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Xerophagy
Dates Stuffed with Walnuts
This is a Middle Eastern monastic staple that has sustained desert monks for centuries. Medjool dates are nature's ca...
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Today's Fast
August 30, 2026
No Fast
13th Sunday after Pentecost
Martyr Myron, Presbyter of Cyzicus / Holy Martyr Patroclus (late 3rd c.)
Troparion: Tone IV. When the women disciples of the Lord learned from the angel / the joyous message of Thy resurrection, / they cast away the ancestral curse / and elatedly told the Apostles: / Death is over...
Recipe of the Day
Pască — Romanian Paschal Cheese Bread
Romanian
Non Fasting
Fasting Recipes
Other
Fast With Fish
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...
General
Xerophagy
The Xerophagy Supper Plate — Bread, Bean Spread, and Raw Vegetables
Xerophagy — dry eating — is the strictest of the ordinary fasting disciplines: bread, water, raw or uncooked food, no...
Serbian
Fast With Oil
Pečene Paprike — Roasted Pepper Salad
Roasted red peppers dressed in garlic, vinegar, and oil are a fixture on every Serbian table during fasting and feast...
Other
Fast With Oil
Korean Bibimbap (Fasting Version)
Bibimbap means "mixed rice," and it is one of the most visually stunning meals you can make — a bowl of rice topped w...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Pad See Ew with Seitan
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming-hot wok, coated in dark soy sauce, and tumbled with Chinese broccoli and che...
Other
Fast With Oil
Agedashi Tofu in Ginger Dashi
Agedashi tofu is a small miracle of texture: blocks of tofu dusted in potato starch and fried until the outside is sh...
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 ...
Other
Fast With Oil
Chana Masala (Indian Chickpea Curry)
Chana masala is the undisputed king of Indian street food, and it happens to be one of the most protein-dense fasting...
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...
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...
Georgian
Fast With Oil
Adjarian Khachapuri de Post (Fasting Cheese-less Boat Bread)
The iconic boat-shaped bread from Adjara is famous for its molten cheese filling and egg yolk nestled in the center. ...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Картошка с Грибами — Potatoes with Mushrooms
There is nothing fancy about жареная картошка с грибами, and that is entirely the point. Pan-fried potatoes with mush...
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...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Lobya Borani — Azerbaijani Green Bean and White Bean Stew
Lobya is the Azerbaijani way with beans — here both fresh green beans and creamy white beans are simmered together wi...
General
Fast Without Oil
The Weekly Bean Pot — One Batch, Three Suppers (No Oil)
The single most useful thing you can do for a long fast is cook a pot of beans on Sunday. Not a recipe so much as a f...
Other
Fast With Oil
Sambar — South Indian Toor Dal and Tamarind Stew
Sambar is the everyday backbone of South Indian cooking — a tamarind-soured lentil stew thick with toor dal and studd...
Other
Fast With Oil
Lentejas a la Española — Spanish Lentil Stew with Smoked Paprika
Lentejas is the everyday stew of Spanish home kitchens — a deep, brick-red pot of brown lentils built on a sofrito of...
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 ...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Dovlecel la Cuptor (Romanian Oven-Roasted Zucchini with Garlic)
Romanians have an unshakable love for zucchini, and this is the simplest, most satisfying expression of it. Thick rou...
General
Xerophagy
No-Cook Almond and Date Power Squares
These are dense, chewy, and serious — built to carry you through a long fasting day or a stretch of services without ...
Other
Xerophagy
Apple and Celery with Peanut Butter
This is not glamorous. A sliced apple, some celery sticks, and a scoop of peanut butter — it sounds like a child's af...
Other
Fast Without Oil
West African Peanut Stew Without Oil
West African peanut stew — called maafe in Mali and Senegal, nkatenkwan in Ghana — is one of the great legume-based s...
General
Fast With Oil
Lentil Shepherd's Pie with Mushroom Gravy
A shepherd's pie is a gravy problem with potatoes on top. Get the gravy right — dark, thick, savory enough to stand u...
Other
Fast With Oil
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 ...
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