Today's Fast

April 10, 2026
Lenten Fast — Strict Fast

Great and Holy Friday

Ven. Hilarion the New / Repose of Gerontissa Gavrilia (1992) (March 15 OC)

Troparion: Great and Holy Friday: Tone IV. Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the Law by Thy precious Blood. By being nailed to the Cross and pierced with the Spear, Thou hast poured immortality on manki...
Грузинский фасолевый суп (Georgian Bean Soup with Herbs and Adjika)
Georgian Fast With Oil

Грузинский фасолевый суп (Georgian Bean Soup with Herbs and Adjika)

This is a thick, warming bean soup built on the Georgian flavor foundations: cilantro, garlic, blue fenugreek, and a ...

Жареные баклажаны с ореховым соусом (Fried Eggplant with Bazhe Walnut Sauce)
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...

Georgian
Georgian Fast With Oil

Постное Харчо (Fasting Kharcho Soup)

Traditional kharcho is a beef soup. The fasting version drops the meat and compensates with an abundance of walnuts, ...

Georgian
Georgian Fast With Oil

Аджапсандали (Ajapsandali — Georgian Vegetable Stew)

Ajapsandali is Georgia's answer to ratatouille, and it wins the argument. Where the French version aims for delicacy,...

Georgian
Georgian Fast With Oil

Бадриджани (Badrijani — Eggplant with Walnut Paste)

Badrijani nigvzit — eggplant rolls stuffed with spiced walnut paste — is the dish that people who have visited Georgi...

Georgian
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...

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