Figs from Thistles Lenten Planner 2025
Figs from Thistles Lenten Planner 2025
Plan meals, almsgiving, and intercessions, plus prepare for all of the liturgical observances with this Lenten planner and study companion for Orthodox Christians! Organize your practical concerns for the season with dated calendars that include fasting, saints and feasts, then move into weekly studies on each Sunday and feast of the Great Fast. Each week's study includes a synopsis of the week and its thematic elements, the text of the readings, the hymns, and a set of questions for reflection and discussion.
This is a printed paperback book that will be shipped to you.
Each letter-sized, 71-page planner includes:
Goal planner with prompts to help you decide on your spiritual and practical plans for Lent
Calendars for February – April 2025, with feasts and fasting (choose if you want “New/Gregorian Calendar” or “Old/Julian Calendar”… not sure? If you celebrate Christmas on December 25, choose New calendar!)
Intercession list
Almsgiving organizer
Prayers & Hymns for the season, with space to write in your own
Lenten Meals sheet to make notes on your favorite recipes for quick reference
Lenten Pantry organizer to make notes on staples to pick up
Weekly Meal Planners with fasting designations for the week of the Publican & Pharisee through Bright Week
Paschal Feast/Basket planner and shopping list
Weekly Study Companion, which includes an overview of each day, assigned Epistle and Gospel readings (KJV), hymns, and questions for reflection. The included Study Companions are: Publican & Pharisee, Prodigal Son, Last Judgment, Forgiveness Sunday, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, Annunciation, Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, Sunday of St. John Climacus, Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday, Bridegroom Matins & Holy Unction, Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, Holy Saturday, and Pascha.
Reflection prompts to record memories and important thoughts on the season
40 Lenten Focus Cards with suggestions for how to incorporate them
Notes
Designed by Parousia Press and manufactured in the USA.