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As expected, right after Shrovetide begins Great post, which ends on the eve of the great holiday of Easter - April 30.
The essence of this process is a deep moral and physical purification of a person through limitations in everyday life and spiritual self-improvement. This also applies to nutrition, as well. In the Christian tradition, Lent occupies a key place. He also has a second name, "The Forty Day" - in memory of the event (fasting) which Jesus adhered to in the desert for 40 days.
Great Lent in 2016: what date begins and ends
The most severe week of fasting is Passion Week, and believers also do not use anything on the first day of fasting - Clean Monday and on Good friday(last Friday before Great Sunday). On other days, they try to adhere to certain rules. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday, they eat foods that have not been thermally processed - vegetables, bread, seeds, water, fruits, dried fruits, honey. On Tuesday and Thursday - hot food, excluding oil. On weekends, they eat lean food with vegetable oil. Sometimes, you can eat fish. In 2016, this day coincides with April 7 (Annunciation holiday) and April 25 (Palm Sunday) on this day, you can also eat fish caviar. it coincides with Lazarev Saturday.
It is strictly forbidden to eat meat, all dairy products, eggs during the fast! Alcohol is excluded, except for a small amount of wine. You should restrain yourself in carnal pleasures, do not allow bad deeds and foul language. A detailed food calendar in accordance with the days of Lent 2016 is below.
Great post 2016: food calendar for every day
The first week of Lent 2016: what you can eat
Monday, March 14th - Complete abstinence from food.
Tuesday, March 15 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, March 16 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, March 17 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, March 18 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 19 - cooked food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 20 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
The second week of Lent 2016: what you can eat
Monday, March 21 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday March 22nd - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, March 23 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, March 24 - Boiled plant foods without oil.
Friday, March 25 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 26 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 27 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
The third week of Lent 2016: what you can eat
Monday, March 28 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday March 29th - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, March 30 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday March 31st - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, April 1 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 2 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, April 3 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
The fourth week of Lent 2016: what you can eat
Monday, April 4 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday April 5th - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, April 6 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, April 7 - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, April 8 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 9th - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, April 10 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Fifth Week of Lent 2016: What You Can Eat
Monday, April 11 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday, April 12 - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, April 13 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, April 14 - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Friday, April 15 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 16 - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, April 17th - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine.
Sixth week of Lent 2016: what you can eat
Monday, April 18 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday, April 19 - Boiled vegetable food without oil.
Wednesday, April 20 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, April 21 - Boiled plant foods without oil.
Friday, April 22 - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 23rd - boiled food with vegetable oil, wine, caviar.
Sunday, April 24th - Fish are allowed.
Holy Week of Great Lent 2016: what you can eat
The strict week of Great Lent 2016, each day has its own name. It should also be noted that during Holy Week the fast is intensified and is really strict. Monday, April 25 (Good Monday) - dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday, April 26 (Good Tuesday) - dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, April 27 (Holy Wednesday) - dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, April 28 (Good Thursday) - dry eating (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, April 29 (Good Friday) - Complete abstinence from food.
Saturday, April 30 (Holy Saturday) - dry food (bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Sunday, May 1 (Resurrection of Christ) - Easter, end of Great Lent.
Fasting in its essence represents some spiritual and physical limitations of the believer. It is intended to prepare for some sacraments, religious holidays. This is the time of comprehending one's existence in the eyes of God, the time of prayers and glorifications, the time of struggle with "bodily lusts" and worldly pleasures.
It is important to remember that bodily fasting (for example, restricting food) without spiritual fasting is not conducive to soul salvation. It should not be taken as a diet. True fasting is the removal of evil from your heart, curbing the tongue from filth (slander, perjury, lies, abuse). Orthodox fasting is a means of alienation from pleasing the body in order to give an opportunity to think about one's own soul.
Great post
- the time of honoring Jesus Christ as our Savior. For forty whole days Jesus was tempted by the devil and did not take any water or food during those days. Like the Savior, by their abstinence in food and amusement, Orthodox believers give praise to Jesus. The last week of Great Lent - Passion Week in honor of last days Jesus Christ on earth, filled with suffering.
Great Lent requires special rigor during the first and last Passion Week.
Completely refrain from eating on Clean Monday. The rest of the time:
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry food (fruits, vegetables, bread, water, compotes);
- Tuesday, Thursday - you can eat hot food without adding any oil;
- Saturday, Sunday - it is allowed to eat food with vegetable oil.
Into the Annunciation Holy Mother of God, which will be celebrated on April 7 in 2016, you can eat fish. Fish is also allowed on Palm Sunday, which is celebrated on April 24, 2016.
Peter's fast (Apostolic fasting)
With the beginning of the week of all saints, the fast of the Holy Apostles begins, which precedes the feasts of Peter and Paul. This post is also called summer post. The duration of the fast varies depending on.
Peter's fast always begins on Monday, the beginning of the week of all saints, and ends exactly on July 12. The longest fast is six weeks, and the shortest is a week with a day. In 2016, Petrov Lent begins on June 27 and ends on July 11.
This fast was established in honor of the God-fearing Holy Apostles, who, through prayer and restriction in food, prepared for the worldwide preaching of the Word of God and prepared their successors in the work of saving ministry.
On Wednesday and Friday of Petrov Lent, dry eating is allowed. On Monday you can eat hot food without adding oil. On the rest of the days of fasting - mushrooms, fish, cereals with the addition of vegetable oil.
Assumption Fast
Almost a month after Peter's Lent, the Dormition fasting for many days begins, lasting two weeks. - from 14 to 27 August 2016.
The Dormition Fast was established in honor of the great Orthodox feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. With this fast, Orthodox believers revere Mother of God who, before ascending to heaven, constantly prayed and was in fasting.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday of fasting, dry eating is permitted. On Tuesday and Thursday you can eat hot food without oil. On Saturday and Sunday you can eat food with vegetable oil.
Christmas post
Designed to prepare for the blessed feast of the Nativity of Christ . Winter fast begins on November 28 and ends on January 6, 2016. The Nativity Fast is also called the Philip Fast, because it begins after the day of remembrance of the Apostle Philip.
The food charter exactly coincides with the charter of the Apostolic Fast (Petrov Fast), until the day of St. Nicholas - December 19.
In case if Orthodox holiday The introduction to the temple of the Most Holy Theotokos falls on Wednesday or Friday, it is allowed to taste fish on this day.
From 19 December until the very day before Christmas, fish is allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. You cannot eat fish on all days of the forefeast, and on Saturday and Sunday you can eat food with vegetable oil.
On the day before Christmas (Christmas Eve), you should not eat food at all. Only after the appearance of the first star in the firmament can you taste sochivo - boiled rice with raisins or wheat boiled in honey.
Continuous weeks
Seventh is the Church Slavonic name of the week, often used in Orthodoxy. On the days of continuous week, fasting is absent on Wednesday and Friday. Continuous weeks are established as a kind of indulgence in front of many days of fasting.
Publican and Pharisee- week begins on February 22, two weeks before Lent, and lasts until February 28, 2016.
Shrovetide (cheese week)- the week before Great Lent (you cannot eat meat), starts on March 7 and ends on March 13, 2016.
Easter (Light)- the week begins immediately after Easter, May 2, and lasts until May 8, 2016
Troitskaya- week begins on June 20, after Trinity, and ends on June 26, 2016.
Fasting Wednesday and Friday
Orthodox believers observe weekly fasting on Wednesday and Friday all year round, with the exception of continuous weeks. On Wednesday, one should fast in remembrance of the betrayal of Judas Iscariot, which happened on Wednesday. On Friday, the Church commands to fast in memory of the Savior's suffering on the cross and His death.
On these fast days, it is forbidden to eat meat and dairy products. During All Saints' week, fish and fish are not allowed on Wednesday and Friday. vegetable oil... Some relaxation in food is allowed only when the holidays of the saints fall on Wednesday or Friday. On these days, you can eat food with a bit of vegetable oil. And on the big Orthodox holiday - Pokrov - you can eat fish.
One-day fasts
One-day fast is a strict fast when meat and fish are prohibited, but food using vegetable oil is allowed.
- Epiphany eve- on the eve of the Baptism of the Lord, January 18, 2016, one should fast before cleansing with holy water at Baptism.
- Beheading of John the Baptist- On September 11, 2016, Orthodox believers are fasting in memory of the death of the great prophet John.
- Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord- in memory of the terrible sufferings of Jesus Christ for the salvation of human souls, one should fast on September 27, 2016. Throughout the day of fasting, one should pray and be sorry for sins.
There are four long fasts in the Orthodox calendar.
Great Lent (Forty days)- the main post in all Christian denominations. The Savior, tempted by the devil, was in the wilderness without food for forty days. In memory of this event - the meaning of the Forty-day.
Peter fast (Apostolic)- dedicated to Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles, who diligently fasted and prayed before preaching the Gospel.
Assumption Fast (Assumption)- a reminder of the last earthly days of the Mother of God, spent in prayer and abstinence.
Nativity post (Filippov)- during the Nativity Fast, believers prepare to meet the arrival of the infant Christ in this world pure and sinless. The path to spiritual and moral transformation lies through repentance, prayer and refusal of fast food.
On Wednesdays, believers fast in memory of the tragic event - the betrayal of Judas Iscariot. Friday is the day of the Savior's death on the cross.
One-day fasts are days on the eve of important religious events. Religious tradition instructs believers to observe abstinence, preparing for the holidays physically, morally and spiritually.
Calendar of Orthodox fasts and permitted meals for 2016
Great Lent (14.03 -30.04)
Forty days is the strictest fast in Orthodoxy. Its duration in 2016 will be 42 days. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, a dry diet is established, excluding the consumption of oil. You can eat salads without dressing, fruits, bread, drink water and juices.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays - hot soups, baked, boiled, stews from vegetables and cereals. The ban on oil remains. On Saturdays and Sundays, cooking with vegetable oil is allowed.
Petrov post (27.06-11.07)
On Monday - a hot meal with the exclusion of butter. Raw food without oil on Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays - fish dishes.
Assumption Fast (14.08-27.08)
The dietary rules are the same as during Great Lent.
Nativity Fast (28.11 - 06.01.17)
The Phillip Post is divided into three periods:
- 28.11 - 19.12 (until the day of St. Nicholas) - the dietary habits on these days are similar to the diet established for the Apostolic Lent.
- 20.12 - 01.01 - hot dishes without oil are allowed on Monday and Thursday; on Tuesday - with butter. Dry food on Wednesdays and Fridays. The diet of the last two days of the week is enriched with fish.
- 02.01 - 06.01 - the same strict restrictions as during the Forty-day period.
Wednesdays and Fridays
A ban on meat and dairy food has been imposed on these days throughout the year. Fish is allowed, except during periods of fasting for several days.
One-day fasts
- 18.01 - Christmas Eve - the eve of Epiphany.
- September 27 - Day of remembrance of the suffering of the Savior on the cross.
- 11.09 Beheading of John the Baptist
During one-day fasts, one should not eat quick food, sweets. Allowed cereal and vegetable dishes seasoned with vegetable oil, fruits. There are more than two hundred fast days a year. The rest of the time, the consumption of meat dishes is allowed.
Periods of no bans
- 8.05-26 .06 Spring meat eater;
- 12.07-13.08 Summer meat eater;
- 28.08-27.09 Autumn meat eater;
- 20.01 - 13.03 Winter meat eater;
Continuous weeks
These are the periods within meat eaters during which meat can be eaten even on Wednesdays and Fridays. There are 5 weeks in a year.
- 07.01-17.01 Christmastide;
- 22.02 - 28.02 Week of the Publican and Pharisee;
- 07.03 - 13.03 Maslenitsa (Cheese) week;
- 02.05-0 8.05 Easter;
- 20.06- 26.06 Troitskaya.
You should be aware that in the Maslenitsa week, a ban is imposed on the consumption of meat.
| Fasting and meal calendar for 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Periods | Mon | W | Wed | Th | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| Great Lent 14.03 -30.04 | ||||||||
| Spring carnivore | ||||||||
| Petrov post 27.06-11.07 | ||||||||
| Summer carnivore | ||||||||
| Assumption Lent 14.08-27.08 | ||||||||
| Autumn carnivore | ||||||||
| Christmas post 28.11 - 06.01 |
28.11-19.12 | |||||||
| 20.12-01.01 | ||||||||
| 02.01-06.01 | ||||||||
| Winter carnivore | ||||||||
| Designations | ||||||||
| xerophagy | hot without oil | hot with butter | ||||||
| a fish | meat food | |||||||
About meals during Orthodox holidays
The peculiarities of meals on the days of Orthodox holidays depend on whether or not these days coincide with the periods of fasting. At Christmas, Epiphany, Meeting, a plentiful table with dishes from poultry and pork is allowed. Moderate alcohol consumption is allowed.
The Annunciation in 2016 will be on April 7, during the Forty-day period. You can't eat meat. Lenten recipes are offered: cabbage rolls, pancakes, dumplings, vegetable salads. Fish dishes are allowed.
The date of Palm Sunday in 2016 is 24.04. Fish dishes and red wine are allowed. In Trinity, the main dishes are vegetable salads seasoned with fresh herbs, scrambled eggs, loaf.
On the Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, you can wine in small quantities, fish dishes, seafood.
Abstinence and health
The priests share the opinion of doctors that following religious traditions should not harm health. With the right approach to the choice of food during Orthodox fasts, food will be healthy and balanced. With the complete exclusion of meat from the diet, it is necessary to prevent excessive intake of carbohydrates and protein deficiency in the body.
A valuable source of protein are legumes - beans, peas, soybeans, as well as fatty ocean fish, seafood, nuts. Slightly less of it is contained in pumpkin, cereals, but these products are also necessary during the period of fasting. Useful olive, cedar, sesame oil.
Lean recipes include oven-baked vegetables, fruit desserts, rye bread, honey, and nuts. Lemon juice can serve as a substitute for oil for dressing dishes.
Important! Severe restrictions are always stressful for the body. Sick and weakened people are not recommended to strictly follow all the prescriptions of the Calendar of Orthodox meals. During the fasting period, it is enough to limit the consumption of meat, milk and eggs.
Contraindications for strict fasting:
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding;
- Diabetes;
- Peptic ulcer, gastritis, cholecystitis;
- Anemia;
- Recently undergone surgeries, severe infections, exacerbation of chronic diseases;
- Hard physical labor.
The essence of fasts in Orthodoxy is by no means limited to abstaining from "fast" food.
During this period, the Church calls on believers to eradicate their shortcomings, not succumb to anger, spend more time with loved ones, and do good deeds. Only against the background of moral cleansing does fast acquire its true meaning - it becomes a means of gaining love for God and people.
Fasting is not just a restriction in culinary delights, it is a complex spiritual practice that is harmoniously coupled with reading religious traditions and spiritual restrictions. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the calendar of posts that will take place in 2016. Believers should understand that fasting in 2016 is prayer and a struggle with worldly passions, which should be abandoned on these holy days.
Great Lent in 2016
Lent is the time when Jesus Christ fasted for forty days when he was in the wilderness. Fasting is a preparation for the most important holiday dedicated to the resurrection of Christ - Easter.
Orthodox fasting in 2016 will fall on the dates from March 14 to April 30, and is divided into 7 weeks. The first and last week involves strict food restrictions and a rejection of worldly temptations. Such restrictions are due to the fact that on the first and last day of fasting, believers completely refuse to eat, for the glory of Christ and can only consume water. On the second day of the week, you can eat bread. Food is eaten only raw and without the addition of vegetable and animal fat.
- Monday: raw food and water;
- Tuesday: boiled vegetables, cereals without oil;
- Wednesday: raw food and water;
- Thursday: porridge on the water and raw vegetables;
- Friday: raw food and water;
- Saturday: boiled vegetables and cereals with butter, a little wine;
- Sunday: the menu is the same as on Saturday.
Peter's fast (Apostolic fasting)
The beginning of the week of All Saints is the fast of the Holy Apostles, which precedes the feast of Peter and Paul. This is a summer fast and its date depends on the date of Easter. Peter's Lent always starts on Monday and ends on July 12th. The longest fast is 6 weeks, the shortest is 1 week and 1 day.
The fast was established in honor of the Holy Apostles, who, by their fervent prayer and restriction in food, were preparing for the worldwide preaching of the Word of God and preparing successors in the work of saving ministry.
On Wednesday and Friday fasting, only dry eating is allowed. On Monday, you can eat boiled food, but without dressing. On other days, you can eat porridge without oil, mushrooms, and lean fish.
Assumption Fast
The Assumption Fast is an ascetic preparation of the believer for the celebration of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos. Many Orthodox fasts in 2016 have floating dates that depend on other holidays.
This fast is not inferior to the Great in the severity of its conduct. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, eat only raw food and drink water. On Tuesday and Thursday they eat boiled vegetables and cereals, but without oil. You can eat food with butter and drink church wine only on Saturday and Sunday. On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which will be August 19, you can eat mushrooms and fish.
The Christmas church fast in 2016 is a preparation for the most blessed holiday - the Nativity of Christ. The winter fast begins on November 28 and ends on January 6. The Nativity Fast is also called Filippov, as it begins afterwards for the memory of the Apostle Philip.
The charter for the severity of food exactly coincides with the Apostolic fast. If the Orthodox holiday falls on Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed to be eaten on that day. Since December 19, it is allowed to eat fish on Saturdays and Sundays, eat boiled cereals with butter and drink a little church wine.
On Christmas Eve, it is forbidden to eat food during the day and you can only eat juicy - this is boiled rice with raisins or wheat boiled in honey.
Throughout the year, there are one-day fasts that are observed by Orthodox believers:
- On Wednesday and Friday, you should refrain from meat, fatty and dairy foods. Alcohol is prohibited.
- Epiphany Eve - January 18.
- Beheading of John the Baptist - September 11 On this day, believers observe a fast in memory of the death of the prophet John.
- Exaltation of Christ the Lord - on this day, the strictest fast is observed, which falls on September 27. All day believers pray and confess their sins.
Weeks
Week is the Church Slavonic name of the week. Continuous weeks are established as a kind of relaxation before a many-day fast:
- Christmastide - starts on January 7 and ends on January 18, 2016.
- The Publican and the Pharisee begins two weeks before Lent, February 22, and ends on February 28, 2016.
- Cheese week or Shrovetide begins before Lent. You can eat everything except meat. 2016 starts on March 7th and ends on March 13th.
- Easter week begins after Easter, on May 2 and lasts until May 8.
- Trinity Week begins immediately after Trinity, on June 20 and ends on June 26.
Fasting in 2016 requires strict adherence on Wednesdays and Fridays. On Wednesday, believers fast in memory of the tragedy of Judas' betrayal. On Friday, fasting is observed in memory of Christ's suffering and death.
"Fasting from brushes, my soul, but not cleansing from passions, we are in vain consoled with non-eating: for - if fasting does not bring you correction, then you will be hated by God as false, and you will become like evil demons who never poison." (Church song)
In Orthodox Christianity, there is a tradition of abstinence, which is called fasting. A bodily fast without a spiritual fast brings nothing for the salvation of the soul. Therefore, this fast implies not only restricting the consumption of certain food and drink, but also abstaining from entertainment and pleasures for the body, as well as from communication with the world.
It is believed that satiated flesh opens the door to a person's “unclean” passions, and fasting is a weapon that helps to cleanse the soul, to realize and express repentance for the mistakes and sins committed. In Russian Orthodox Church Throughout the year, there are four multi-day fasts, three one-day fasts, and every Wednesday and Friday fast, with the exception of a few weeks.
Fasting is not only abstinence in food, but also a certain spiritual attitude
Fasting and meal calendar for 2016
The article will give the rules for observing fasting in full accordance with the monastic traditions. Lay people are allowed not to fast with all its severity - it is enough to exclude from the diet all food of animal origin - meat, fish (in strict fasting), eggs, all dairy and fermented milk products, as well as pastries, sweets and alcohol. It would also be good to limit smoking, but this already depends on the personal desire of the fasting person.
It is also important to remember that fasting is not a diet, therefore pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescents under 14 years of age, adults who are engaged in heavy physical or strenuous mental work, as well as people suffering from chronic diseases gastrointestinal tract, gastric ulcer, gastritis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, anemia, diabetes and immune system disorders.
Great Lent (from March 14 to April 30)
- Monday- dry eating;
- Tuesday- hot without oil;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- hot without oil;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- hot with butter;
- Sunday- hot with butter.
Spring carnivore
- Wednesday- a fish;
- Friday- a fish.
Petrov post (from June 27 to July 11)
- Monday- hot without oil;
- Tuesday- a fish;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- a fish;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- a fish;
- Sunday- a fish.
Summer carnivore
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Friday- dry eating.
Assumption Fast (from August 14 to August 27)
- Monday- dry eating;
- Tuesday- hot without oil;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- hot without oil;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- hot with butter;
- Sunday- hot with butter.
Autumn carnivore
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Friday- dry eating.
Nativity Fast (from November 28 to January 6)
November 28 - December 19
- Monday- hot without oil;
- Tuesday- a fish;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- a fish;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- a fish;
- Sunday- a fish.
December 20 - January 1
- Monday- hot without oil;
- Tuesday- hot with butter;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- hot with butter;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- a fish;
- Sunday- a fish.
January 2 - January 6
- Monday- dry eating;
- Tuesday- hot without oil;
- Wednesday- dry eating;
- Thursday- hot without oil;
- Friday- dry eating;
- Saturday- hot with butter;
- Sunday- hot with butter.
Winter carnivore
- Wednesday- a fish;
- Friday- a fish.
The Orthodox calendar has four multi-day fasts and three one-day fasts Great post
This is the longest and strictest post to be followed before. Bright Sunday of Christ will come in 2016 on May 1, so Great Lent will last from March 14 to April 30. According to the rules, it is forbidden to eat food in the first two days. The monks these days only drank water and prayed. Vegetable food is the basis of Lent. Here is a list of permitted foods:
- You can eat all vegetables and fruits in boiled, stewed and raw form, as well as dried fruits, pickled, salted and pickled vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, seeds.
- It is allowed to drink teas, herbal teas, fruit compotes and jelly.
- You should also eat potatoes without oil, porridge on water, black and gray bread, crackers and dryers (unpalatable and unsweetened).
- Fish, seafood, caviar and vegetable oil are only allowed on certain days.
- As a sweet, you can use jam, honey, fruits.
Fish is allowed during the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th week of fasting on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On all Sundays, in addition to fish, seafood is also allowed. In addition, fish is eaten on Palm Sunday and Annunciation. On Lazarev Saturday, on the eve of Palm Sunday, caviar is allowed. Fish should be eaten boiled, baked or stewed - of course, without creamy, sour cream and milk sauces and gravies.
On Good Good Friday, it is customary not to eat anything at all - you just need to drink water and pray. For those who find it difficult to make one fasting day on the water, you can eat nuts, dried fruits, raw fruits and vegetables without vegetable oil. On Holy Saturday (before Easter), lean cooked food without vegetable oil is allowed. On all other days of fasting, laymen must necessarily eat hot first and second courses every day.
Hot food is essential for normal bowel function and peristalsis. We can reassure those who are concerned about the lack of animal protein in the diet - it is successfully replaced by protein from legumes and soy products. And from peas, beans, lentils and soy you can make a lot delicious dishes, fulfilling the body's needs for protein.
Petrov, or Apostolic Fast
This fast begins a week after and lasts until the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. In 2016, it will be very short, from June 27 to July 11. In addition, this is the easiest and most "delicious" post for the whole year, without rigid frames and restrictions. The basic rules of food in Petrov post:
- For the entire duration of the post: completely exclude meat, dairy and dairy products, eggs, alcohol and sweets.
- Monday Wednesday Friday:
- Saturday and Sunday, as well as the Memorial Day of Saints: boiled, baked or stewed fish is allowed. Also on these days it is allowed to bake fish pies - this is the only pastry that is approved by the church.
- On all other days of fasting: you can eat fish, mushrooms, cereals and soups seasoned with vegetable oil. In Russia, dishes with herbs were especially popular in this post - sorrel borscht, green cabbage soup, okroshka on kvass.
Lack of protein during fasting is made up by legumes Assumption Fast
A month after the Apostolic Lent, the Dormition Fast begins. In 2016, it will run for two weeks - from 14 to 27 August. It is dedicated Mother of God and calls upon the laity to imitate her in love for neighbor, holiness and meekness. How to eat during the Assumption Lent:
- Monday Wednesday Friday: lean vegetable food (raw, boiled, stewed) without vegetable oil. Those who can, it is better these days to stick to dry food, that is, eat only raw vegetables and fruits, and also drink water.
- Tuesday Thursday: lean hot food of vegetable origin without oil (cereals, soups, borscht).
- Saturday and Sunday: lean hot food of vegetable origin with vegetable oil.
- On the day of the Transfiguration of the Lord(August 19) - you can eat fish. It is also allowed to arrange a fish day for yourself at the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, if it falls on Wednesday or Friday.
Christmas post
It begins in the fall, 40 days before the birth of Christ. You will have to fast from November 28, 2015 to January 6, 2016. The fasting begins on the feast day of St. Philip the Apostle, therefore the Nativity Fast is often called Filippov. The rules of abstinence in food in Filippov Lent until the feast of St. Nicholas (December 19):
- Completely exclude: meat, dairy and dairy products, eggs, alcohol and sweets.
- Monday Wednesday Friday: lean vegetable food (raw, boiled, stewed) without vegetable oil. In the evening, you can eat only raw vegetables and fruits, as well as drink water.
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: lean food of plant origin with vegetable oil.
- Fish are allowed in: Saturday, Sunday and large church holidays- for example, on the feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, as well as on the days of the great saints, if they fall on Tuesday or Thursday. If the holiday falls on Wednesday or Friday, then wine and vegetable oil are allowed, but fish is prohibited.
- On the prefeast of Christmas(from 2 to 5 January) you cannot eat fish all days. Food with butter is allowed on Saturday and Sunday.
- Christmas Eve(January 6) nothing can be eaten until the first star - you should only drink water and pray. And the Christmas meal should be started with kutya (sochiv), washed down with uzvar (dried fruit compote).
Porridge with butter is allowed only on some days of fasting! One-day fasts
One-day fasts require strict fasting if they do not fall on Wednesday and Friday. Fish is prohibited, but lean food with vegetable oil is allowed.
- Epiphany Eve (January 18). This is a fast on the eve of the Baptism of the Lord. On this day, Christians are preparing for cleansing and consecration with holy water.
- The beheading of John the Baptist (September 11). This is the day of remembrance and death of the great Prophet John.
- Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord (September 27). This is the day of remembrance of the suffering of Christ on the cross for the salvation of the human race. It is spent in prayer, fasting and repentance.
Fasting Wednesday and Friday
You should fast every week on Wednesdays and Fridays. Wednesday is the day when Judas betrayed the Master, Jesus Christ. And Friday is the day of remembrance of the sufferings of the cross and the death of Jesus Christ. The Church prohibits the use of any meat and dairy food, eggs, pastries and alcohol on Wednesday and Friday, and on the week of All Saints, before Christmas, one must also refrain from fish and vegetable oil.
If Wednesday and Friday are the days of the celebrated Saints, then you can use vegetable oil, and if Wednesday and Friday fall on big church holidays - for example, on the Intercession, then it is allowed to eat fish.
