Greek
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Ρεβιθάδα / Revithada (Slow-Cooked Chickpea Soup)
Revithada is the Sunday dish of Sifnos, the Cycladic island famous for its pottery and its chickpeas. Traditionally i...
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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...
Fasting Recipes
Serbian
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Посна Пита / Posna Pita (Fasting Phyllo Pie)
Pita (pie) is a daily staple across the Balkans. The regular version uses eggs, cheese, and sometimes milk-soaked phy...
Thai
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Thai Coconut Curry Without Oil
Thai curry is built on a foundation of coconut milk, and coconut milk needs no help from oil. The traditional method ...
Romanian
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Tocitură de Ciuperci — Mushroom Tocitura with Polenta
Tocitură is Romania's rustic meat stew, but this fasting version built on mushrooms is so deeply savory that it stand...
Russian
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Гречневая Каша с Грибами — Buckwheat with Mushrooms
Buckwheat is practically a national staple in Russia and one of the best fasting grains — nutty, filling, and natural...
Greek
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Χόρτα / Horta (Boiled Wild Greens)
Horta is the simplest dish in this collection and, for many Greeks, the most essential. It is nothing more than boile...
Russian
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Винегрет — Russian Beet and Vegetable Salad
Винегрет is Russia's most beloved cold salad, and it happens to be naturally fasting-compatible. The combination of e...
Greek
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Φακές Σούπα / Fakes Soupa (Greek Lentil Soup)
If fassolada is the national dish, fakes is the monastery staple. Every monastery kitchen in Greece makes lentil soup...
Other
Xerophagy
Monastery Bread with Olives and Raw Tomatoes
This is the quintessential xerophagy meal — the one that monks on Mount Athos and in monasteries across the Orthodox ...
Middle Eastern
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Koshari (كشري) — Egyptian Street Food
Koshari is the national dish of Egypt — a magnificent, chaotic pile of rice, lentils, macaroni pasta, and chickpeas, ...
Other
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Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta and Bean Soup)
Pasta e fagioli is Italian peasant food at its most perfect — pasta and beans in a thick, savory tomato broth. Every ...
Other
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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...
Greek
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Σεμολίνα Χαλβάς / Halvas (Semolina Halva)
Halvas is the fasting dessert of Greece — served at memorial services, during Lent, and wherever something sweet is n...
Serbian
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Teleća Čorba Posna — Fasting Vegetable Soup
This thick, hearty vegetable soup is the backbone of Serbian fasting meals. Loaded with root vegetables, potatoes, an...
Other
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Pasta with Oil-Free Marinara
Marinara sauce does not need oil. Tomatoes contain enough natural sugars and acids to build a sauce entirely on their...
Serbian
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Gibanica od Spanaća Posna — Fasting Spinach Pie
Serbian gibanica is usually a rich cheese pie, but the fasting version swaps the cheese for a filling of spinach, oni...
Romanian
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Zacuscă (Roasted Vegetable Spread)
Every autumn, Romanian families gather for zacuscă season — days spent roasting peppers and eggplant over open fires,...
General
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British-Style Curried Lentils
The British have been eating curried lentils since the days of the Raj, and for good reason — it is one of the most c...
Other
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Chickpea and Spinach Soup with Lemon
This is a one-pot soup that comes together in thirty minutes and provides everything you need on a no-oil fasting day...
Middle Eastern
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Red Lentil Soup with Cumin and Lemon
Red lentil soup is one of the great gifts of the Middle Eastern kitchen to the fasting table. It requires no oil at a...
Serbian
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Ђувеч / Djuvec (Vegetable Rice Casserole)
Djuvec is the Balkan answer to the question "what do you do with all these peppers and tomatoes?" Rice baked slowly w...
Middle Eastern
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Mujaddara (مجدرة) — Lentils and Rice with Caramelized Onions
Mujaddara may be the single most iconic Orthodox fasting dish in the world. Across Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and the...
Russian
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Buckwheat Porridge with Mushrooms
Buckwheat kasha with mushrooms is the weeknight staple of Russian Lenten cooking — cheap, filling, deeply savory, and...
Serbian
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Посна Сарма / Posna Sarma (Fasting Stuffed Cabbage)
Sarma is the great celebratory dish of Serbia — normally made with meat and pork fat. During fasting, the filling bec...
Other
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Mexican Pozole Verde with Hominy and Pepitas
Pozole is one of Mexico's most ancient dishes — a ceremonial soup built around hominy, the giant kernels of nixtamali...
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