Of course, the main purpose of fasting is the spiritual growth of a person, the correction of sins, and the cleansing of the soul from passions. It is not for nothing that there is such a saying - fasting is not in the belly, but in the spirit. Therefore, before talking about the “food” component of fasting, I will cite one wonderful saying of St. Basil the Great: “Do not limit the benefits of fasting to abstinence in food, because true fasting is getting rid of evil deeds... Forgive your neighbor’s insult, forgive him his debts. You do not eat meat, but you offend your brother... True fasting is the removal of evil, abstinence of the tongue, suppression of anger, excommunication of lusts, slander, lies and perjury. Abstinence from this is true fasting.”
Thus, fasting should not be considered a diet for weight loss. This article will talk about how to rationally design your menu so as not to violate the rules of food abstinence during Lent and not to harm your health.
Speaking about proper nutrition during Lent, it is worth noting that the measure of abstinence in food varies from person to person. Some are healthy, some have chronic diseases, requiring therapeutic diet. Some study, some do hard physical labor. For pregnant and nursing mothers, fasting is also usually relaxed. It is best to discuss the measure of abstinence in food during Lent with your confessor.
It's coming now Lent, which implies the exclusion of meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, eggs. There are days of dry eating, days of eating food without oil. During less strict multi-day fasts - Christmas and Peter's fasts - on some days fish and fish caviar are blessed.
Among those who are fasting, there is a controversial attitude towards eating soy products and seafood (bloodless sea reptiles) during fasting, as well as eating foods such as Lenten mayonnaise, Lenten sweets and cakes, etc. Again, if there are doubts and questions, all controversial issues are better decide with your confessor. If eating squid and soy cheese For you - a delicacy and a temptation, of course you should refuse such food. However, one should not condemn one’s neighbor for eating such products - perhaps a person has the blessing of a confessor to eat certain products.
Basic principles of proper nutrition during fasting
- During fasting, most of the fasting person's diet consists of carbohydrate foods, and very little protein is consumed. Meanwhile, protein is essential for human health; it is the “building material” of our body. Animal protein is excluded during fasting, but vegetable protein is allowed. Sources of vegetable protein - nuts, seeds, legumes, mushrooms, cereals, bread, soy products. Sea reptiles - shrimp, squid, mussels, etc., are also very rich in protein.
- If a person leads an active lifestyle, it is mandatory to consume products that are good source energy and give a feeling of fullness for a long time - this pasta, potatoes and cereals. But keep in mind that porridge instant cooking- these are “fast” carbohydrates! This porridge quickly fills you up, but it also “burns” quickly, and after just a couple of hours you may feel hungry. Choose rolled oats with a cooking time of 15-20 minutes. If you don’t have time to prepare in the morning, you can pour the rolled oats in the evening cold water, and in the morning - just warm up the porridge.
- It is useful to season salads with olive oil, 1 tablespoon of oil per serving.
- Moderate consumption of dried fruits during fasting is beneficial - dried apricots, prunes, dates, and nuts. They can be added to morning porridge, take it with you for a snack. Dried fruits and nuts are high in calories, so they fill you up quickly.
- Instead of sugar, use honey - it can be added to morning porridge, tea, and used as a natural sweetener in baking. Dark chocolate, marmalade and dried fruits in moderation are preferable to sweet lean ones flour products, which can be found on store shelves. These foods tend to be high in fat, and consuming them can lead to weight gain.
- A very important principle of proper nutrition during fasting is daily use fresh and/or thermally processed vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and fruits are great for snacking - for example, if it's vegetable salad(you can, if desired, diversify it by adding mushrooms, legumes, squid, nuts, croutons), seasoned with olive oil and 1 fruit.
- It is important not to starve and try to plan your meals so that there are no long breaks between meals. In this case digestive system adapts faster and better to a plant-based diet and reduces the risk of such “troubles” as gastritis, constipation and indigestion. For those people who follow the monastic rule, eating no more than 2 times a day, and observing days of complete abstinence from food, it is better to prepare in advance. Even before fasting, you should gradually reduce the frequency of meals to make it easier for the body to adapt to the new regime.
- If you are overweight, it is important to follow these rules to avoid gaining weight while fasting.
- First of all, it is necessary to minimize the amount of carbohydrate food in the evening meal. Since carbohydrates provide a lot of energy, and in the evening after school or work energy is usually not spent, it will be stored as fat “in reserve.” Therefore, in the evening it is better to give up pasta, potatoes, rice, cereals, flour products, bread and sweets. For dinner you can eat a variety of vegetable and legume dishes. These can be vegetable and bean salads, vegetable casseroles and cutlets, stews, vegetable caviar, baked and vegetable stew, grilled vegetables, vegetable and bean soups (without potatoes, cereals and pasta). It is recommended to have dinner no later than 3-4 hours before bedtime! If you consider it obligatory to have a snack after dinner (for example, if dinner took place 5-6 hours before bedtime), then have a snack no later than 2 hours before bedtime.
- If it is acceptable for you to consume sea reptiles and soy products, you can also include them in your menu in the evening.
- On days when fish is allowed, excellent option dinner will be fish + any vegetables (except potatoes).
- In the evening, you can eat a few nuts with tea (not sweet). Sweets should be excluded for dinner.
- Eating potatoes is acceptable for lunch or breakfast, but not every day. Rice and pasta are preferred over potatoes. It is better to eat cereals for breakfast, fruits and dried fruits - before 7 pm. Diversify your diet with frequent consumption of vegetables, both raw and cooked.
- Pay attention to moderate consumption of vegetable oil - the most high-calorie product from the famous!
- Eating a variety of soups is encouraged, both for lunch and dinner (for dinner, vegetable/bean soups without cereals, pasta and potatoes).
- Further, in the examples of the Lenten menu, you will see the mark (diet breakfast/lunch/dinner), this means that this nutrition option is suitable for people with excess body weight. On days of dry eating there is no such mark, since the diet on such days is itself dietary.
DISH RECIPES for LENT BREAKFAST/LUnch/DINNER on dry eating days
Oatmeal and fruit smoothie: Fill the rolled oats with cold water overnight. In the morning, add 1-2 teaspoons of honey and diced fresh fruits - banana, kiwi, orange. Beat with a blender, adding water if necessary. You can use other fruits and any berries to make smoothies. If desired, you can add dried fruits and nuts.
Fruit and nut salad: 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 orange cut into pieces, mix, season lemon juice, cinnamon and 1 tsp. honey Add any dried fruits and nuts if desired. If desired, you can add any fruits and berries to this salad.
Oatmeal muesli with soy milk: Pour muesli with soy milk, wait 10 minutes until the flakes swell.
Carrot - apple salad: Grate the apple and carrot, mix, season with lemon juice, 1 tsp. honey, garnish with nuts if desired.
Strawberry-pear-carrot salad: Grate 2 carrots coarse grater, add strawberries and pears cut into large cubes (peel the pear and remove the core), add 1 tsp. honey and 1 tsp. lemon juice. Mix.
Vegetable salad: chop the tomato, cucumber, radish, corn, leek, lettuce, dill, parsley, sesame seeds, mix. To this salad you can add grated celery root, young zucchini, and croutons. Season with lemon juice.
Hearty salad: Mix canned beans, corn, green peas and diced tomato. You can add croutons, avocado and garlic if desired.
Cabbage and pea salad: Chop white cabbage, mash with salt with your hands, add diced fresh cucumber and green peas, sprinkle with lemon juice, mix.
Wheat salad: Grind the salad leaves, add wheat sprouts, diced avocados, corn, pine nuts, olives. You can add crackers. Mix.
Avocado salad 1: cut the avocado into cubes, mix with chopped leaf lettuce, crackers and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Avocado salad 2: Cut the avocado into cubes, mix with chopped fresh cucumber, dill and corn, sprinkle with lemon juice.
Carrot and pumpkin salad: Grate carrots and pumpkin, season with 1 tsp granulated sugar or 1 tsp. honey Sprinkle with lemon juice.
Avocado and tomato sandwiches: Grease black bread with crushed garlic, place sliced avocado on top, and sliced tomato into rings on top of the avocado.
Sandwiches with avocado pate: Mash the avocado with a fork, add a little lemon juice, dried basil, a pinch of salt and paprika. Stir until smooth and spread on bread. You can sprinkle sesame seeds or roasted pine nuts on top.
Examples of a lean breakfast on dry eating days:
— Any salad/smoothie from the list of dishes + tea/coffee/cocoa with dried fruits/nuts.
— Oatmeal muesli with soy milk + tea/coffee/cocoa with dried fruits/nuts.
— Corn flakes with soy milk + tea/coffee/cocoa with dried fruits/nuts.
— Vegetable salad from the list+ fruit salad/ smoothie from the list + tea with lemon.
— 2 sandwiches with avocado + tea with dried fruits/nuts.
— Vegetable salad from the list + fresh fruits 1-2 pcs + tea with honey and lemon.
Examples Lenten lunch on dry eating days:
— Any salad/smoothie from the list of dishes + 1-2 sandwiches with avocado + tea with honey and dried fruits/nuts.
— Any salad/smoothie from the list of dishes + 1-2 slices of bread + 1-2 fruits.
Examples of a lean dinner on dry eating days:
— Vegetable or bean salad from the list of dishes + 1-2 sandwiches with avocado + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Vegetable or bean salad from the list of dishes + bread + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Vegetable or bean salad from the list + bread + fresh fruit 1 piece + tea with lemon.
DISH RECIPES for LENT BREAKFAST/LUnch/DINNER on days without oil
Oatmeal, boiled in water with 1 tsp. honey, a handful of fresh berries/fruits or dried fruits (prunes, dried apricots, raisins, dates) or nuts.
Baked apples with oatmeal, berries and nuts: Take out the core of the apples and put them in the middle cereals, 1 tsp. honey, berries and nuts. Place in a mold and bake in the oven at 200 degrees. 15 minutes.
Millet porridge in water with pumpkin and/or prunes: Wash the millet, pre-soak the prunes in warm water. Cut the pumpkin pulp into cubes. Place everything together in boiling water and cook until thick. At the end of cooking, add salt to taste. Before serving, add 1 tsp. honey and garnish with nuts if desired.
Lenten thick borscht: IN large saucepan pour water, add spices: bay leaf 2-3 pcs, cloves 4-5 pcs, allspice 2-3 pcs, black pepper 1-2 pcs. and 1-2 medium-sized peeled potatoes, cook over medium heat. Pour 2-3 ladles of water into a separate small saucepan, add chopped small cube onion and grated carrots, cook over medium heat. Grate 1 large beetroot, sprinkle it with 1-2 tsp. lemon or 1 tsp. vinegar, mix and place in a small saucepan 10 minutes after the carrots, without stirring. The beets should be slightly covered with water. Remove spices and cooked potatoes from a large saucepan. Mash the potatoes in a separate container with a pestle and return to the pan. Separately chop 3-5 tubers raw potatoes cube, place in a large saucepan. When the beets are matte, place the contents of the saucepan into a large saucepan. You can take either sauerkraut or fresh cabbage. Lightly rinse the sauerkraut with water and place in a saucepan. Raw cabbage chop, put in a saucepan. Add 2-3 tablespoons tomato paste, to stir thoroughly. Add salt to taste and cook until done. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.
Mushroom soup with potatoes: Pre-soak dry mushrooms in hot water. Pour water into the pan, add spices: 2-3 bay leaves, 2-3 allspice, cook with spices for 5-10 minutes, remove spices. Cut 4-5 potato tubers into cubes, place in a saucepan, and add salt to the soup. Chop the onion and carrot into cubes and place in a frying pan with 2 tbsp. water, simmer for 5-10 minutes. Chop the mushrooms as desired, put them in a frying pan with the onions and carrots, and simmer for another 10 minutes. Place the contents of the frying pan into the saucepan with the soup, stir, and cook until tender. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.
Bean soup with potatoes: Pre-soak the beans overnight in cold water with 1 tsp. baking soda. In the morning, drain the water, rinse the beans, put them in a pan with water and cook until almost done. When the beans become almost soft, cut 4-5 potato tubers into cubes, place in a saucepan, and add salt to the soup. Dice the onion, grate the carrots, place in a frying pan with 2 tbsp. water, simmer for 5-10 minutes and place in a saucepan with soup. Salt the soup, add spices to taste and cook until done. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped parsley and dill.
Vegetable stew: Chop the mushrooms into large pieces and fry in a non-stick frying pan. Place vegetables (you can take a frozen mixture of vegetables, or any of your own, cut into cubes, if desired) into a frying pan with the mushrooms, add salt, add spices, 1 tbsp. tomato paste and some water. Simmer covered over low heat until done.
Mashed potatoes with mushrooms: Boil potatoes and mash with a small amount potato broth. Chop the mushrooms, add salt and simmer in a frying pan. Serve the dish sprinkled with chopped dill.
Potatoes with pumpkin and mushrooms in the sleeve: Potatoes, pumpkin, fresh mushrooms cut as desired, add salt and add spices/herbs to taste, mix. Place the mixture into the sleeve. Pierce the sleeve in several places with a toothpick (so as not to burst during cooking). Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs.
Examples of a lean breakfast on days without oil:(diet breakfast).
— Oatmeal porridge with water+ green salad+ tea with lemon/coffee.
— Baked apples with oatmeal, berries and nuts + vegetable salad + tea/coffee.
— Millet porridge on water with pumpkin and/or prunes + green salad + tea/coffee.
Examples of lean lunches on oil-free days:(diet lunch).
— Lenten borscht + 1 slice of bread + vegetable salad + tea with lemon + nuts + tangerine.
— Mushroom soup with potatoes + sandwich with avocado pate + tea with lemon and nuts + apple.
— Bean soup with potatoes + 1 slice of bread + green salad + tea with dried fruits.
Examples of meatless dinners on days without oil:
— Rice with vegetable stew + vegetable/bean salad + compote.
— Mashed potatoes with mushrooms + vegetable salad + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Potatoes with pumpkin and mushrooms in the sleeve + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Vegetable stew + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).
DISH RECIPES for LENT BREAKFAST/LUnch/DINNER on days with oil
Apple pancakes: Sift 1.5 cups of flour, mix with 0.5 tsp. baking powder, 4 tbsp sugar, a pinch of salt, 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil. whisk or mixer until smooth, adding water to the consistency of thick sour cream. Peel and core 1 large apple, grate on a fine grater and add to the dough, mix. Heat a frying pan, grease with vegetable oil and bake the pancakes over medium heat on both sides. You can serve with honey, fresh berries and fruits, jam.
Lenten yeast pancakes. Place a dough of 1 tbsp. flour, 1/2 cup water, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar and a packet of dry yeast (1-2 teaspoons, depending on the final amount of dough). Place the dough in a warm place (you can put the bowl with the dough in a bowl with hot water and cover with a dry towel) for half an hour. The dough should fit well. Next, add 2-3 cups of sifted flour, a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar, 3-4 tbsp. vegetable oil and a glass of water. Beat the mixture with a mixer, adding water until it reaches the consistency of liquid sour cream or fermented baked milk. Place the finished dough in a warm place for 20 minutes, covered with a dry towel. When the dough has risen, check it. If it becomes too thick, add a little water and mix thoroughly. It is good to heat the pans, and periodically grease them with vegetable oil, bake pancakes. Serve with honey, fresh berries, fruit, jam.
Granola: 1.5 cups of rolled oats, a handful of hazelnuts, almonds, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, coconut flakes, diced dried fruits (optional) mix thoroughly with 2 tbsp. honey, 2-3 tbsp. r oil. Place on a baking sheet parchment paper, add the mixture and bake at 160 degrees for 40 minutes. Stir every 5 minutes. The mixture should take on a nice golden brown color. Don't dry it out! Cool, add coconut and raisins, stir. Can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. You can serve it with soy milk.
Pea soup: Soak the peas overnight with 1 tsp. baking soda. In the morning, drain the water. Boil the peas in new water until half cooked. Cut potatoes into cubes, carrots and onion fry in vegetable oil. Add the roast and potatoes to the soup. Salt and add spices to taste. Cook until done. Serve with croutons.
Lenten soup - kharcho with mushrooms: Soak dry mushrooms in boiling water for half an hour. Fry onions and carrots in a frying pan. When the onions turn golden, add the mushrooms and a little water. Simmer covered for 10 minutes. Place the contents of the frying pan into boiling water and add rice, cook for 10 minutes. Salt the soup to taste, add 2 tbsp. tomato paste and chopped dill and parsley. Cook for another 5-7 minutes, bringing to a boil.
Baked eggplant with tomato: Cut the eggplant into rings, pour salted water for 1 hour (to remove the bitterness). Cut the tomatoes into slices. Squeeze out excess water from the eggplants and lightly fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, place eggplant mugs, tomato mugs on top, a drop on top lean mayonnaise(can be replaced with mushroom caviar). Bake in the oven at 200 degrees. 15 minutes.
Pots with vegetables and mushrooms: Cut the eggplant into cubes and soak in salted water for half an hour to remove the bitterness. Cut the tomato and onion into cubes. Cut the champignons into large slices. Fry the onions in a frying pan, when the onions are browned, add the mushrooms, fry for 5-7 minutes, add the eggplants with tomatoes and lightly fry. Cut carrots into slices. Drain water from canned beans. Place all the ingredients in pots and fill with salted water so that the water slightly covers the vegetables. Place the pots in the oven and cook at 200 degrees for about 1 hour.
Lahanorizo: Fry onion and grated carrots in vegetable oil. Chop 300-500 grams white cabbage, add it to the carrots and onions and fry over high heat until caramelized, stirring continuously. Add 2-3 tbsp. tomato paste and spices. Add salt to taste, stir and reduce heat.
Add ½ cup rice and 1 cup water to the cabbage. You can add more or less rice as desired. Simmer covered until the rice is ready.
Examples of a lean breakfast on butter days:
— Apple pancakes + green salad + tea with lemon.
— Lean yeast pancakes + green salad + tea with lemon.
— Granola + green salad + coffee with soy milk. (diet breakfast).
Examples of a lean lunch on butter days:(diet lunch).
— Pea soup + green salad with butter + tea with lemon + apple.
— Lenten kharcho soup + raw vegetables + sandwich with vegetable caviar + tea with lemon.
— Thick lean borscht + green/bean salad + tea with 2-3 pieces of marmalade.
— Lahanorizo + sandwich with vegetable caviar + fruit salad + tea with lemon.
Examples of meatless dinners on days with butter:
— Spaghetti with vegetable stew + bean salad + tea with lemon.
— Boiled potatoes with 1 tsp. aromatic oil+ baked eggplants with tomato + vegetable salad + compote.
— Lahanorizo + vegetable salad + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Pots with vegetables and mushrooms + bean salad + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).
DISH RECIPES for LENT LUNCH/DINNER on days with fish
Potato soup with red fish: Pour water into a saucepan, add diced potatoes. In a frying pan with 1 tbsp. oil, fry grated carrots and diced onions. After 10 minutes of boiling the potatoes, add fried potatoes and pieces of red fish to the soup. Add spices and salt to taste, chopped dill and parsley. Cook for another 10-15 minutes.
Potato soup with squid meatballs: Meatballs: Cook potato soup. When the soup is almost ready, use a teaspoon to make meatballs: take squid puree into a spoon, form a ball the size of Walnut. Carefully lower the spoon with the minced meat into the soup, hold it for a few seconds until it “seizes” and turn the spoon over, our meatball will no longer fall apart. This is how we make all the meatballs. Bring the soup to a boil and the soup is ready!
Salad with rice and fish: Boil the rice, cool, add boiled pink salmon in pieces (or canned food), green peas, green onions, dill, vegetable oil, salt to taste and mix.
Squid cutlets: These cutlets can be frozen for future use. We take squid carcasses. If it has skin, remove it with a stocking and remove the insides. Using an immersion blender or meat grinder, puree the squid. Salt and pepper to taste, add 2-5 tbsp. breadcrumbs (breadcrumbs are only needed so that you can form cutlets from the squid mass), chopped dill, mix. Form cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs. Freeze for future use, or fry in a pan.
Fish cutlets: Pass the pulp of any fish through a meat grinder (or take ready-made minced fish), add 2-3 tbsp. Breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to taste. In a frying pan, fry diced onions and grated carrots. Mix with minced meat. Form cutlets.
Tuna and tomato salad: Cut the tomatoes into cubes, add pieces of tuna (canned), chopped lettuce, dill and green onions. Drizzle with olive oil and stir.
Examples of a lean lunch on days with fish.(diet lunch)
— Potato soup with red fish + bean salad + 1 piece of bread + compote.
— Potato soup with squid meatballs + green salad + 1 slice of bread + tea with lemon.
— Boiled rice + baked fish + green salad + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Vegetable soup + salad with rice and fish + 1 slice of bread + compote .
Examples of Lenten dinners on days with fish.
— Buckwheat+ baked fish + raw vegetables + tea with lemon.
— Fish cutlets + boiled rice + vegetable salad + tea with lemon.
— Tuna and tomato salad + lahanorizo + tea with lemon and nuts.
— Vegetable stew + fish cakes+ piece of soy cheese + tea with lemon (diet dinner).
— Squid cutlets+ vegetable stew+ vegetable salad + tea with lemon. (diet dinner).
— Grilled vegetables+ red steak fish, baked in the oven + tea with lemon and nuts. (diet dinner).
When adhering to proper nutrition during Lent, it is important to know one more thing. Excluding certain foods from the diet can lead to a deficiency of important vitamins and minerals. For example, when refusing milk and fermented milk products the intake of calcium into the body, from which our bones are “built,” is significantly reduced. And if you refuse meat food, you may experience a deficiency of iron, which is necessary for blood formation and oxygen “nutrition” of the body. Therefore, to make up for this deficiency, you can supplement your diet food additives and multivitamin complexes, the use of which must be discussed with your doctor.
Do not forget that the end of the post should not be “abrupt”. Our body needs time to adapt to “heavy” food and rebuild metabolic processes. At the end of the fast, you need to include fast food in your menu as carefully as possible - first introduce dairy products and eggs, after a while - fish and meat. And it is very important not to overeat.
I wish the readers good health!
Endocrinologist Akmaeva G.A.
“If the soul asks for cleansing, for that small sacrifice that you can give - give the soul what it asks for and believe me, on Bright Easter you will have real quiet joy”
Hieromonk Theognostus, cellarer of the St. Daniel Monastery
For seven weeks you will have to give up meat, eggs, milk, cottage cheese and other common animal products. You can eat fish only twice - on the Annunciation and on Palm Sunday, vegetable oil is allowed only on weekends, and in the first and last (Holy) weeks the Church recommends a raw food diet.
However, therefore, everyone weighs compliance with Orthodox rules with their own strengths and state of health. Monastic cooks say that the Lenten menu should not differ too much from the usual - let it be the familiar stuffed peppers, Italian pasta (without eggs), borscht, cabbage soup, dumplings or pilaf, but only vegetarian.
Wet day
In the first and last (Holy) weeks of Lent, as well as on some other days, eat exclusively raw, thermally unprocessed food and lean bread. Even hot tea with compote is not allowed.
For breakfast: fruit and honey salad
Cut any fruits - apples, pears, persimmons, tangerines, add sultanas and season the salad with liquid honey. Eat 2-3 lean breads.
Lunch: gazpacho
Mix 1/2 liter of tomato juice, 1/2 kg in a blender fresh tomatoes, one cucumber, bell pepper, onion, garlic clove, a couple of celery sprigs, a bunch of basil and parsley. Salt everything and serve with herbs and lean bread toast.
For dinner: dried fruits with nuts
Grind dried apricots, prunes, figs, dates, dried tangerines and persimmons and mix them with any nuts - hazelnuts, walnuts, pine. Season the salad with liquid honey. Eat 2-3 lean breads.Typical day
In the majority fast days It is allowed to eat only vegetarian food, but without the use of vegetable oil.
For breakfast: rice with raisins
Pour a glass into the pan apple juice and a glass of water, put 300 g of washed brown long grain rice, 100 g raisins, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, close the lid and cook the porridge for 40 minutes over low heat. Let the dish brew. Before serving, garnish it with pieces of fresh fruit.
For lunch: borscht with beans
Boil 50 g dried mushrooms to make 1.5 liters of broth. Place chopped onions, carrots, parsley and carcasses there until cooked. Separately, boil the peeled beets and chop them. Combine everything (beetroot broth too), add salt, bay leaf and pepper. Serve with boiled beans.
For dinner: seaweed salad
Mix seaweed with grated carrots, corn, finely chopped tomatoes and bell pepper(or buy ready-made vitamin salad from kelp) and serve with boiled potatoes. Drink any freshly squeezed juice, eat a couple of lean breads.Day off
On Saturday and Sunday, the church allows the use of vegetable oil. Some fasting people also eat seafood. True, the Orthodox have a twofold attitude towards squid, shrimp, crabs and mussels. They are not classified as prohibited fish, so their consumption does not contradict church regulations. However, during periods of the strictest abstinence - the first and Holy weeks, as well as on Monday, Wednesday and Friday - you should not eat seafood.
For breakfast: honey gingerbread
Pour a glass of water and 1/2 cup of vegetable oil into a glass of sugar, heat the mixture a little and add 2 tbsp. spoons of honey. Separately mix 1 teaspoon of soda, 2 tbsp. spoons of cocoa, a pinch of cinnamon and coriander. Then combine everything so that there are no lumps, add 1/2 cup of chopped nuts, 1/2 cup of raisins, 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder and about 2 cups of flour - you should get the consistency of thick sour cream. Bake for half an hour at 200° C. The pie can be cut into layers and coated with any jam. Serve the finished gingerbread with rosehip tea.
Lunch: mushroom lasagna
Chop and fry the onion in olive oil first, then add a couple of carrots, 2-3 sprigs of celery and 500 g of champignons. Pour out the contents liter jar tomatoes in own juice and simmer for 30 minutes. Place some of the prepared filling into the lasagna pan. On top - dry layers of paste, then again minced mushroom, paste again - you should get 4-5 layers. Bake lasagna at 180°C
oven for 20 minutes.
Peel and boil the shrimp, mix them with shredded iceberg lettuce, halved red and yellow cherry tomatoes and pieces of tofu cheese. Pour over the salad balsamic sauce and season with olive oil.
Fish day
For breakfast: Lenten pancakes
Sift 2 cups of flour, add 1 teaspoon of salt and 4 teaspoons of sugar. Gradually pour in 2.5 cups mineral water with gas and knead the dough to the same consistency as sour cream. Cover the bowl with the dough with film and leave in a warm place for 40 minutes. Bake pancakes in vegetable oil and serve with honey or jam.
For lunch: Russian fish soup
Put 800 g of small fish (ruff, perch), an onion, parsley root into a saucepan, add 2 liters of cold water, bring to a boil, skim off the foam and cook for 30 minutes. The fish should be completely boiled. Strain the broth and discard the fish. Then put 1/2 kg of pike perch and trout, cut into pieces, into the broth, cook for 15 minutes, add potato slices and cook for another 10 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, bay leaf and remove from heat.
For dinner: sea bream with zucchini
Clean, gut, rinse and dry 2 medium sea breams. Cut the zucchini fruit into large slices, cut 4 tomatoes in half. Grind 2 tbsp in a blender. spoons olive oil, a sprig of dill and 2 cloves of garlic, salt and pepper. Generously coat the dorada, as well as zucchini and tomatoes with the resulting mixture. Fry fish and vegetables in olive oil.
What you can't refuse
Soybeans, beans, peas, lentils
Mushrooms
But it is poorly digestible, so treat mushrooms as delicious dish, not the protein source.
Porridge, pasta, lean bread
Wheat contains 12% protein, oats - 10%, rye - 9.9%, rice - 7.3%. Therefore, be sure to eat multigrain porridges, lean breads, Italian pasta, bread and muesli. In addition to protein, they will also give you B vitamins.
Sea kale
It contains almost 10% protein. Therefore, it is necessary. Having done seaweed a regular guest on your table, you will get a lot useful substances- iodine, potassium, sodium, magnesium, silicon, vitamins A, B1, B2, B12, C, D, E.
Vegetables and fruits
They contain fiber and vitamins that will strengthen the immune system. To get the most benefits from vegetables and fruits, eat them raw or steam them.
Nuts
Which you deprive your body of by refusing meat. With its deficiency, a person can become lethargic and apathetic.
Honey, sugar
Sweets improve your mood. It also contains biologically active substances that protect the body from diseases.
The main meaning of fasting is not a restriction in food, but a cleansing of the soul. However, the health of the soul and the health of the body are closely related.
Therefore, you should not go to extremes and create your Lenten menu for every day from water and bread.
We offer a menu that excludes foods prohibited during Lent. Recipe ingredients does not include meat and meat products, milk and dairy products, fish, eggs.
At the same time, the diet remains varied and healthy: it contains a lot of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and cereals. It's even included in the menu Lenten baking, but if you decide to do without sweets during Lent, then you can exclude it. All links are clickable and lead to pages with Lenten recipes. At the very end there is also a list of menu items for each day.
Monday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Nutritionist's comment:Wheat porridge. Wheat is an excellent source of dietary fiber and gives a feeling of fullness. It also contains vitamin E, F, B1, B2, B6, C, PP, carotene, niacin, choline, biotin, folacin and trace elements (potassium, magnesium, sulfur, selenium, chromium, zinc). Pea soup. Legumes as a source of protein are an essential component of the Lenten menu. Fruit basket cake is a fairly high-calorie dessert, but if you lead an active lifestyle, then you can treat yourself. If you have a sedentary lifestyle, then this dessert can be transferred to the second breakfast. Sauerkraut salad with potatoes and mushrooms. In order not to dial excess weight, it is preferable not to eat more than 50 g of potatoes in the evening. |
Tuesday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack. Fruits of your choice
Dinner.(without butter and eggs) +
Wednesday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.Fruits of your choice
Dinner.
Thursday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Friday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner. +
Saturday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner.
Sunday
Breakfast.
Dinner.
Afternoon snack.
Dinner. +
The proposed menu must be supplemented with fresh vegetables and fruits in sufficient quantities.
List of necessary products for the Lenten menu
Vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, greens
Zucchini - 3 pcs.
Zucchini - 1 pc.
Onions - 1 kg
Tomato - 2 kg
Garlic - 3 heads
Chili pepper - 1/2 pod
White cabbage - 1 kg
Sauerkraut - 200 g
Potatoes - 2 kg
Carrots - 500 g
Sun-dried tomatoes - 15-20 pieces
Cucumber - 3 pcs.
Eggplant - 1 pc.
Sweet pepper - 4 pcs.
Banana - 1 piece
Apple - 3 pcs.
Orange - 3 pcs.
Lemon - 3 pcs.
Pomegranate - 1/2 pcs.
Pear - 3 pcs
Strawberries - 100 g
Raspberries - 100 g
Blueberries - 100 g
Fruits - according to taste and availability for baskets
Parsley - 4 bunches + to taste
Mint - 1 bunch
Cilantro - 1 bunch
Dill - 2 tbsp. l. + to taste
Basil - 1 bunch
Forest mushrooms - 550 g
Champignons - 12 pcs. (large)
Dry mushrooms - 30 g
Any fruit - as much as you want for snacks
Cereals, pasta, legumes
Wheat - 350 g (coarsely ground, medium-ground wheat, bulgur will also work)
Peas - 1 tbsp.
Oat flakes - 160 g
Rice - 0.5 tbsp.
Bulgur - 0.5 tbsp.
Pearl barley - 200 g
Noodles - 40 g (or vermicelli, or other small pasta)
Chickpeas - 200 g
Pasta - 300 g
Buckwheat - 1 tbsp.
Nuts, dried fruits, seeds
Dried apricots - 6-8 pcs.
Almonds - 70 g
Pine nuts - 30 g
Walnuts - 50 g
Cashew nuts - 190 g
Pumpkin seeds - 3 tbsp. l.
Groceries and other products
Tomato paste - 300 g
Tomatoes in their own juice - 150 g
Brown sugar - 200 g
Sugar - 250 g
Powdered sugar - for sprinkling
Vegetable oil - 600 g
Olive oil - 500 g
Oil grape seed- 150 g
Honey - 125 g
Wheat flour - 1 kg 750 g
Whole grain flour - 140 g (wheat)
Flaxseed flour - 1 tbsp. (ground flaxseed)
Baking powder - 1.5 tsp.
Dry yeast - 10 g
Live yeast - 20 g
Vinegar - 1 tsp.
Apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp.
Red wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
Balsamic vinegar - 1.5 tbsp. l.
Canned beans - 650 g
Soda - 0.5 tsp.
Coconut flakes - 40 g
Black tea - 1 tbsp.
Capers - 1 tbsp. l.
Rye bread for croutons and sandwiches
Coconut milk - 1 dessert spoon
Vegetable broth - 2.5 l
Dry white wine - 70 g
Apple juice - 420 ml
Soy milk - 255 ml
Condiments, spices
Salt – 15 g + to taste
Cinnamon - 2 tsp. ground + 2 sticks
Cumin - 1 tsp. (seeds)
Bay leaf - 3 leaves
Black pepper - to taste
Star anise - 1 star
Ground nutmeg - 1 tsp.
Sweet paprika - 1 pinch
Khmeli-suneli - 1/2 tsp.
Sesame paste - 1 tbsp. l. (Tahina)
Zira - to taste
Thyme - 0.5 tsp. dried
Oregano - 0.5 tsp. dried
Rosemary - 2-3 sprigs
Grain mustard - 1 tsp.
Soy sauce - 2 tbsp. l.
Set of spices - to taste
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For weight loss, a fasting diet is ideal, which includes meals with a limited menu of meat and animal products. The duration of the diet is determined by the person - you can fast for all seven weeks of Lent, or you can only fast partially. Such a refusal of meat, fish, milk and eggs has its own contraindications. Before deciding to go on a meatless diet, consult your doctor and nutritionist.
What is a Lenten Diet?
Vegetarian is a diet during fasting, which many perceive as advice for losing weight. Meals during this period are low-fat and low-calorie, therefore guaranteed to reduce weight. Vegetables, fruits, grains - plant food during fasting, which renews the body, establishes optimal digestion, and accelerates metabolism. Those who fast do not suffer from diseases of the heart, blood vessels, or experience problems with cholesterol. In a week, 2-7 kilograms of excess weight are lost. Fasting as a diet gives a lasting effect; excess weight does not return.
What can you eat while fasting?
The fasting diet includes restrictions on the foods you eat. Recommended ones include:
- cereals;
- vegetables, fruits, berries;
- mushrooms;
- nuts, dried fruits, candied fruits;
- honey, jam, compotes;
- pickles, pickled vegetables;
- spices, seasonings, herbs;
- legumes;
- vegetable oil.
The fasting diet allows you to eat fish three times and caviar on the last day for the entire period of observance. For the rest of the period, the following menu is recommended:
- on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – dietary cold dishes without oil;
- Tuesday, Thursday - lean hot food without adding oil;
- Saturday, Sunday – food with butter, you can drink a little wine;
- Several days from the church calendar you need to fast and eat in the evening; they fall on the first and last week.
What foods should you not eat during fasting?
For proper weight loss It is worth knowing that during fasting you cannot eat products of animal origin - meat, fish, eggs, animal fat and milk. Low-fat dairy products, chicken and seafood are also prohibited. The fasting diet does not recommend eating too much bread and potatoes - this will lead to excess weight gain. It is allowed to take wine only on holidays according to the calendar, plus there is an exemption for taking fish and caviar.
How to eat healthy while fasting
Simple and correct for weight loss includes fruit and vegetable dishes, which you don’t need to think about how to prepare. Sauerkraut, pickles, and mushroom preparations are ideal. Can be made boiled stews, use a grill, a double boiler, a multicooker. The fasting diet by day involves a short heat treatment products for preserving vitamins and nutrients.
The most important Lenten dish Porridge is considered - cook it in water, without butter. To improve the taste, add lean additives to the cereals - fried onions with mushrooms for a savory dish and nuts and raisins for a sweet dish. If it is difficult to give up animal protein for almost two months, buy “soy meat” or tofu - chop it, simmer in sauce and spices. The dish will replace meat products in value and taste, and will be easy to prepare.
Diet for Lent
Nutritionists claim that Lent and proper nutrition during it they help you lose weight. To ensure that your diet during fasting every day brings positive results, follow the rules of the method:
- Include soy products, legumes, nuts, seeds, cereals, and wholemeal products in your diet.
- Pasta and potatoes should be eaten less frequently than other foods.
- Eat at least half a kilo of vegetables and fruits every day.
- Useful options are Brown rice, millet, buckwheat, soybeans, lentils, dates, bananas, peanuts.
- To meet the body's need for vitamin B12 and iron, take complex dietary supplements.
- You need to drink at least 1.5 liters of clean water every day.
- Honey and delicious dried fruits can be eaten instead of sweets, sugar.
- Eat 4-5 times a day, follow your diet, chew your food thoroughly.
- Exit the diet carefully - do not overeat on meat or fried foods. Gradually increase the caloric content of food intake by 200 kcal per day.
Menu during fasting
To make your search easier the right recipes check out the menu lean diet for weight loss for a week. It includes three full meals a day. It does not include an afternoon snack and the portions are small. by day is presented in the table and looks like this:
| Day/Meal | |||
| Monday | Rice porrige on the water, berries, Herb tea | Vegetable soup- puree with celery | Steamed vegetable stew, fruit salad |
| Bread with eggplant caviar, dried fruits, chicory drink | Salad of fresh sweet peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, a little vegetable broth | Roasted pumpkin or turnip |
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| Stuffed cabbage rolls with rice and carrots, herbal tea | Oatmeal with water or baked potatoes with lemon juice |
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| Pancakes on a spoon of vegetable oil, which can be filled with jam | Pasta, tomato sauce, compote |
So, with the beginning of Lent, which begins on February 27 in 2017, our entire diet changes radically. Therefore, let's look at the menu for Lent by day for 40 days 2017 for the laity, so that it is easier for you to navigate and tune in to certain products for all days of fasting. By the way, don’t be afraid, if you approach the problem of nutrition rationally and thoughtfully during fasting, you won’t have to go hungry. You can plan your meals in such a way that the food will not only be varied, but also satisfying, nutritious and tasty. And don’t forget - nutrition is only a part of fasting, the main thing is to strengthen prayers, acts of mercy, visit the temple and train in love for your neighbors, then food restrictions will benefit the soul and body.
Just a small clarification, fasting actually lasts not 40, but 48 days (plus Holy Week).
During Lent 2017, you are allowed to eat the following foods:
1. Cereal bread and plain black bread made from coarse rye flour.
2. Any cereals and porridges made from them, cooked in water.
3. Summer preparations, namely salted, pickled and soaked vegetables and salads made from them, preserves, marmalades and jams.
4. Mushrooms prepared in all possible ways.
5. Beans, peas, beans and lentils - boiled.
6. Nuts, honey and dried fruits.
7. All vegetables, both fresh and boiled. Fruits and berries.
8. Seafood (squid, shrimp, mussels) and fish.
9. Tea, coffee, mineral still water, herbal decoctions.
10. In between meals, you need to drink water - 2.5 liters of mineral water and always without gas. Food should be taken three times - 1. morning (breakfast), 2. day (lunch), 3. evening (dinner). The size of each serving is 200 – 400 grams.
Look, it will be easier to make dietary changes.
The beginning of Lent 2017 - the strictest first week(like the last one, Passionate).
02/27/2017, Monday - abstain from food, only tea is allowed - chamomile, mint, St. John's wort.
02/28/2017, Tuesday – during the day you are allowed to eat 200 g of bread, a decoction of dried fruits, herbal tea and water.
03/01/2017, Wednesday: per day - 250 g of bread and herbal tea.
03/02/2017, Thursday: fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables. Preferably - grapes, apples, nuts, greens.
03/03/2017, Friday: decoction of dried fruits or tea throughout the day. Eating any food is prohibited.
03/04/2017, Saturday – 1. A glass of juice or tea.
2. Boiled vegetables - beets, carrots or potatoes, a glass of red, but only natural, wine.
3. Compote and Lenten cookies.
03/05/2017, Sunday – 1. Vinaigrette and coffee.
2. Lenten any soup, potatoes with onions and mushrooms. Wine and compote.
3. Boiled cauliflower with apple and carrot, tea
Can be baked for borscht or soup, take a look step by step recipe, This is delicious. Besides, they can be made sweet for tea.
The 2nd week of Lent in 2017 in nutrition may look like this:
03/06/207, Monday. 1. Oatmeal with water, tea.
2. Vermicelli soup with carrots. Potato cutlets, fresh vegetables, jelly.
3. Apple and tea
03/07/2017, Tuesday. 1. Buckwheat on water, coffee.
2. Cabbage soup from sauerkraut (lenten), vermicelli (pasta) under mushroom sauce, vegetable salad with fresh vegetable oil, compote.
3. Apples, baked with honey and tea.
03/08/2017, Wednesday. 1. Rice porridge, coffee.
2. Soup - vegetable hodgepodge. Potatoes with mushroom sauce with onions, herbs and tomatoes. Fresh cabbage salad with apple, carrots and cucumber, sauced with berry (grape) vinegar and butter. Compote.
3. Tea with lemon and jam.
03/09/2017, Thursday. 1. Corn porridge, tea.
2. Lenten cabbage soup, vinaigrette, cranberry juice.
3. Mashed potatoes with zucchini. Salted or pickled vegetables. Tea, maybe with lemon or apples.
03/10/2017, Friday. 1. Barley porridge, tea with jam (honey).
2. Lenten pea soup, vegetable salad and apple compote.
3. Potato salad with mushrooms, tea.
03/11/2017, Saturday. 1. Vinaigrette with mushrooms, coffee.
2. Buckwheat soup, rice cutlets, beet caviar, glass of wine, pumpkin jelly.
3. lean pasties, tea.
03/12/2017, Sunday. 1. Millet-pumpkin porridge, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, potatoes stewed with mushrooms, wine, lemon juice.
3. Vegetable caviar, pea cutlets, tea.
3rd week of Lent 2017, menu for every day
03/13/2017, Monday. 1. Millet, tea with honey.
2. Beetroot soup with pearl barley, potato zrazy stuffed with onions and mushrooms, pea salad with pickles, wine, fruit, cranberry lemonade.
3. buckwheat pie, tea with honey.
03/14/2017, Tuesday. 1. Boiled potatoes with garlic, coffee.
2. Bean soup, pasta with mushroom sauce, lingonberry juice.
3., tea with honey.
03/15/2017, Wednesday. 1. Semolina With strawberry jam, coffee.
2. Lenten solyanka, cauliflower casserole with peppers and tomatoes, coffee.
3. Fried squid with boiled potatoes and tea.
03/16/2017, Thursday. 1. Oatmeal with fruit and tea.
2. Lenten cabbage soup, canned pickles with barley, compote.
3. Vegetable ratatouille, tea.
03/17/2017, Friday. 1. Rice porridge, coffee.
2. Pea soup, boiled potatoes with brown mushroom sauce, rosehip compote.
3. Squash caviar with buckwheat, tea.
03/18/2017, Saturday. 1. Semolina porridge with raspberry jam.
2. Pumpkin soup, stuffed squid with rice, wine, cranberry juice.
3. Open Lenten pie with apples, tea.
03/19/2017, Sunday. 1. Custard oatmeal with dried fruits, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, pilaf with mushrooms, wine and compote.
3. Buckwheat with lecho, tea with honey.
4th week of Lent in 2017
03/20/2017, Monday. 1. Bean porridge, fruit, coffee.
2. Vegetable soup, lean pilaf, nuts, orange juice.
3. Braised cabbage, tea.
03/21/2017, Tuesday. 1. Pearl barley porridge, coffee.
2. Lentil soup, pea puree with pickles, compote.
3. potatoes with garlic and mushroom caviar, tea
03/22/2017, Wednesday. 1. Lenten cabbage rolls, coffee
2. Mushroom pickle, cauliflower casserole, pineapple juice.
3. Nuts, fruits, tea
03/23/2017, Thursday. 1. Brewed rice, coffee.
2. Bean soup, rice with mushroom sauce, lingonberry juice.
3. Mashed potatoes with zucchini, tea.
03/24/2017 Friday. 1. Oatmeal, coffee
2. Pea soup, baked vegetables, compote
3. Pumpkin salad with honey,
03/25/2017 Saturday. 1. Custard buckwheat, coffee.
2. Cabbage soup on sauerkraut, squid baked with carrots and onions, compote
3. Potato cutlets, tea.
03/26/2017 Sunday. 1. Apples baked with honey, coffee.
2. Lenten borscht, fried potatoes with boiled fish, fruit drink
3. Barley with tomatoes, nuts, or.
5th week of fasting, menu
03/27/2017, Monday. 1. Vinaigrette, coffee.
2. Lentil soup, pasta with mushroom sauce, squash caviar, compote.
3. Boiled potatoes with sauerkraut, tea.
03/28/2017, Tuesday. 1. Oatmeal, coffee.
2. Vermicelli soup with mushrooms, boiled fish with rice, berry jelly.
3. beets with prunes and tea.
03/29/2017, Wednesday. 1. Barley, coffee
2. Lean shea, vegetables, compote.
3. Apples baked with honey, tea.
03/30/2017, Thursday. 1. Stewed cabbage with carrots and herbs, coffee.
2. pea soup, baked vegetables, fried fish in lemon sauce, compote.
Dinner – sweet rice with fruit, tea
03/31/2017, Friday. 1. Oatmeal with jam, tea
2. Lenten borscht, boiled potatoes with herring and onions, rosehip jelly.
3.Vermicelli with mushroom caviar, tea
04/01/2017, Saturday. 1. Seafood, tea
2. Lenten solyanka, wine, raspberry juice.
3. Buckwheat with appetizer canned eggplant, tea
04/02/2017, Sunday. 1. Porridge with pumpkin, coffee
2. Cabbage soup on sour sauerkraut, boiled fish With fried potatoes, wine, coffee
Dinner – baked vegetables, tea
6th week of fasting 2017
04/03/2017, Monday. 1. Oatmeal with berries, coffee
2. Light soup with peas and corn, tomatoes with garlic and nuts, vermicelli, compote
3. Buckwheat with mushroom sauce, tea
04/04/2017, Tuesday. 1. lean vegetable pizza, with spicy tomato sauce, coffee
2. lean borscht, boiled squid, rice, juice
3. zucchini with boiled potatoes, tea
04/05/2017, Wednesday. 1. Semolina, coffee
2. Potato soup, raw vegetables, tea
3. Carrot cutlets with garlic and onion, tea
04/06/2017, Thursday. 1.beet cutlets, coffee
2. Lunch – lean cabbage soup, herring with vinaigrette, compote
3. Baked peppers stuffed with carrots and garlic, tea
04/07/2017, Friday. 1. Seafood, coffee
2. Vegetable soup, fried fish, rice, compote.
3. Beans baked with carrots and onions, tea
04/08/2017, Saturday. 1. Custard oatmeal with berries, coffee.
2. Buckwheat soup, boiled fish and potatoes, mushroom caviar, wine, compote
3. Sauteed eggplant with rice, tea
04/09/2017, Sunday. 1. Barley porridge, coffee
2. Cream of mushroom soup, baked vegetables, boiled fish, wine, juice.
3. Roast mushrooms with potatoes, tea
The last, Holy Week of Lent, coming in 2017
04/10/2017, Monday, fasting day, bread and water.
04/11/2017, Tuesday. 1. Rice, coffee.
2. Cabbage cutlets, juice.
3. Baked apple, tea.
04/12/2017, Wednesday, 1. Fresh vegetables, coffee.
2. Cabbage salad with carrots and apples, coffee.
3. Fruits.
04/13/2017, Thursday. 1. Corn, tea
2. Cabbage soup green peas, vinaigrette, herring, compote
3. Korean baked squid with carrots. Tea.
We bake Easter eggs and paint them!
Look - simple and tasty.
04/14/2017, Friday. Hungry day, herbal tea, water, bread are allowed.
04/15/2017, Saturday – we don’t eat until the first star.
We have provided you with sample menu for Lent in 2017, and you see for yourself, you can replace some products with similar ones, the main thing is to follow the rules for every day. And don’t forget to do good deeds, help the poor, show love to your neighbors, attend worship services and pray for everyone. And give the money you save on food to the poor.
April 16, 2017 - Great Easter, congratulations to everyone, you have endured fasting, cleansed your soul and body before the Lord, and you can safely break your fast!
