sin ful ▁voyage ▁beyond ▁three ▁se as ." ▁ ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁explain ▁that , ▁while ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁date ▁events ▁by ▁Christian ▁religious ▁hol id ays ▁and ▁invoked ▁the ▁Mother ▁of ▁God ▁and ▁the ▁sain ts ▁(" the ▁Holy ▁F athers "), ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁remember ▁when ▁Christian ▁hol id ays ▁were , ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁celebr ate ▁E aster ▁and ▁other ▁mov able ▁fe ast ▁days ▁or ▁keep ▁the ▁Christian ▁fast s ▁( L ent , ▁the ▁St . ▁Peters ' ▁Fast , ▁the ▁fast ▁during ▁Advent , ▁etc .). ▁ ▁Thus , ▁he ▁kept ▁the ▁fast s ▁of ▁the ▁Muslim s ▁and ▁broke ▁fast ▁when ▁they ▁did . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁that ▁at ▁Bind ar ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁year ▁of ▁his ▁journey ▁he ▁" sh ed ▁many ▁tears ▁for ▁the ▁Christian ▁faith ." ▁ ▁Very ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁account , ▁he ▁wrote ▁of ▁his ▁wish ▁to ▁return ▁home ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁Christian ▁faith : ▁" I , ▁Af an asy , ▁a ▁dam ned ▁servant ▁of ▁Al m ight y ▁God , ▁M aker ▁of ▁heaven ▁and ▁earth , ▁p onder ed ▁over ▁the ▁Christian ▁faith , ▁the ▁Bapt ism ▁of ▁Christ , ▁the ▁fast s ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁Holy ▁F athers , ▁and ▁the ▁apost ol ic ▁command ments , ▁and ▁I ▁long ed ▁to ▁go ▁[ back ] ▁to ▁Rus !" ▁ ▁Y akov ▁L ury e , ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁Nik it in ' s ▁J our ney , ▁sees ▁his ▁conversion