Today's Fast

April 11, 2026
Lenten Fast — Wine is Allowed

Great and Holy Saturday

Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum / Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)

Troparion: Great and Holy Saturday: Tone II. Noble Joseph ... When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise...
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Постное Харчо (Fasting Kharcho Soup)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Постное Харчо (Fasting Kharcho Soup)

Traditional kharcho is a beef soup. The fasting version drops the meat and compensates with an abundance of walnuts, ...

Churchkhela-Inspired Walnut Energy Bites
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Churchkhela-Inspired Walnut Energy Bites

Churchkhela — walnuts strung on a thread and dipped in thickened grape juice — takes days to make properly. These no-...

სოკოს სუპი — Georgian Mushroom Soup
Georgian Fast With Oil

სოკოს სუპი — Georgian Mushroom Soup

Georgian mushroom soup stands apart from its Russian cousin with a bold hit of adjika spice paste, fresh herbs piled ...

ბადრიჯანი ნიგვზით — Eggplant with Pomegranate and Walnut
Georgian Fast With Oil

ბადრიჯანი ნიგვზით — Eggplant with Pomegranate and Walnut

Slices of fried eggplant rolled around a walnut-garlic paste and jeweled with pomegranate seeds. This is one of the m...

Лобио с грецкими орехами (Lobio Salad with Walnuts)
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Лобио с грецкими орехами (Lobio Salad with Walnuts)

If hot lobio is winter comfort, this cold version is the dish you want on a warm spring fasting day. Cooked kidney be...

Пхали из свёклы (Beet Pkhali)
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Пхали из свёклы (Beet Pkhali)

Beet pkhali is the ruby-red jewel of the Georgian fasting table. The technique is identical to spinach pkhali — cooke...

Лобио (Lobio — Spiced Kidney Bean Stew)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Лобио (Lobio — Spiced Kidney Bean Stew)

Lobio is the beating heart of the Georgian fasting table. The word simply means "beans," but the dish itself is anyth...

Пхали из шпината (Spinach Pkhali)
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Пхали из шпината (Spinach Pkhali)

Pkhali is one of the great techniques of Georgian cuisine: cooked vegetables bound with a dense, garlicky walnut past...

Ткемали (Tkemali — Georgian Sour Plum Sauce)
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Ткемали (Tkemali — Georgian Sour Plum Sauce)

Tkemali is to Georgian cooking what ketchup is to American cooking, except that it is vastly more interesting and has...

Georgian Lobio Without Oil
Georgian Fast Without Oil

Georgian Lobio Without Oil

Lobio is the soul of Georgian cooking — red kidney beans simmered with an extraordinary amount of fresh herbs, garlic...

მწვანე ლობიო ფხალი — Green Bean Pkhali
Georgian Fast With Oil

მწვანე ლობიო ფხალი — Green Bean Pkhali

Pkhali is Georgia's answer to the question of how to make vegetables genuinely exciting. Green beans are blended with...

Аджапсандали (Ajapsandali — Georgian Vegetable Stew)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Аджапсандали (Ajapsandali — Georgian Vegetable Stew)

Ajapsandali is Georgia's answer to ratatouille, and it wins the argument. Where the French version aims for delicacy,...

Грузинский фасолевый суп (Georgian Bean Soup with Herbs and Adjika)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Грузинский фасолевый суп (Georgian Bean Soup with Herbs and Adjika)

This is a thick, warming bean soup built on the Georgian flavor foundations: cilantro, garlic, blue fenugreek, and a ...

Жареные баклажаны с ореховым соусом (Fried Eggplant with Bazhe Walnut Sauce)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Жареные баклажаны с ореховым соусом (Fried Eggplant with Bazhe Walnut Sauce)

Bazhe is the great white walnut sauce of Georgian cuisine — silky, garlicky, sharpened with vinegar, and poured gener...

Chanakhi — Vegetable Clay Pot Stew
Georgian Fast With Oil

Chanakhi — Vegetable Clay Pot Stew

Chanakhi is a Georgian stew traditionally layered in a clay pot and slow-baked until everything collapses into a frag...

Бадриджани (Badrijani — Eggplant with Walnut Paste)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Бадриджани (Badrijani — Eggplant with Walnut Paste)

Badrijani nigvzit — eggplant rolls stuffed with spiced walnut paste — is the dish that people who have visited Georgi...

Georgian Trout with Walnut Sauce (Bazhe)
Georgian Fast With Fish

Georgian Trout with Walnut Sauce (Bazhe)

Bazhe is the crown jewel of Georgian sauces — a thick, pale emulsion of ground walnuts, garlic, vinegar, and Georgian...

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