Today's Fast

August 08, 2026
No Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed

Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska

Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia / Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140)

Troparion: Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus & Those With Him: Tone IV. In their sufferings, O Lord,/ Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ they set at nought the...
Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff
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Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff

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Roasted Cauliflower and Lentil Salad with Tahini and Pomegranate
General Fast With Oil

Roasted Cauliflower and Lentil Salad with Tahini and Pomegranate

Warm lentils, charred cauliflower, cold pomegranate, and a tahini dressing thick enough to coat everything — this is ...

Split Pea and Barley Pot with Smoked Paprika
General Fast With Oil

Split Pea and Barley Pot with Smoked Paprika

Split peas and barley cooked together produce a texture nothing else quite matches — the peas dissolve into a thick, ...

Tofu Scramble with Turmeric, Peppers, and Black Salt
General Fast With Oil

Tofu Scramble with Turmeric, Peppers, and Black Salt

Fasting mornings are where discipline usually breaks, because there is nothing to eat that fills you. This fixes that...

Coconut, Chickpea, and Butternut Curry with Spinach
General Fast With Oil

Coconut, Chickpea, and Butternut Curry with Spinach

A curry to make on a weeknight without a spice cabinet expedition — everything here is common, and the whole pot come...

Lentil Shepherd's Pie with Mushroom Gravy
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...

Mushroom and Walnut Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
General Fast With Oil

Mushroom and Walnut Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Walnuts and mushrooms together do something that neither does alone — the mushrooms bring glutamate and moisture, the...

Seitan and Root Vegetable Stew with Red Wine and Thyme
General Fast With Oil

Seitan and Root Vegetable Stew with Red Wine and Thyme

This is a braise in the full sense — browned protein, deglazed pan, long slow simmer, gravy thick enough to coat a sp...

Sheet-Pan Roasted Vegetables and Butter Beans with Tahini Drizzle
General Fast With Oil

Sheet-Pan Roasted Vegetables and Butter Beans with Tahini Drizzle

The trick that makes this more than a tray of roasted vegetables is putting the beans on the pan too. They dry out at...

Smoky White Bean and Kale Skillet with Garlic Breadcrumbs
General Fast With Oil

Smoky White Bean and Kale Skillet with Garlic Breadcrumbs

Beans and greens is one of the oldest fasting meals there is, and it survives because it works. What lifts this versi...

One-Pot Chickpea and Orzo with Lemon and Dill
General Fast With Oil

One-Pot Chickpea and Orzo with Lemon and Dill

This is a weeknight pot in the truest sense: one pan, twenty-five minutes, and nothing that needs watching. The orzo ...

Crispy Baked Tofu with Peanut-Sesame Sauce
General Fast With Oil

Crispy Baked Tofu with Peanut-Sesame Sauce

Tofu earns its reputation for blandness only when it is treated gently. Press it hard, toss it in cornstarch, and giv...

Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
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...

British-Style Curried Lentils
General Fast With Oil

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...

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...

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