Schedule of Orthodox fasts on. Calendar of Orthodox posts. Dates are in the new style

Fast is a complex spiritual practice associated with the bodily and spiritual limitations of a person who believes and honors religious traditions. You will be presented with a complete calendar of Orthodox fasts in 2016 to facilitate the search for a Christian and give him a reliable tool for unity with God.

It is important to bear in mind that fasting is not only food restrictions, but additional spiritual practices associated with prayer and the fight against worldly passions....

The Savior himself was led by the spirit into the wilderness, was tempted by the devil for forty days, and did not eat anything during those days. The Savior began the work of our salvation by fasting. great post- a fast in honor of the Savior Himself, and the last Passion Week of this forty-eight-day fast was established in honor of the memory of the last days of earthly life, the suffering and death of Jesus Christ.

With special strictness, fasting is observed in the first and Passion Week. On Clean Monday, complete abstinence from food is customary. The rest of the time: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry eating (water, bread, fruits, vegetables, compotes); Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil; Saturday, Sunday - food with vegetable oil.

Fish is allowed in Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary(April 7) and in Palm Sunday(in 2016 April 24). AT Lazarus Saturday(April 23, 2016) fish caviar is allowed. AT good friday(April 29, 2016) food must not be eaten until the shroud is taken out.

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Petrov Post (June 27 - July 11, 2016)

Petrov post is also called apostolic fasting.

On Monday of the week of All Saints, the fast of the Holy Apostles begins, established before the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. This post is called summer. The continuation of the fast is different, depending on how sooner or later it happens Easter.

It always starts on All Saints Monday and ends on July 12th. The longest Petrov fast includes six weeks, and the shortest week with a day. This fast was established in honor of the Holy Apostles, who through fasting and prayer prepared themselves for the worldwide preaching of the Gospel and prepared their successors in the work of salvific service.

Strict post(dry food) on Wednesday and Friday. On Monday you can have hot food without oil. On other days - fish, mushrooms, cereals with vegetable oil.

One month after Apostolic Lent there comes a multi-day Assumption post. It lasts two weeks - from 14 to 27 August. With this fast, the Church calls us to imitate the Mother of God, who, before her resettlement to heaven, was unceasingly in fasting and prayer.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday - dry eating. Tuesday, Thursday - hot food without oil. On Saturday and Sunday food with vegetable oil is allowed.

In a day Transfiguration of the Lord(August 19) fish is allowed. Fish day in Assumption, if it falls on Wednesday or Friday.

Advent Post (November 28 - January 6, 2016)

Christmas (Filippov) post. At the end of autumn, 40 days before the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Church calls us to the winter fast. It is also called Filippov, because it begins after the day dedicated to the memory of the Apostle Philip, and Christmas, because it happens before the holiday Christmas Christ's.

This fast was established in order for us to offer the Lord a thankful sacrifice for the collected earthly fruits and to prepare for the grace-filled union with the born Savior.

The charter on food coincides with the charter Petrov post, until the day of St. Nicholas (December 19).

If a holiday Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos falls on a Wednesday or Friday, then fish is allowed. After the day of memory of St. Nicholas and before the feast of Christmas, fish is allowed on Saturday and Sunday. On the eve of the feast, you can not eat fish on all days, on Saturday and Sunday - food with butter.

On Christmas Eve, you can’t eat food until the first star appears, after which it is customary to eat sochivo - wheat grains boiled in honey or boiled rice with raisins.

Solid weeks

• A week is a week from Monday to Sunday. These days there is no fasting on Wednesday and Friday.
• Five continuous weeks:
• Christmas time - from January 7 to January 18,
• Publican and Pharisee - 2 weeks before Lent from February 22, 2016 to February 28,
• Cheese (Shrovetide) - the week before Lent (without meat) from March 7, 2016 to March 13,
• Easter (Bright) - a week after Easter from May 2 to May 8, 2016,
• Trinity - a week after Trinity from June 20 to June 26, 2016.

The corresponding Decree No. 34-UM dated March 29, 2020 was signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on March 29, 2020. The new document amends (supplements) the previously issued Decree No. 12-UM of 03/05/2020.

We tell what can and cannot be done in accordance with the new Decree.

Despite the introduced regime of self-isolation, in some cases it is still possible to leave the house. We list these cases below.

In what cases you can leave the house:
* In case of seeking emergency medical care.
* In the event of a threat to life or health.
* In case of going to the place of activity (work), the implementation of which is not prohibited. We previously wrote about
* For the purchase of products and goods - to the nearest store.
* In the case of walking pets - at a distance of no more than 100 meters from the place of residence.
* If necessary, take out the garbage - to the nearest place of accumulation of waste.

If you still need to leave the house, you should follow a number of rules.

How to behave on the street, in public places and public transport:
* It is necessary to keep a distance (social distancing), that is, not to approach other citizens at a distance of less than one and a half meters, with the exception of taxi rides.
* Follow the instructions of the special markings for social distancing in the places where it is applied.

The Decree does not apply:
* in cases of medical assistance. help.
* on the activities of law enforcement agencies and other bodies whose actions are aimed at ensuring the safety of citizens.
* for road traffic.
* for citizens who have been issued special permits.
* for cases of arrival and departure from the city.

Until what date will the self-isolation regime for all residents of Moscow, introduced from March 30, 2020, last:

This means that the timing of the lifting of the home self-isolation regime will be announced later, after the epidemiological situation improves in Moscow and the region, and the spread of coronavirus infection begins to decline.

Lent in 2016 will be held from March 14 to April 30. You can learn more about this by reading the material on this page of the Orthodoxy and the World website.

Great Lent 2016: Main Services

In the evening, on the first four days of Lent, from March 14 to March 17, 2016, in the temples in the evening is performed.

On Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent they serve.

After the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Friday of the first week of Lent, March 18, 2016, kolivo (wheat grains boiled with honey) will be consecrated in memory.

AT first Sunday Great Lent, the week of March 20, 2016, in churches at the end of the Divine Liturgy, rite of the Triumph of Orthodoxy.

On the evening of Wednesday, April 27, on, the canon “The Red Sea is cut through is read” and “I see Your Chamber, O my Savior, decorated” is sung.

Maundy Thursday, April 28, is a memory of the Last Supper. The main liturgy of the year is celebrated in memory of the establishment of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

On Maundy Thursday evening, Good Friday Matins is served with reading.

On the morning of Holy Saturday, April 30, 2016, Vespers is served with the Liturgy of Basil the Great, after which, as a rule, begins. On this day, drinking wine is allowed.

On Holy Saturday in the afternoon, the Acts of the Apostles are read in many churches.

Late in the evening on Great Saturday, Midnight Office is served with the canon “Lamentation of the Most Holy Theotokos”, after which the Shroud is taken to the altar and Easter matins begin.

Lent is the longest and strictest of all Orthodox fasts. In 2016, it will begin on March 14 and end on April 30 with the celebration of the Holy Resurrection of Christ.

Preparing for Great Lent

The preparation time for Great Lent includes four Sundays (in Church Slavonic - Weeks): the Week of the Publican and the Pharisee, the Week of the Prodigal Son, the Week of the Last Judgment and Forgiveness Sunday, however, between February 21 (beginning of preparation for fasting) and March 14 (the first day of post in 2016) - only three calendar weeks. The fact is that in the language of the Church the word "Week" refers to only one day - Sunday.

How long is Lent?

This period consists of Forty days (forty days) and Holy Week - the last week before Easter, which is dedicated to memories of the last days of earthly life and the death of Christ on the cross. Holy Week is preceded by Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday.

Forty days was established in imitation of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who fasted in the wilderness for forty days, and Holy Week was established in remembrance of the last days of His earthly life, suffering, death and burial.

Fasting for believers involves the rejection of meat, dairy foods and eggs. In order to fast strictly "according to the Typicon" (a charter intended for monastics), the laity must receive the blessing of a confessor.

Recently, priests often remind that fasting people should remember: fasting is not a diet, not just a restriction on the use of certain foods, but a time of humility, prayer and repentance. In Lent, Orthodox Christians should take care of cleansing their souls and thoughts in order to joyfully meet Christ's Resurrection with a pure heart.

In Great Lent, believers were previously given leave so that they could attend not only Saturdays and Sundays, but also everyday services of Great Lent, as the most useful for spiritual life.

How to eat in Lent?

All fast food is limited, that is, all food of animal origin (meat, poultry, dairy products, eggs, fish and fish caviar), as well as alcoholic beverages, although they are plant foods. Only wine is allowed, but only on Saturday and Sunday.

The rest of the time:

Monday Wednesday Friday- dry eating, that is, it is allowed to eat bread, water, fruits, vegetables;

Tuesday Thursday- you can eat hot food of plant origin without oil;

Saturday Sunday- food of vegetable origin with vegetable oil is allowed;

in the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, which is celebrated on April 7 in 2016, you can eat fish;

on Palm Sunday, which is celebrated on April 24, 2016, fish is also allowed;

on Lazarus Saturday, which will be April 23, 2016, fish caviar is allowed to be served;

on Good Friday, which will be April 29 in 2016, you cannot eat until the shroud is taken out during the church service.

1st week - from March 13 to March 19, 2016
2nd week - from March 20 to March 26, 2016
3rd week - from March 27 to April 2, 2016
4th week - from April 3 to April 9, 2016
5th week - from April 10 to April 16, 2016
6th week - from April 17 to April 23, 2016
Holy Week - from April 24 to April 30, 2016

The first week is called "Fedor's week". At this time, it is customary to remember all the defenders of the Orthodox faith. In the second week, the memory of St. Gregory Palamas is venerated. The third week is the Adoration of the Cross, and during the fourth week the theologian John of the Ladder is remembered. On the fifth week, the memory of St. Mary of Egypt, the patroness of penitent women, is venerated. The sixth week is marked by Palm Sunday - the day of the Lord's entry into Jerusalem. Then Holy Week begins. These days you need to strictly adhere to fasting, take communion and repent. And, finally, on May 1, the Bright Resurrection of Christ is celebrated - Easter.

How to eat in Lent 2016: food calendar by day

(Please note that below are strict statutory norms, not every layman will be able to do it, the degree of relaxation of fasting is determined individually: consult with a confessor or doctor, perhaps you should not completely refrain from fast foods, fasting is not only a restriction in food , read articles and )

According to the Rule, the first and last weeks of Great Lent are the most strict in relation to the meal.
March 13- Sunday. Forgiveness Sunday
A conspiracy is being made. For the last time, modest foods (except meat and dairy) are allowed. There are two meals.
March 14th- Monday. Beginning of Great Lent. Clean Monday. They don't eat anything.
March 15th- Tuesday - do not eat anything.
For those who cannot endure complete abstinence from food and drink during the first two days of Lent, as well as for the elderly, “bread and kvass” is allowed on Tuesday after Vespers.
March 16- Wednesday.


Once a day. Xerophagy
17 matra- Thursday - do not eat anything.
According to the Athos version, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday they eat once a day, around 15.00, 340 grams of bread, with salt, and water.
18th of March- Friday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Without pickles and sauerkraut, i.e. prepared food. "We eat jam with plums without elea and armea." Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
March 19- Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Boiled legumes, olives and black olives are recommended at the meal. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

March 20 - Sunday.
First week Great Lent (first Sunday of Lent). Triumph of Orthodoxy
On the week of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, the victory of Orthodoxy over the iconoclastic heresy is celebrated. Iconoclasts believed that the veneration of icons was idolatry. Thanks to the patronage of the emperors, the persecution of icons continued for almost a hundred years. The veneration of icons was finally restored in the 9th century by Empress Theodora on the first Sunday of Great Lent, on which the Triumph of Orthodoxy has been celebrated ever since.

March 21 - Monday.

March 22 - Tuesday.
Memorial Day of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste are Christian soldiers who were martyred for their faith in Christ in Sebastia (Lesser Armenia, modern Turkey) in 320 under Licinia.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) 1 time per day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 23 - Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
March 24 - Thursday.

March 25 - Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
March 26 - Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup of 200 g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 26 - Parental ecumenical Saturday of the 2nd week of Great Lent

Third week - from March 27 to April 2, 2016
March 27- Sunday.
Second Sunday of Great Lent (Second Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of St. Gregory Palamas.
St. Gregory Palamas lived in the 14th century. According to the Orthodox faith, he taught that for the feat of fasting and prayer, the Lord illuminates the faithful with His grace-filled light, which the Lord shone on Tabor. For the reason that St. Gregory revealed the doctrine of the power of fasting and prayer and it was established to celebrate his memory on the second Sunday of Great Lent.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
March 28- Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
March 29- Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
30th of March- Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
March 31- Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 1- Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 2- Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
On Saturday of the third week, during Matins, the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord is brought to the middle of the temple for veneration by believers, therefore the third week and the next, fourth, week are called the Adoration of the Cross.
April 2 - Parental ecumenical Saturday of the 3rd week of Great Lent

The fourth week of Great Lent is called the Adoration of the Cross, or the Cross of the Cross. The Life-Giving Cross from Sunday - the Week of the Adoration of the Cross - until Friday of this week is in the center of the temple, in the place of the icon of the holiday. Believers worship him "with fear and love". The Church glorifies the Holy Cross of Christ as a sign of the mightiest power that protects us and opens the way to salvation. On Friday of the week, at the end of the reading of the hours, the Cross is solemnly conveyed to the altar.

April 3- Sunday.
The third week of Great Lent (the third Sunday of Lent) is the Adoration of the Cross.
On this day, they read legends, consecrate prosphyra, do not work, visit temples to worship the cross, reflect on the concept of “carrying their cross”, fast (with eating brew with oil and wine).
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April, 4- Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 5- Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 6- Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
On Wednesday of the Cross (at the end of Lent), the Charter of Holy Mount Athos allows two dishes with oil and wine.
April 7- Thursday.
Feast of the Annunciation .
The name of the holiday - the Annunciation - conveys the main meaning of the event associated with it: the announcement to the Virgin Mary of the good news about the conception and birth of the Divine Infant Christ by Her.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine. Fish are allowed. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 8- Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 9- Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 9 - Parental ecumenical Saturday of the 4th week of Great Lent

April 10th- Sunday.
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent (Fourth Sunday of Lent). Memorial Day of theologian John of the Ladder.
John of the Ladder was the abbot of the Sinai monastery, he wrote the famous "Ladder of Virtues", where he showed the steps of ascent to spiritual perfection. (“Ladder” from the old Slav. “Ladder”. Variants - Paradise Ladder, Spiritual Tablets). The image of the "Ladder" is borrowed from the Bible, which describes the vision of Jacob's Ladder, on which the angels ascend (Gen.28:12).
The calendar memory of John of the Ladder falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 4th Sunday of Great Lent.
On the day of memory of John of the Ladder, ladders were baked
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 11- Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
12th of April- Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 13- Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
On Wednesday evening, a special service is performed in Orthodox churches - “Maria's Standing”. At this service, for the only time in the year, the entire Great Canon of Andrew of Crete is read, which sounded in parts from Monday to Thursday of the first week of Great Lent, and the canon of St. Mary of Egypt.
14th of April- Thursday. Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt.
On this day, according to ancient custom, the following of the Great Canon is sung. Saint Andrew composed it at the same time that Saint Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, wrote down the life of Mary of Egypt. Father Andrew first brought the great canon and the word about St. Mary to Constantinople when he was sent by Patriarch Theodore of Jerusalem to help at the Sixth Council.
On Standing Rev. Mary of Egypt - hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (200g). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Some statutes allow only wine, and oil (oil) is not allowed.
April 15- Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
Before the feast of the Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos, some charters allow wine. The charter of the Holy Mount Athos allows two dishes with oil and wine. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 16- Saturday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 17- Sunday.
Fifth week of Great Lent (fifth Sunday of Lent). Remembrance Day Mary of Egypt
The Monk Mary was born in Egypt in the middle of the 5th century. At the age of 12, she left her parents and went to Alexandria, where she spent 17 years living in sin. Once Mary arrived in Jerusalem for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and tried to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, but some kind of force held her back. Realizing her fall, she began to pray in front of the icon of the Mother of God, which was in the porch of the temple. After that, she was able to enter the temple. The next day, Mary crossed the Jordan and went into the wilderness, where she spent the rest of her life, 47 years, in fasting and repentance. The Church gives in the person of St. Mary of Egypt an example of true repentance and shows in her an example of the inexpressible mercy of God to penitent sinners. The calendar memory of Mary of Egypt falls during Great Lent, it was moved to Sunday, and it was assigned to the 5th Sunday of Great Lent.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 18th- Monday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 19- Tuesday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
20 April- Wednesday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 21- Thursday.
Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. Oil free. Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
April 22- Friday.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these). Once a day, around 3:00 pm. Xerophagy
April 23- Saturday. Lazarus Saturday.
On this day, Christians commemorate the miracle of the resurrection of the righteous Lazarus by Christ (John 11:1-45), which was performed to testify to the coming resurrection of all the dead. The celebration of Lazarus Saturday has been established since ancient times, it precedes the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
Fish caviar is allowed - up to 100 g. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.

April 24- Sunday. Sixth Week of Lent (Sixth Sunday of Lent).
Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem Palm Sunday . - (the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on a donkey, when the people greeted him, throwing palm branches onto the road - in Russia they were replaced by willow) - the last Sunday before Easter.
Fish allowed. Hot food that has undergone heat treatment, i.e. boiled, baked, etc. With vegetable oil and wine (one cup 200g) twice a day. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 25 - Maundy Monday
On Good Monday, the Old Testament Patriarch Joseph, sold by his brothers to Egypt, is remembered as a prototype of the suffering Jesus Christ, as well as the gospel story about Jesus cursing a barren fig tree, symbolizing a soul that does not bear spiritual fruit - true repentance, faith, prayer and good deeds. Mt 21:18-22
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.


Xerophagy
April 26 - Maundy Tuesday
On Maundy Tuesday, we remember the sermon of Jesus Christ in the Jerusalem Temple. On this day He told the disciples about the second coming Mt 24, the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents Mt 25:1-30. The chief priests and elders tempted him with questions, wanted to arrest him, but were afraid to do it openly because of the people who considered Jesus a prophet and listened to him attentively.
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
“Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent.”
Xerophagy
April 27 - Great Wednesday
On Great Wednesday, the anointing of Jesus Christ with peace and the betrayal of Judas are remembered. Matthew 26:6-16
Dry eating: bread, water, greens, raw, dried or soaked vegetables and fruits (for example: raisins, olives, nuts, figs - each time one of these).
From drinking: dill (hot infusion or decoction of herbs or berries, fruits) with honey.
Once a day, around 3:00 pm.
“Like in the 1st week of this holy Lent.”
Xerophagy
April 28 - Great (Clean) Thursday. Last Supper
During the services on this day, one of the most important gospel events is remembered: the Last Supper, at which Jesus Christ washed the feet of his disciples, thus showing an example of brotherly love and humility. According to the Gospel, at the Last Supper, Jesus Christ established the rite of the Eucharist - Holy Communion. Matthew 26:17-35, Mark 14:12-31, Luke 22:7-39, John 13-18
This rite is recognized by all Christians - Orthodox, Catholics, Lutherans - believers eat wine and bread, meaning by them the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. From Maundy Thursday until Sunday, in all Orthodox churches, church services are dedicated to remembrances of the Savior's earthly sufferings.
According to the usual (Palestinian) order, one dish is laid, but boiled food with vegetable oil is allowed.
According to the Studian charter, one boiled dish is supposed, but supplemented with sochi (any porridge) and legumes; without oil.
According to the charter of the Holy Mount Athos, two boiled dishes with oil and wine are required. Pure grape wine without alcohol and sugar, mostly diluted with hot water. At the same time, abstinence from wine is highly commendable.
April 29 - Great Heel. Good Friday. crucifixion of christ
On Good Friday, Orthodox Christians remember the arrest of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the trial of the high priests, the trial of Pilate, the way of the cross of Jesus, the crucifixion, death and the signs accompanying it, removal from the cross and burial.
They don't eat anything. For the elderly, bread and water are allowed after sunset.
April 30 - Great Saturday. The Descent of Christ into Hell
Great Saturday is dedicated to the remembrance of the presence of Jesus Christ in the tomb and His descent into hell to free the souls of the dead.
On Great Saturday, many believers also refuse food until Easter. For the rest - 200-250g of bread, 6 pieces of figs or dates and a cup of wine, or kvass, or a honey drink. Or bread with vegetables. Once a day around 7pm.