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