Meals during fasting for a year. Lent: meals by day with recipes and a complete list of lean foods. Last week of fasting
Published 02/27/17 10:37Lent in 2017 it begins on February 27 and ends on April 16 with the main holiday of all believers - the Bright Resurrection of Christ. You can read the daily nutrition calendar, what you can eat and what you can’t, in the Topnews review.
Lent in 2017: what date?
On February 27, 2017, Orthodox believers entered Lent. Christians will have to walk this path by the holiday of Great Easter, keeping themselves in strictness.
During this period, certain restrictions are imposed not only on eating food, but also on fun, idle pastime.
Great Lent is one of the strictest fasts church calendar and begins seven weeks before Easter. He intkbbach consists of forty days (Quentum) and the week before Easter (Holy Week). Lent will end in 2017 on April 15.
Lent 2017: menu
According to the Charter of the Church, during the period of Lent there are certain dietary rules:
- During the first and last weeks of Great Lent, a particularly strict fast is observed.
- You cannot eat all animal products (butter, cheese, cottage cheese, milk), eggs.
- Eating is allowed only once a day, in the evening; however, on Saturdays and Sundays, eating twice a day is allowed - at lunch and in the evening.
- On Monday, Wednesday and Friday you should eat cold food, without vegetable oil. On Tuesdays and Fridays, hot food without oil is allowed.
- On Saturdays and Sundays it is allowed to add vegetable oil to food, and it is also allowed to drink grape wine (except for Saturday of Holy Week).
- On Good Friday, believers completely abstain from eating food.
- On Saturday, many who observe fasting also abstain from food until the onset of Great Easter.
Lent 2017: what you can eat
Despite dietary restrictions during Lent 2017, you should still eat as varied and balanced as possible.
Main products allowed during fasting:
- Black bread, cereal crispbread.
- Cereals
- Salted and pickled vegetables, berry and fruit jam.
- Mushrooms.
- Legumes
- Dried fruits, nuts, honey.
- Seasonal vegetables and fruits
Also, as noted above, you are allowed to eat fish twice during the entire fast.
Lent 2017: daily nutrition calendar
One of the strictest weeks of Lent is the first week. It is recommended to enter Lent correctly and know your personal dietary contraindications.
Here sample menu, which you can take as a basis by adding or replacing certain dishes:
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1 week |
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| Monday | It is customary to abstain from food. | |
| Tuesday | black bread, water, kvass are allowed | |
| Wednesday | dry eating, that is, food that is eaten raw, this can be various vegetables and fruits, as well as nuts and herbs. Bread is allowed. | |
| Thursday | continuation of dry eating | |
| Friday | You can eat vegetables, fruits, nuts; vegetable oil is prohibited on this day. Cooking is not recommended; everything should be consumed raw. | |
| Saturday | The food is the same as on Friday, you are allowed to drink grape juice. | |
| Sunday | on this day you are allowed to eat boiled food with vegetable oil. You can also drink a small amount of red wine, which should be natural, without adding alcohol. | |
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2 week |
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| Monday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge with water. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vermicelli soup. Potato cutlets. Apples. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | Rice porridge. Cucumber and tomato salad. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vegetable soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | |
| Dinner | Vegetable solyanka. Cabbage salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | Corn porridge. Tea or coffee. |
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| Friday | Breakfast | Barley porridge, cucumbers, tomatoes. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | ||
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Vinaigrette. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Millet porridge. Vegetables. Compote. | |
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| This is the first parent's Saturday, during Lent. Whenever possible, people go to the cemetery to visit their deceased relatives. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | |
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3rd week of fasting |
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| Monday | Breakfast | wheat porridge. Nuts. Tea. |
| Dinner | Potato soup with buckwheat. Potato zrazy. Fruits. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | Buckwheat porridge. Tea |
| Dinner | bean soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | |
| Dinner | Vegetable solyanka. Cabbage salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | porridge from oatmeal. Fruits. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Cabbage soup made from fresh cabbage. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea. | |
| Friday | Breakfast | barley porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Pea soup. Salad with vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Millet porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Rassolnik. Vinaigrette. Vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Boiled vermicelli with lecho. Tea. | |
| Note: This is already the second Parent's Saturday during Lent. It is also necessary to go to the cemetery to pay tribute to your deceased relatives. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | wheat porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Russian-Ukrainian borscht. Fried potatoes. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Rice porridge with onions and carrots. Tea. | |
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4th week of fasting |
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| Monday | Breakfast | oatmeal porridge. Nuts. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vegetable soup. Pea porridge. Nuts. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | barley porridge. Tea. |
| Dinner | Lentil soup. salted mushrooms. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | rice porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Lenten borscht. Cucumber and tomato salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | rice porridge. Nuts. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | potato soup with beans. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea. | |
| Friday | Breakfast | |
| Dinner | Potato soup with green peas. Salad with vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Corn porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Buckwheat porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Rassolnik. Vinaigrette. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Boiled vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea. | |
| Note: This Saturday will be the third one for parents. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | oatmeal porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Russian-Ukrainian borscht. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. with onions and carrots. Tea. | |
In the fifth and sixth weeks of fasting, you can repeat the menu of the previous weeks.
Fasting is a strict prohibition or restriction on eating food or only certain foods, such as meat or dairy products.
Great Lent is the path to the Bright Feast of Great Easter, through which a believer must go through, keeping himself in strictness. The ban is imposed not only on eating food, but it is also prohibited to spend this time in fun and pleasure. Great Lent is one of the strictest fasts in the church calendar; it begins seven weeks before Easter and consists of forty days (Quentary Day) and a week before Easter (Holy Week). Pentecost is celebrated in honor of the fact that Jesus Christ fasted in the desert for forty days, and Holy Week commemorates the life of Christ in the last days of his life, His crucifixion and resurrection.
During Lent, it is not recommended for people to eat food of animal origin - meat, eggs, milk. However, it is allowed to eat fish, but only on the holidays of Palm Resurrection and Annunciation Holy Mother of God. Eating seafood such as squid, shrimp, and mussels is not prohibited during Lent.
But we should not forget that Great Lent is not an Orthodox diet, and the purpose of fasting is not so much to cleanse the stomach as to cleanse the human soul.
As for the meal, according to the Church Charter, there are some rules:
- During the first and last weeks of Great Lent, a particularly strict fast is observed.
- Meat and dairy products (butter, cheese, cottage cheese, milk), eggs, are excluded. That is, all products of animal origin.
- You can eat only once a day, in the evening, however, on Saturdays and Sundays you are allowed to eat twice a day, at lunch and in the evening.
- On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, eat cold food, without vegetable oil. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, hot food without oil is allowed.
- On Saturdays and Sundays it is allowed to add vegetable oil to food, and it is also allowed to drink grape wine (except for Saturday of Holy Week).
- On Good Friday (this is the last Friday of Lent) you should abstain from food altogether.
- On Saturday, many who observe fasting also abstain from food until the onset of Great Easter.
What foods are allowed to be consumed during fasting?
If you approach your diet wisely during Lent, then, firstly, you will not have to go hungry, and secondly, even during the period of strict fasting, nutrition can be quite varied and balanced.
So, the main products allowed during fasting:
- Black bread, cereal crispbread.
- Cereals (oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, corn, wheat, barley)
- Salted and pickled vegetables, berry and fruit jam.
- Mushrooms of various preparations.
- Legumes (beans, lentils, peas)
- Dried fruits, nuts, honey.
- Seasonal vegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, cabbage, radishes, etc.)
- Fruits in season (apples, bananas, grant, oranges, etc.)
- Fish is allowed to be consumed twice during the entire fast. On the feast of the Annunciation (in 2016 it falls on April 7) and Palm Sunday (April 24, 2016)
Nutrition calendar by day 2019. Menu.
The first week of fasting is the most strict. It is important to enter the fast correctly, as well as to know personal contraindications.
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1 week |
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| Monday | It is customary to abstain from food. | |
| Tuesday | Black bread, water, and kvass are allowed. | |
| Wednesday | Dry eating, that is, food that is eaten raw, this can be various vegetables and fruits, as well as nuts and herbs. Bread is allowed. | |
| Thursday | Continued dry eating. | |
| Friday | You can eat vegetables, fruits, nuts, vegetable oil is prohibited on this day. Cooking is not recommended; everything should be consumed raw. | |
| Saturday | Meals are the same as on Friday, you are allowed to drink grape juice. | |
| Sunday | On this day you are allowed to eat boiled food with vegetable oil. You can also drink a small amount of red wine, which should be natural, without adding alcohol. | |
Above we described one week, how, according to all the rules and canons, fasting should be observed; this is more acceptable for monks, or for people who strictly observe all the regulations of the church. If you decide to fast for the first time, then you should not take on excessive loads! It is quite possible, for example, to eat oil.
Here is a sample menu that you can use as a basis, adding or replacing certain dishes:
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2 week |
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| Monday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge with water. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vermicelli soup. Potato cutlets. Apples. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | Rice porridge. Cucumber and tomato salad. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vegetable soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | |
| Dinner | Vegetable solyanka. Cabbage salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | Corn porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | ||
| Dinner | ||
| Friday | Breakfast | Barley porridge, cucumbers, tomatoes. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | ||
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Vinaigrette. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Millet porridge. Vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | ||
| This is the first parent's Saturday during Lent. Whenever possible, people go to the cemetery to visit their deceased relatives. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | |
| Dinner | ||
| Dinner | ||
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3rd week of fasting |
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| Monday | Breakfast | Wheat porridge. Nuts. Tea. |
| Dinner | Potato soup with buckwheat. Potato zrazy. Fruits. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | Buckwheat porridge. Tea |
| Dinner | Bean soup. Vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | Rice porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Vegetable solyanka. Cabbage salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge. Fruits. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Cabbage soup made from fresh cabbage. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea. | |
| Friday | Breakfast | Barley porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Pea soup. Salad with vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Millet porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Rassolnik. Vinaigrette. Vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Boiled vermicelli with lecho. Tea. | |
| Note: This is already the second Parent's Saturday during Lent. It is also necessary to go to the cemetery to pay tribute to your deceased relatives. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | Wheat porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Russian-Ukrainian borscht. Fried potatoes. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Rice porridge with onions and carrots. Tea. | |
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4th week of fasting |
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| Monday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge. Nuts. Tea. |
| Dinner | Vegetable soup. Pea porridge. Nuts. Coffee or tea. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Tuesday | Breakfast | Barley porridge. Tea. |
| Dinner | Lentil soup. salted mushrooms. Tea with jam. | |
| Dinner | Tea | |
| Wednesday | Breakfast | Rice porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Lenten borscht. Cucumber and tomato salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Tea. | |
| Thursday | Breakfast | Rice porridge. Nuts. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Potato soup with beans. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Mashed potatoes with eggplant caviar. Tea. | |
| Friday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Potato soup with green peas. Salad with vegetables. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Corn porridge. Tea. | |
| Saturday | Breakfast | Buckwheat porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Rassolnik. Vinaigrette. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Boiled vermicelli with mushroom sauce. Tea. | |
| Note: This Saturday will be the third one for parents. | ||
| Sunday | Breakfast | Oatmeal porridge. Tea or coffee. |
| Dinner | Russian-Ukrainian borscht. Vegetable salad. Compote. | |
| Dinner | Buckwheat porridge. with onions and carrots. Tea. | |
In the subsequent fifth and sixth weeks After fasting, you can repeat your menu as in the second and third weeks.
The seventh (Holy Week) week of Great Lent is as strict as the first.
The sixth Sunday of Great Lent falls on the celebration of the Lord's entry into Jerusalem, or it is also called Palm Sunday. On this day you can eat fish, food with butter, and consume a little Cahors.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - dry eating. Thursday you can eat warm food, but cooked without oil, and only once a day. On Friday only bread and water. Eating is prohibited on Saturday.
And finally, Sunday, the end of the strictest fast falls on the celebration of Easter.
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It is worth noting that if you decide to fast for the first time, it is recommended to talk with a priest and decide for yourself the severity of fasting, because you need to understand the very important truth that main goal Observance of fasting is not a restriction in food, but humility and repentance, prayer!
Today, February 27, Orthodox Christians begin the longest and strictest fast, which is called the Holy Pentecost. During these 40 days of Lent you cannot eat meat, dairy products or drink alcohol. “Evening Volgograd.ru” will tell you what can and cannot be eaten at this time by day, what restrictions exist in the calendar.
Great Lent - 2017
Lent opens in 2017 with Clean Monday. Today, February 27, is the day of the strictest abstinence at the beginning of the next 40 days (except for the last one, Holy Week).
On this day, believers fast and only water is allowed. The remaining days involve eating cold, dry food on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the same time, during fasting, animal oils and fats and meat are prohibited.
This fast symbolizes the time when the Savior, who was led by the spirit into the desert, was tempted by the devil for forty days and did not eat anything during these days. The last, Holy Week of Lent was established in honor of the memory of last days earthly life, suffering and death of Jesus Christ. It is for these reasons that fasting is observed with particular strictness during the first and Holy weeks (weeks).
Food should not be exposed heat treatment. You can eat mushrooms, fruits, and vegetables during fasting. On Tuesdays and Thursdays of Lent you can enjoy hot dishes - soups, baked or stewed vegetables, porridge.
On Saturdays and Sundays you can consume a little wine and oil, and on Palm Sunday and the Annunciation you are allowed to eat fish. Fish is prohibited only on Saturday of the 6th week of Lent (Lazarus Saturday).
During the very last, Holy Week of Lent, from Monday to Wednesday they eat only fruits and vegetables. The Church allows in Maundy Thursday taste the oil and wine, but in Good Friday believers are starving.
On the evening of the last Saturday before Easter, you can eat food that has not been heat-treated.
Great Lent - 2017: nutrition calendar by day
First week:
Tuesday, February 28
Wednesday, March 1- dry eating (eating bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, March 2- dry eating (eating bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, March 3- dry eating (eating bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 4
Sunday, March 5- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Second week
Monday, March 6
Wednesday, March 8- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, March 10- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 11- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 12- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Third week
Monday, March 13- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, March 15- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, March 17- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 18- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 19- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Fourth week
Monday, March 20- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, March 22- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, March 23- boiled vegetable food without oil and fish is allowed.
Friday, March 24- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, March 25- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, March 26- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Fifth week
Monday, March 27- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, March 29- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, March 31- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 1- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sunday, April 2- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine.
Sixth week
Monday, April 3- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, April 5- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Friday, April 7- dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts). Fish is allowed.
Saturday, April 8- boiled food with the addition of vegetable oil, wine. Fish roe is allowed.
Seventh week
Holy Week is the strictest week of Lent - 2017.
Monday, April 10(Holy Monday) - dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Tuesday, April 11(Holy Tuesday) - dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Wednesday, April 12(Holy Wednesday) - dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Thursday, April 13(Holy Thursday) - dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Saturday, April 15 (Holy Saturday) - dry eating (consumption of bread, raw vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, honey, nuts).
Sunday, April 16(Resurrection of Christ) - Easter, the end of Lent.
The first week is considered the most strict and difficult. Believers will have to struggle not only with physical needs, but also overcome spiritual struggles. How to start fasting correctly, what you can eat and do in the first week of Lent. We will talk about this and much more in our article.
Lent was established in memory of the fact that Christ fasted in the desert for forty days. The duration of fasting is 48 days. In another way, the fast is called “Quenterday”. The “Quartertide” consists of six weeks plus Holy Week, each of which has its own name.
The 1st week of Great Lent is called “Fedorov’s Week.”
2nd week of Lent - Russian Orthodox Church remembers one of the great theologians - St. Gregory Palamas.
3rd week of Great Lent - Worship of the Cross.
The 4th week of Great Lent is called the Veneration of the Cross, the passing memory of St. John Climacus.
5th week of Great Lent - memory of St. Mary of Egypt.
6th week of Great Lent - Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem or Palm Sunday, the twelfth feast.
How to fast correctly during Lent. Every believer knows that an integral part of fasting is abstaining from forbidden foods and curbing one’s desires. It must be said that most likely not everyone will be able to fast correctly, but it’s still worth telling what exactly you can eat and what you can’t.
The Church Charter for the Orthodox states the following rules:
1. During the first and last (Holy Week) there is a particularly strict fast. “Fast food” (food products that contain food from warm-blooded animals, birds and mammals: meat, offal (offal or liver) are prohibited.
2. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - cold food without oil once a day (in the evening);
3. On Tuesdays and Thursdays - hot food without oil once a day (in the evening);
4. On Saturdays and Sundays you can consume vegetable oil and grape wine (except Saturday of Holy Week) twice a day in the afternoon and evening;
5. You are not supposed to eat anything on Good Friday;
6. On Holy Saturday, many believers also refuse food until Easter. The Charter allows for a single meal of raw food with wine in the evening of this day;
7. Fish is allowed only on the holidays of the Annunciation (if it does not coincide with Holy Week) and on Palm Sunday (Vaii); On Lazarus Saturday, fish is not allowed, but caviar can be eaten.
First week of Lent 2017: what you can eat, proper nutrition table.
To summarize our article, I would like to say that not eating forbidden food is not fasting. Therefore, for himself, every believer must first of all decide whether he will fast for the sake of his figure, or for the sake of spiritual cleansing and enrichment. If you choose the second, then you should refrain from calling friends and acquaintances over trifles, from watching the usual TV shows, going on social networks, and chatting. During the fasting period, you should be as focused as possible on your inner world, strictly attend church services, take communion, read prayers, be restrained, do not get irritated over trifles and do not quarrel with your neighbors. This is, of course, only a small part of what needs to be done, but you have to start somewhere. The main thing is to believe in yourself and trust in the Lord, who, seeing what is hidden, rewards openly!
The longest, strictest and most famous fast in Christianity is called the Great Fast. In Orthodoxy it is called “Quentary Day” because it lasts forty days and precedes Easter – Christ’s Resurrection. After Pentecost comes the strictest time of abstinence - Holy Week. The purpose of fasting is the spiritual and physical cleansing of the believer, therefore, during the entire “fast” time, the laity completely limit themselves to eating meat, and partially - fish and dairy foods. In Lent 2017 , starting February 27 , Christians' diet will also be modest. What you can and cannot eat at this time, nutritional rules for every day and week by week can be found out from special calendars published on Orthodox websites.
Nutrition calendar for Lent 2017
Spiritual cleansing during fasting includes daily prayers and repentance, forgiveness of enemies; physical cleansing involves strict adherence to dietary rules. The food calendar for Lent was introduced at the end of the 4th century. You should have limited yourself in certain types of food already six weeks before the resurrection of Jesus - Easter. Today, many who fast for forty days consider abstinence from meat foods to be a cleansing diet. Throughout Lent 2017, hot spices, alcohol, and meat are prohibited for consumption. On some days, wine may be on the table.
Beginning of Lent 2017 - Diet according to the calendar
Opens Lent 2017 Clean Monday February 27 - the day of the strictest abstinence at the beginning of the next forty days (except for the last Holy Week). Believers are starving; Only water is allowed. After the end of Clean Monday, you can only eat bread for four more days. In future, the laity should adhere to general rules eating food. They involve eating cold, dry food on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Animal oils and fats, meat are prohibited. Food should not be heat treated. The main products included in the lean diet are mushrooms, fruits, and vegetables. On Tuesday and Thursday of Lent, eating hot food is allowed (soups, baked or stewed vegetables, porridge). Every Saturday and Sunday of forty days of abstinence you can consume a little wine and oil, and on Palm Sunday and the Annunciation you are allowed to eat fish. The consumption of fish products is prohibited on Saturday of the 6th week of fasting (Lazarus Saturday). In the last, Holy Week of Lent, from Monday to Wednesday, they eat only fruits and vegetables. On Maundy Thursday the consumption of oil and wine is allowed, and on Good Friday believers fast. On the last Saturday before fasting in the evening, you can eat food that has not been heat-treated. However, many people who observe strict fasting do not eat anything until Easter.
On the calendar gray strict days of fasting are designated, on which one must eat scant food consisting of bread and water.
Blue color is the days when hot food without oil is allowed. Liquid and hot oily food - yellow tint.
Dry eating days are marked in green:
Mondays - 27.02, 6.03, 13.03, 20.03, 27.03, 3.04, 10.04;
Wednesdays – 01.03, 10.03, 17.03, 24.03, 31.03, 05.04;
Fridays – 03.03, 25.04, 01.04, 08.04, 15.04, 22.04
Great Lent 2017 - Meals by day for the laity - Rules of a lean diet
During Lent, believers not only train their bodies, but also develop their will. Not every person, especially those who often eat meat and fish at other times, will be able to resist the temptation to try, for example, fried chicken or brisket. Lenten food is food of plant origin. Monks in monasteries fast very strictly, avoiding even fish, which is allowed for the laity in certain days abstinence. According to the basic rules of a fasting diet, meat and animal fats are completely excluded from the diet of the fasting person.
How to eat on the days of Lent 2017 for the laity
Lent 2017 is not the same diet. The quality and quantity of food allowed for consumption during these days varies. For example, the laity should observe the strictest fast on Wednesday and Friday. Those who fast according to the full regulations do not even consume vegetable oil on these days. The most moderate days of fasting, allowing even wine, are Saturday and Sunday. The main principle of fasting is abstaining from meat. Strict or moderate adherence to the remaining rules of the “Quentary Day” is associated with the personal zeal of each person, his piety, capabilities, health and many other factors - location, age, degree of church affiliation, etc.
Lent 2017 - Meals for every day strictly according to the rules
Lent 2017, starting on February 27, involves both complete abstinence from food and moderate consumption of fish and dishes with the addition of vegetable oil. According to the church charter, fasting consists of Lent, which lasts forty days, Lazarus Saturday, which occurs before Palm Sunday, the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and Holy Week before Easter. Those fasting during this time must strictly follow the dietary rules. They depend on the days of fasting.
Meals for the days of Lent 2017
Lent 2017 begins with Clean Monday on February 27th. The First Week lasts until March 4. On Monday you should refrain from eating any food, but on Tuesday you are allowed to eat bread. On March 1, Wednesday, the consumption of raw food is allowed - greens, vegetables, fruits, water and bread. On Thursday, churchgoers fast, and on Friday, March 3, they eat boiled or baked food once a day. On Saturday, March 4, the laity can eat hot food twice a day, but, of course, lean food. The Second Week, from March 5 to 11, allows the consumption of hot food. On other days, up to the strictest abstinence Holy Week, it is better to follow the general rules of Lent day by day: eat hot foods of plant origin in moderation on Tuesdays and Thursdays, strictly fast on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and even allow yourself to taste diluted wine on Saturdays and Sundays. Those interested in more precise nutritional rules for Lent can familiarize themselves with tables that provide detailed information by day.
Nutrition rules for Lent
The basic rules of nutrition during Lent, as mentioned above, are a complete abstinence from animal food. However, we should not forget that fasting is also a spiritual cleansing. Daily Prayers, appeals to the Lord, forgiveness of enemies must also be observed. The strictest days of Lent 2017 are the first Week from February 27 to March 4 and the seventh Week from April 9 to 15. ABOUT exact rules nutrition on these and other days can be found in the tables.
What can you eat according to the rules of Lent?
The dietary rules for Lent were drawn up many hundreds of years ago. At that time, some products that appeared in the diet of believers later did not yet exist. Today, during Lent 2017, it is allowed to eat seaweed and other seaweed, a variety of nuts, durum wheat pasta prepared without adding eggs to the dough, unleavened bread, crackers, and vinegars. Cakes and cookies, milk and chocolate candies can be replaced with figs, dates, raisins, prunes, and dried apricots. Stewed vegetables with the addition of tomato paste. On days that allow the consumption of fish products, you can prepare aromatic stuffed fish. The list of permitted lean foods can be found below.
Lent 2017—Meals by week
Speaking about nutrition during the days and weeks of Lent 2017, we should not forget about those who, for various reasons, cannot limit themselves to consuming certain foods. It also happens that a nutritionist or attending physician does not allow believers to strictly adhere to the Lenten rules. For example, a doctor may recommend a patient a diet rich in protein - in this case, you can and should eat fish and dairy products. People with gastrointestinal diseases, patients recovering from major operations or illnesses, young children, pregnant and lactating women should not fast. On the contrary, in the presence of certain diseases, a fast diet is recommended. People with problems cardiovascular system, hypertension, kidney failure, abstaining from meat and dairy products will only be beneficial. It should be remembered that fasting is not the same as dieting. Yes, it involves strict abstinence from certain foods. However, the main thing during Lent remains prayer, daily conversation with the Lord, and rethinking your life.
How to eat during Lent 2017
If a believer, accustomed to regularly eating foods such as meat, strong broths, Olivier-type salads, and fried foods, decides to start fasting, his body may experience some stress. When changing a diet, a person gets used to new food gradually - it all depends on the person’s ability to adapt to sudden changes in diet. An active, healthy middle-aged person will adapt to changes in diet and quality of nutrition much faster than older people and children. We should not forget that food restriction should not become an end in itself during Lent 2017. Fasting is a time of reflection, so thoughts about food should not distract the believer from prayers and reflections. It makes no sense to prepare specially for each day of fasting, since in this case the layperson will only think about the diet. Fasting should be approached gradually, depending on age, health status and readiness for restrictions. It is also worth remembering that you should break fast gradually, at first still maintaining a restriction in the consumption of animal food.
During Lent 2017, the laity should limit their diet. The rules of strict abstinence in food by day and week can be found in the nutrition calendar produced by various book publishers and published on websites dedicated to Christian topics.
