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Xerophagy
Raw Mango and Cashew Energy Bars
When the Typikon prescribes xerophagy — the strictest fasting level, with no cooked food, no oil, no wine — you need ...
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Today's Fast
July 16, 2026
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Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Troparion: Holy Martyr Hyacinth: Tone IV. In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Hyacinth received an imperishable crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the tormentors and cr...
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Tiropita — Cheese Pie
Greek
Non Fasting
Fasting Recipes
Thai
Fast Without Oil
ส้มตำ — Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)
Som tum is the salad that starts fistfights over who makes it better. Shredded green papaya pounded in a mortar with ...
Greek
Fast With Fish
Psari Plaki — Greek Baked Cod with Tomato, Onion, and Olive Oil
Psari plaki is the everyday baked fish of Greek home kitchens — thick fillets of cod nestled into a bed of slow-cooke...
Thai
Fast Without Oil
Shrimp and Vegetable Stir-Fry in Coconut Aminos
Stir-frying without oil sounds impossible until you try it with broth. A few tablespoons of vegetable broth in a scre...
Other
Fast With Oil
Tempe Sambal Goreng — Indonesian Fried Tempeh in Chili Tomato Sauce
Sambal goreng tempe is the kind of dish that makes you understand why tempeh exists. Cubes of nutty, fermented soybea...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Minestrone di Fagioli e Cavolo Nero — No-Oil Tuscan Bean and Kale Soup
This is the everyday minestrone of the Tuscan winter — cannellini beans, cavolo nero, and whatever vegetables the wee...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Green Curry with Shrimp and Thai Eggplant
A proper Thai green curry — fragrant coconut broth, fiery green chili paste, and the snap of Thai basil — loaded with...
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...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Kapusniak z Kvasoleyu — Ukrainian Sauerkraut and White Bean Soup
Kapusniak is the sour cabbage soup that holds the Ukrainian winter table together. The sourness of sauerkraut against...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Japanese Soba Noodles in Dashi Broth with Vegetables
Soba — buckwheat noodles in hot dashi broth — is one of the most elegant simple meals in Japanese cuisine and one of ...
Greek
Fast Without Oil
Steamed Shrimp with Garlic and Lemon
Shellfish are permitted on every fasting day in the Orthodox calendar — they are invertebrates, not fish, and this di...
Other
Fast With Fish
Bouillabaisse (Provençal Fish Stew)
Bouillabaisse is the great fish stew of Marseille — a saffron-scented broth teeming with multiple types of fish and s...
Other
Fast With Oil
Indian Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower Curry)
Aloo gobi is the dish that proves potatoes and cauliflower are not boring — they just need to be treated properly. Co...
Other
Fast With Oil
Cà Ri Chay — Vietnamese Yellow Coconut Curry with Seitan and Sweet Potato
Cà ri chay is Vietnam's fragrant yellow curry — lighter and brighter than its Thai cousins, built on lemongrass, curr...
Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Shakshuka with Tofu
All the warmth and spice of classic shakshuka — cumin-spiked tomato sauce, smoky peppers, a hit of harissa — but with...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Panang Curry with Seitan and Green Beans
Panang curry is thicker and richer than its red and green cousins — less soupy, more like a thick, clinging sauce. Th...
Other
Fast With Fish
Hamsi Pilavı — Turkish Black Sea Anchovy Rice
On the Black Sea coast, the hamsi — fresh anchovy — is almost a religion, and hamsi pilavı is its grandest expression...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Постный Борщ — Fasting Borscht
Fasting borscht is not a lesser version of the meat original — it is its own magnificent dish, and in many Russian an...
Other
Fast With Oil
Feijoada Vegana — Brazilian Black Bean and Smoked Tofu Stew
Feijoada is Brazil's national dish, a deep, smoky black bean stew that simmers all afternoon and feeds a table for da...
Other
Fast With Oil
Laksa Lemak — Malaysian Coconut Noodle Soup with Tofu Puffs
Laksa lemak is the kind of bowl you build your evening around — a thick, spice-paste coconut broth singing with lemon...
Other
Fast With Fish
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...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Massaman Peanut Curry with Tofu and Potatoes
Massaman curry is the gentlest of the Thai curries — warm and fragrant rather than fiery, with cinnamon, cardamom, an...
Russian
Fast Without Oil
Mushroom and Barley Stew
Mushroom and barley stew is the Russian grandmother's answer to the question of how to make something deeply satisfyi...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Ghiveci (Romanian Vegetable Stew)
Ghiveci is Romania's answer to ratatouille — except bigger, bolder, and more generous. Where the French use four or f...
General
Fast With Oil
Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
Hungarians know that goulash was never really about the meat — it was about the paprika, the lard-soft onions, and th...
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