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May 31, 2026
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8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity

Apostle Hermes of the Seventy

Troparion: Pentecost: Tone VIII. Blessed art Thou, Christ our God, Who didst make the fishermen wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them didst draw the world into Thy net. Lover of men...
Maamoul — Semolina Cookies with Date and Nut Fillings
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Maamoul — Semolina Cookies with Date and Nut Fillings

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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 ...

Gazpacho-Style Raw Tomato Soup
Other Xerophagy

Gazpacho-Style Raw Tomato Soup

Traditional Spanish gazpacho contains olive oil and bread. This xerophagy version strips it back to its raw essence: ...

Squid Ink Risotto
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Squid Ink Risotto

Black, dramatic, and deeply savory — squid ink risotto is one of the most striking dishes you can serve during a fast...

Kiseli Kupus — Serbian Whole-Head Fermented Cabbage
Serbian Xerophagy

Kiseli Kupus — Serbian Whole-Head Fermented Cabbage

Serbian tradition does not shred the cabbage. The whole head goes into brine and ferments as a solid cabbage, slowly,...

Паприкаш од Гљива / Paprikaš od Gljiva (Mushroom Paprikash)
Serbian Fast With Oil

Паприкаш од Гљива / Paprikaš od Gljiva (Mushroom Paprikash)

Paprikash is normally a rich meat stew bound with sour cream. The fasting version swaps meat for mushrooms and thicke...

Everyday Fasting Sourdough Boule
Other Xerophagy

Everyday Fasting Sourdough Boule

This is the daily bread of the Orthodox faster. Four ingredients: flour, water, salt, and a sourdough starter. No oil...

Ukha (Russian Clear Fish Soup)
Russian Fast With Fish

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 ...

Serbian Fish Paprikash
Serbian Fast With Fish

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...

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...

Ghiveci (Romanian Vegetable Stew)
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...

Red Curry with Mixed Vegetables and Tofu
Thai Fast With Oil

Red Curry with Mixed Vegetables and Tofu

Red curry is the everyday workhorse of Thai fasting cooking. It is faster than massaman, more versatile than panang, ...

Fattoush (فتوش) — Levantine Bread Salad
Middle Eastern Fast With Oil

Fattoush (فتوش) — Levantine Bread Salad

Fattoush is the Levantine bread salad — crispy pieces of fried or toasted pita tossed with fresh vegetables and a bri...

Pasulj sa Suvim Sljivama (Serbian Bean Stew with Prunes)
Serbian Fast With Oil

Pasulj sa Suvim Sljivama (Serbian Bean Stew with Prunes)

This is one of Serbia's most distinctive fasting dishes — white beans simmered with prunes in a smoky, paprika-rich b...

Smoked Mackerel Salad with Potatoes and Horseradish
Russian Fast With Fish

Smoked Mackerel Salad with Potatoes and Horseradish

Smoked mackerel is a pantry staple across Russia and Northern Europe — rich, oily, deeply savory, and available year-...

Greek Shrimp in Tomato Sauce with Herbs (Garides Saganaki)
Greek Fast With Fish

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...

Φασολάδα / Fassolada (White Bean Soup)
Greek Fast With Oil

Φασολάδα / Fassolada (White Bean Soup)

Fassolada is the national dish of Greece, and it is a pot of beans. Not a steak, not a roast, not a pastry — beans. T...

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...

Monastery-Style Lentil Stew
General Fast With Oil

Monastery-Style Lentil Stew

A straightforward, deeply satisfying lentil stew in the tradition of monastic kitchens. This recipe works on oil days...

ლობიანი მარხვისა — Lobiani Marhvisa (Fasting Georgian Bean Bread)
Georgian Fast With Oil

ლობიანი მარხვისა — Lobiani Marhvisa (Fasting Georgian Bean Bread)

Every Orthodox tradition has a bread that does the work of a meal. In Georgia, that bread is lobiani — a round loaf s...

Dal Tadka (Red Lentil Dal with Tempered Spices)
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Dal Tadka (Red Lentil Dal with Tempered Spices)

Dal tadka is the backbone of Indian home cooking — red lentils simmered to a silky porridge, then hit with a sizzling...

Stuffed Grape Leaves (ورق عنب / Warak Enab)
Middle Eastern Fast With Oil

Stuffed Grape Leaves (ورق عنب / Warak Enab)

Stuffed grape leaves — warak enab in Arabic — are one of the great shared dishes of the Eastern Mediterranean, found ...

Thai Coconut Curry Without Oil
Thai Fast Without Oil

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 ...

Classic German-Style Sauerkraut (Cabbage and Salt Only)
Other Xerophagy

Classic German-Style Sauerkraut (Cabbage and Salt Only)

This is the simplest sauerkraut in the world. Two ingredients — cabbage and salt — fermented for 2-4 weeks. No vinega...

Cajun-Style Shrimp and Okra Gumbo
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Cajun-Style Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

Gumbo is Louisiana's defining dish, and this version proves that fasting food can be as bold and layered as anything ...

Steamed Vegetable Dumplings
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Steamed Vegetable Dumplings

Chinese jiaozi — dumplings — are one of the great engineering feats of home cooking: a thin wheat wrapper enclosing a...

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