWJ3ZoO6urk

People think of Great Lent as a “fast”, but it is much more than this. Fasting is, maybe 8, on a list of the top ten things that characterize Great Lent. Much more important is that we must think of Great Lent in this context: “knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Romans 13:11) an excerpt, starting at 0:43, of a sermon given on the Sunday of Forgiveness, 02/26/2023 ns.