“Fasting is not simply an act of abstaining from certain foods. Fasting is a return to the first 'natural' state of man, when the Lord created man.”

The blessed Elder Eusebius Vittis, an eminent ecclesiastical figure of the 20th century, served for many years in Scandinavia and Greece, leaving an indelible imprint of Christ's love in every soul. A valuable part of his ministry consists of his systematic interpretative lectures on the New Testament, the Apocalypse, as well as on Job.

In this transcribed lecture on the Epistle to the Philippians, he refers to his beloved virtue of fasting, presenting it as the theology of the body.

Foreword by His Eminence Theologos, Metropolitan of Serres and Nigrita.