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Matushka Melissa Naasko, author of "Fasting as a Family," joins us to offer practical tips as we are preparing to begin Great Lent. Homeschool mom to eleven children, Matushka Melissa and Fr. Benjamin live in Upper Peninsula of Michigan and are with the Monastery of Sts. Sergius and Herman of Valaam in Houghton, Michigan. (Part 1 of 2)
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