About this episode

This episode provides a practical guide for navigating Holy Week with humility and watchfulness, rather than obsession.

Holy Week is not a reward for people who “nailed Lent.” It is medicine for the weak. In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast , Dr. Michael Christian & John walk from Lazarus Saturday to Pascha as a field guide for real people: those who are exhausted, behind, scattered, ashamed, or tempted to turn the fast into obsession. They unpack Lazarus Saturday as truth & return, Palm Sunday as a warning against unstable zeal, the end-of-Lent traps of control, judgment, & despair, & the watchfulness required to navigate Holy Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday without getting trapped in the endless “can I?” loop. From there, they move into Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, Holy Saturday, & Pascha... showing how to keep the fruit of the fast, avoid the Paschal rebound, & enter the Resurrection with joy, sobriety, mercy, and peace. This is a practical Orthodox guide to Holy Week, Bridegroom watchfulness, repentance, discernment, & Paschal joy... not for “perfect Orthodox,” but for people who need a real rule they can actually keep. If you’ve felt spiritually distracted, emotionally volatile, physically worn down, or stuck in a thousand little what-if questions, this…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michael Kuhn

Guests: Dr. Michael Christian, John

Topics covered

• Holy Week
• Orthodox Christianity
• spiritual guidance
• fasting
• repentance
• watchfulness

Keywords

• Holy Week
• Lent
• spiritual health
• Paschal joy
• watchfulness
• repentance
• fasting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Orthodox Health Podcast

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