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The commandment of fasting is the first commandment given by the Lord to Adam when he told them not to eat from the forbidden tree. Fasting is a critical commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ for a complete and acceptable worship, and whoever does not fast with an acceptable excuse deserves a punishment. Bishop Mataus, head of the Syrian monastery, said in his article about the fasting of the apostles and the Sacra