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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Greek Shrimp in Tomato Sauce with Herbs (Garides Saganaki)
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Greek Shrimp in Tomato Sauce with Herbs (Garides Saganaki)

Garides saganaki is one of the great Greek taverna dishes — plump shrimp baked in a bubbling, herb-spiked tomato sauc...

Vietnamese Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot (Ca Kho To)
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Vietnamese Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot (Ca Kho To)

Ca kho to is Vietnamese home cooking at its most elemental — fish steaks braised in a dark caramel sauce with fish sa...

Portuguese Salt Cod with Potatoes and Onions (Bacalhau a Bras Style)
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Portuguese Salt Cod with Potatoes and Onions (Bacalhau a Bras Style)

Bacalhau a Bras is one of Portugal's most beloved salt cod dishes — shredded salt cod tangled with crispy matchstick ...

Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon)
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Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon)

Haemul pajeon is the Korean seafood pancake — a crispy, golden disc loaded with scallions, shrimp, squid, and whateve...

Jamaican Escovitch Fish with Pickled Vegetables
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Jamaican Escovitch Fish with Pickled Vegetables

Escovitch fish is Jamaica's answer to escabeche — whole fish fried until shatteringly crisp, then draped in a tangle ...

Ukha (Russian Clear Fish Soup)
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Ukha (Russian Clear Fish Soup)

Ukha is one of the oldest dishes in Russian cuisine — a pristine, golden fish soup built from the bones and flesh of ...

Seafood Paella with Fish, Shrimp, and Mussels
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Seafood Paella with Fish, Shrimp, and Mussels

Paella is rice cooked in a wide, shallow pan until the bottom develops socarrat — a caramelized crust that is the ent...

Shrimp Pad Thai
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Shrimp Pad Thai

Pad thai with shrimp is street food at its finest — rice noodles tossed in a slick of tamarind, palm sugar, and fish ...

Japanese Miso-Glazed Salmon
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Japanese Miso-Glazed Salmon

Miso-glazed salmon is one of those dishes that seems too good to be this simple. Salmon fillets marinate briefly in a...

Moroccan Fish Tagine with Preserved Lemons
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Moroccan Fish Tagine with Preserved Lemons

A Moroccan tagine with fish is a stunning one-pot meal — chunks of firm white fish braised in a spiced tomato and oli...

Salmon Teriyaki Rice Bowl
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Salmon Teriyaki Rice Bowl

A fish-day bowl that delivers deeply satisfying flavors with almost no effort. The teriyaki glaze caramelizes on the ...

Bouillabaisse (Provençal Fish Stew)
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Bouillabaisse (Provençal Fish Stew)

Bouillabaisse is the great fish stew of Marseille — a saffron-scented broth teeming with multiple types of fish and s...

Mediterranean Sardines on Toast with Tomato and Capers
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Mediterranean Sardines on Toast with Tomato and Capers

Sardines are one of the most underappreciated fish in the world — inexpensive, sustainable, extraordinarily nutritiou...

Cod with Chickpeas and Tomatoes
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Cod with Chickpeas and Tomatoes

This is a one-pan braise that marries firm white cod with chickpeas in a spiced tomato sauce — cumin, coriander, and ...

Thai Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)
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Thai Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)

Tod mun pla — Thai fish cakes — are addictive little patties of pounded fish, red curry paste, green beans, and lime ...

Fish Curry with Coconut Milk
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Fish Curry with Coconut Milk

A Thai-inspired fish curry built on coconut milk, red curry paste, and lime — rich, fragrant, and ready in twenty min...

Ceviche with Shrimp and Fish
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Ceviche with Shrimp and Fish

Ceviche is raw fish "cooked" in citrus acid — the lime juice denatures the proteins and turns the flesh opaque and fi...

Fish and Chips (Beer-Battered Cod, Fasting-Style)
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Fish and Chips (Beer-Battered Cod, Fasting-Style)

Fish and chips is the ultimate fish-day comfort food — a thick fillet of cod in a shatteringly crisp beer batter, ser...

Tuna Poke Bowl
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Tuna Poke Bowl

Poke is Hawaii's gift to the world — cubes of raw tuna tossed in soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili, served over rice w...

Baked Trout with Dill and Lemon
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Baked Trout with Dill and Lemon

This is the Russian way with trout — straightforward and perfect. A whole trout (or fillets, if you prefer), stuffed ...

Serbian Fish Paprikash
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Serbian Fish Paprikash

Fish paprikash is the pride of Serbia's Danube and Sava river regions — a thick, brick-red stew of freshwater fish si...

Mussels in White Wine and Garlic
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Mussels in White Wine and Garlic

A pot of mussels steamed open in white wine, garlic, and parsley is one of the fastest and most impressive meals you ...

Fish Tacos with Cabbage Slaw and Avocado
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Fish Tacos with Cabbage Slaw and Avocado

Fish tacos are a perfect fish-day meal — light, bright, and endlessly customizable. Crispy pan-fried cod or tilapia s...

Shrimp Scampi with Pasta
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Shrimp Scampi with Pasta

Shrimp scampi is one of the fastest luxury meals you can make — large shrimp sautéed in a flood of garlic, white wine...

Spaghetti alle Vongole (Clam Pasta)
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Spaghetti alle Vongole (Clam Pasta)

Spaghetti with clams is one of the great pasta dishes of the world — briny, garlicky, and elegant in its simplicity. ...

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