of pious, many do

nobody does anything on good friday

any length of the fast

would count

towards the figure

both fastings last 40 days

if someone even makes the intention to fast but doesn't do a single day

I'm inclined to ask you to consider that too

but may not be reasonable

10% of adults?

the rule is no meat or dairy, more strict rules which monks adhere to include no oil on certain days, and no meat whatsoever on certain days, including fish

90% of people skipping meat for a day?

mostof people will do the so called "small fast" of fasting for only 1 single day

christmass eve and good firday

if you openly don't do it

what would be the reaction of most people

but that practice is completely unfounded in church practice

they wouldn't care

thanks

I very quickly distanced myself from Serbian approach to Orthodoxy due to a huge influx of subversive ideas and personalities

Though at times, it is the only bullwark against reccurence of bolshevik ideas

All Churchiness is prone to attracting obscure people with no qualities who use it to get a platform to educate others

Also, among certain Orthodox believers are many adherents of this Eastern styled mysticism which I dislike

what do you mean Eastern styled

Montenegrins in general have a very peculiar approach towards religion

oh, it's not Montenegros

boo

They are at soul secular and completely untameable by strict religious discipline, especially monkish meekness

in Serbia, there are much more religious zealots

do you feel a connection to Serbia

Yes

Serbs have strong regional differences

Montenegrins by far stand out as being the most distinct, and by that I mean even those who declare as Serbs

Is an ethnically Serbian Montenegrin that doesn't speak Serbian a phenomenon?

a rarity? a nonentity?

No, such thing does not exist

by eastern mysticism I mean an influx of sentimental, passive ideas in their worldview, racially unconscious, anti-elitist

All of Christianty is such

But these ideas also propagate certain sense of anti-westernism which rejects both that which is obviously degenerate about west (liberalism, individualism, materialism)

and that which is superior (elitism)

suburban morality