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Fast With Oil
Pickled Beets with Horseradish (Ukrainian Style)
Ukrainian and southern Russian tradition — pickled beets with horseradish, called "khrin" when it is mostly horseradi...
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Today's Fast
October 07, 2026
Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed
Holy New Martyrs of Alaska
Holy Protomartyr Thecla, Equal to the Apostles (1st c.) / St Stephen, First-crowned King of Serbia (Simon the Monk) (1224)
Troparion: Holy Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thecla: Tone IV. Taught by the words of Paul, O Thecla, bride of God,/ and confirmed through faith by Peter, O divinely called one,/ thou wast shown to be...
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Grilled Octopus with Lemon and Oregano
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Fast With Fish
Fasting Recipes
Romanian
Xerophagy
Turşu Fermentat — Romanian Lacto-Fermented Winter Pickles
Beyond the vinegar murături, there is a Romanian tradition of proper lacto-fermented pickles — turşu fermentat or mur...
Other
Fast With Oil
Classic Refrigerator Dill Pickles (Quick Vinegar Method)
Every fasting pantry needs pickles. They deliver acid, salt, and crunch — three things plant-based Lenten meals often...
General
Xerophagy
No-Oil White Bean and Roasted Garlic Dip with Lemon and Parsley
A bean dip needs neither oil nor tahini to be rich — soft cooked white beans blended with their own starchy liquid tu...
General
Fast Without Oil
No-Oil Black-Eyed Pea and Tomato Stew with Smoked Paprika
Black-eyed peas cook quickly without soaking and turn silky and creamy at the edges while staying tender in the middl...
Other
Fast With Fish
Seafood Paella with Fish, Shrimp, and Mussels
Paella is rice cooked in a wide, shallow pan until the bottom develops socarrat — a caramelized crust that is the ent...
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