Thai
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Red Curry with Mixed Vegetables and Tofu
Red curry is the everyday workhorse of Thai fasting cooking. It is faster than massaman, more versatile than panang, ...
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Today's Fast
June 09, 2026
Apostles Fast — Wine and Oil are Allowed
St Cyril of Alexandria; Ven. Kirill of Belozersk
St Cyril of Alexandria / Ven. Kirill of Belozersk / St Columba of Iona (597)
Troparion: St. John the Russian: Tone IV. The Lord, Who summoned thee forth from thine earthly captivity to the mansions of heaven, preserveth thy body intact and impar-teth to it the ability to heal, O right...
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Hummus (حمص)
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Fasting Recipes
Middle Eastern
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Tabbouleh (تبولة)
Tabbouleh is a parsley salad with bulgur wheat, not a bulgur salad with parsley. This distinction matters enormously....
Russian
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Окрошка Постная — Fasting Okroshka
Cold kvass soup sounds strange until you try it, and then you wonder why every culture does not have one. This fastin...
Russian
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Buckwheat Porridge with Mushrooms
Buckwheat kasha with mushrooms is the weeknight staple of Russian Lenten cooking — cheap, filling, deeply savory, and...
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 ...
Other
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Dal Tadka (Red Lentil Dal with Tempered Spices)
Dal tadka is the backbone of Indian home cooking — red lentils simmered to a silky porridge, then hit with a sizzling...
Russian
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Солянка Постная — Fasting Solyanka
Solyanka is the soup that proves fasting food can be bold, complex, and deeply savory all at once. This version build...
Greek
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Steamed Shrimp with Garlic and Lemon
Shellfish are permitted on every fasting day in the Orthodox calendar — they are invertebrates, not fish, and this di...
Serbian
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Посна Погача / Posna Pogača (Fasting Bread)
Pogača is the everyday bread of Serbia — round, golden, slightly denser than Western bread, and torn apart by hand at...
Middle Eastern
Xerophagy
Walnut and Fig Balls with Cinnamon and Honey
These are the sweet, dense, energy-packed bites that get you through the long services of Holy Week when your body is...
Russian
Xerophagy
Чёрный Хлеб — 100% Rye Sourdough (Russian Black Bread)
The dark, dense, sour loaf that has anchored the Russian fasting table for a thousand years. Not a wheat bread with r...
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...
Other
Xerophagy
Ruisleipä — Finnish Karelian Sour Rye Rounds
The sourest rye bread in Europe. Finnish ruisleipä is a 100% rye sourdough shaped into flat discs with a hole in the ...
Russian
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Постные Пироги с Картошкой и Грибами — Fasting Pierogi with Potato and Mushroom Filling
Handmade pierogi are a labor of love, but the fasting dough is actually easier to work with than the egg-based origin...
Russian
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Винегрет — Russian Beet and Vegetable Salad
Винегрет is Russia's most beloved cold salad, and it happens to be naturally fasting-compatible. The combination of e...
Russian
Xerophagy
Квашеная Капуста — Russian Sauerkraut with Carrots and Cranberries
The classic Russian sauerkraut. Carrots add sweetness and color; cranberries or lingonberries (klyukva or brusnika) a...
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...
Russian
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Boiled Potatoes with Sauerkraut and Dill
This is what Russian peasants and monks ate through Great Lent for centuries, and the reason it has persisted is that...
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...
Other
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Pasta e Fagioli (Italian Pasta and Bean Soup)
Pasta e fagioli is Italian peasant food at its most perfect — pasta and beans in a thick, savory tomato broth. Every ...
Russian
Xerophagy
Бородинский Хлеб — Borodinsky Bread (Russian Dark Rye with Coriander)
If Russian black bread is the everyday loaf, Borodinsky is the famous one. Slightly sweetened with molasses, deeply a...
Russian
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Baked Trout with Dill and Lemon
This is the Russian way with trout — straightforward and perfect. A whole trout (or fillets, if you prefer), stuffed ...
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 ...
Other
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Chana Masala (Indian Chickpea Curry)
Chana masala is the undisputed king of Indian street food, and it happens to be one of the most protein-dense fasting...
Other
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Jamaican Escovitch Fish with Pickled Vegetables
Escovitch fish is Jamaica's answer to escabeche — whole fish fried until shatteringly crisp, then draped in a tangle ...
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