Romanian
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Tocană de Cartofi cu Ciuperci (Potato and Mushroom Stew)
This is the stew that appears when the pantry is nearly bare and the fast still has weeks to run. Potatoes and mushro...
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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...
Fasting Recipes
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Ardei Umpluți de Post (Fasting Stuffed Peppers)
Stuffed peppers are as common in Romania as they are across the Balkans, and the fasting version — filled with season...
Romanian
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Salată de Vinete (Roasted Eggplant Salad)
In Romania, summer means vinete. Eggplants are roasted over open flames until the skin chars black and the flesh turn...
Romanian
Romanian
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Ciorbă de Fasole (Bean Sour Soup)
If ciorbă de legume is the light sour soup, ciorbă de fasole is its heavier, more formidable brother — a thick, filli...
Romanian
Romanian
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Ghiveci (Romanian Vegetable Stew)
Ghiveci is Romania's answer to ratatouille — except bigger, bolder, and more generous. Where the French use four or f...
Romanian
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Mămăligă cu Ciuperci (Polenta with Mushroom Stew)
Mămăligă is to Romania what bread is to France — the foundation upon which everything else rests. During fasting, whe...
Romanian
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,...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Sarmale de Post (Fasting Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Sarmale are Romania's national dish, and the fasting version is no lesser thing. During Lent, the pork and rice filli...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Ciorbă de Legume (Vegetable Sour Soup)
Ciorbă is the soul of Romanian cooking — a sour, brothy soup that appears on every table, fasting or not. This vegeta...
Romanian
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Fasole Bătută (Mashed Bean Spread)
The great staple of Romanian fasting. Fasole bătută is what every Romanian grandmother makes when the fast begins — w...
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