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Σεμολίνα Χαλβάς / Halvas (Semolina Halva)
Halvas is the fasting dessert of Greece — served at memorial services, during Lent, and wherever something sweet is n...
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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...
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Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff
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Ιμάμ Μπαϊλντί / Imam Bayildi (Stuffed Eggplant)
The name means "the imam fainted" — supposedly from the sheer quantity of olive oil used, or perhaps from how delicio...
Greek
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Χόρτα / Horta (Boiled Wild Greens)
Horta is the simplest dish in this collection and, for many Greeks, the most essential. It is nothing more than boile...
Greek
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Ρεβιθάδα / Revithada (Slow-Cooked Chickpea Soup)
Revithada is the Sunday dish of Sifnos, the Cycladic island famous for its pottery and its chickpeas. Traditionally i...
Greek
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Φασολάκια / Fasolakia (Green Beans in Tomato Sauce)
Fasolakia is one of the foundational ladera dishes — green beans braised long and slow in tomato sauce and olive oil ...
Greek
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Μπριάμ / Briam (Greek Roasted Vegetables)
Briam is the Greek answer to ratatouille, though Greeks would argue the comparison should run the other direction. It...
Greek
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Φακές Σούπα / Fakes Soupa (Greek Lentil Soup)
If fassolada is the national dish, fakes is the monastery staple. Every monastery kitchen in Greece makes lentil soup...
Greek
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Σπανακόρυζο / Spanakorizo (Spinach and Rice)
Spanakorizo is comfort food of the highest order — a one-pot dish of spinach and rice cooked together until the rice ...
Greek
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Γίγαντες Πλακί / Gigantes Plaki (Giant Baked Beans)
Gigantes plaki is one of the great dishes of the Greek table — enormous white beans baked slowly in a thick, sweet to...
Greek
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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...
Georgian
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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 ...
Georgian
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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