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Xerophagy
Trail Mix for Fasting Days
This is the most portable and calorie-dense xerophagy food you can prepare. A bag of this in your pocket gets you thr...
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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...
Recipe of the Day
Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff
Russian
Non Fasting
Fasting Recipes
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Iahnie de Fasole — Bean Stew
Iahnie de fasole is Romania's national comfort food during fasting periods, and it deserves to be known far beyond it...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Vegetable Platter with Avocado Dip
Tahini requires processing and sometimes roasting of the sesame seeds, and hummus requires cooked chickpeas — so the ...
Greek
Fast With Oil
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...
Other
Fast With Oil
Chestnut and Dried Fruit Plov — Azerbaijani Lenten Rice Pilaf
Azerbaijani plov is built in layers — fragrant saffron rice steamed to separate grains, served alongside a sweet-savo...
Thai
Fast With Oil
Pad Kra Pao with Tofu (Thai Holy Basil Stir-Fry)
Pad kra pao is the most eaten dish in Thailand — the one every office worker orders from every street stall every day...
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