REGULATIONS ON FASTING |
WEEKS
OR DAYS |
THE
HOLY CANONS SPECIFY THE FOLLOWING |
FROM:
Sundown
on
Cheese Fare Sunday
to Pascha
|
ABSTINENCE
OF:
Meat/Meat
Products
Dairy Products
Fish/Shell Fish
Olive Oil
Wine
|
NO ABSTINENCE
OF:
Fruit
Vegetables
Vegetable Products
|
|
SATURDAY* & SUNDAYS
Throughout the
Great Fast
*(All but Great Saturday on which a
strict fast is kept)
|
ABSTINENCE
OF:
Meat/Meat
Products
Dairy Products
Fish
|
NO ABSTINENCE
OF:
Shellfish
Fruit
Vegetables
Vegetable Products
Olive Oil
Wine
|
|
Feast
of the Annunciation
(March 25th)
and
Palm Sunday
|
ABSTINENCE
OF:
Meat/Meat
Products
Dairy Products
|
NO ABSTINENCE
OF:
Shellfish & Fish
Fruit
Vegetables
Vegetable Products
Olive Oil
Wine
|
|