What can be eaten on St. Peter's fast for laymen

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Peter's fast was established in honor of the memory of the apostles Peter and Paul. Before the beginning of the fast, every Christian studies the daily food calendar for the laity and learns what to eat during the fast in order to make the right menu.

Petrov fasting rules

Fasting is the purification of the body and soul, so the Orthodox will have to refrain from certain types of food, and also not to commit sinful acts:

1. You cannot eat dairy products, meat, eggs during fasting.
2. You are not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol except on Saturdays, Sundays and Church holidays when a little wine is allowed.
3. During Lent, you should refuse to attend entertainment events, and celebrate all holidays in a close family circle, but without dancing, songs and noisy feasts.
4. According to the canons of the church, you cannot marry.
5. It is forbidden to guess and perform magic rites.
6. You need to restrict TV viewing and use of social networks.
7. Spouses should refrain from intimacy and conceiving a child.

Observing fasting, every believer should not only limit himself in food, but also pray more, attend church, do good deeds and, most importantly, grow spiritually.

Peter's fast can last either 8 days or 6 weeks - it all depends on the date of the celebration of Easter. In 2020, it starts on June 15th and ends on July 11th.

Petrov post - food rules

Peter's fast differs from Great Lent in that it is not so strict. The daily meal calendar for laymen allows, for example, on Tuesday and Thursday, as well as on weekends, to eat fish. On Monday you can cook hot food, but no oil. On Wednesday and Friday - eat only vegetables, fruits, nuts, honey, bread and drink water. These are days of dry eating.

On Peter's Lent, namely on July 7, a church holiday falls - the Nativity of John the Baptist. On this day, no matter what day of the week it falls, it is allowed to eat fish and hot food with butter.

The very feast of the apostles Peter and Paul falls on July 12 and is not included in the fast. But if it falls on Wednesday or Friday, then such days will be fast, but hot food and fish are allowed.

Only monks are obliged to observe all the canons of the church; for the laity, the daily food calendar can be relaxed. So, in the presence of diseases, you can eat what is prohibited during the fast, for example, dairy products.

It is impossible to strictly limit the food of children, in their diet should be both meat and milk, but they can be given less sweets. Fasting breaks are also provided for military personnel, for those who travel a lot or are engaged in hard physical labor. And also for those who are undergoing treatment in a hospital or in prison.

In order not to harm your health, it is better to consult a doctor before starting a fast, and in order not to violate church rules, consult a spiritual mentor.

Lenten menu in Petrov post - recipes

In 2020, Petrov Lent will last 27 days, but it is not so strict, and laymen can also abandon the days of dry eating and simply make up a lean menu with recipes for delicious and nutritious dishes.

Potato zrazy with mushrooms

During Lent, you can cook a variety of potato dishes. You can not only bake or boil it, but also make delicious and satisfying zrazy with mushrooms from it.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• 500 g of mushrooms;
• 2 onions;
• 150 g green onions;
• 100 g olives (olives);
• 100 g flour;
• 50 ml of vegetable oil.

Preparation:

• Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water until tender.
• At this time, we cut any mushrooms into small pieces, you can take ordinary mushrooms.

• We chop the onion into cubes.
• Grind the olives into small pieces.
• Finely chop the green onion feathers.

We send onions with mushrooms to a pan with hot oil, fry until tender. In the process, salt and pepper if desired

After that, pour green onions, olives to the mushrooms and mix everything

• As soon as the potatoes are ready, drain the liquid from them, leave quite a bit and turn them into mashed potatoes.
• Pour in flour, mix thoroughly.

• We moisten the cheesecloth in water, spread it on a cutting board, and put a potato dough cake on top.
• Now put the filling on the cake and pinch the edges with gauze, form the zraza and bread in flour.
• Fry zrazy in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Lean potato zrazy can be cooked with cabbage. To do this, chop it into strips, simmer together with onions and carrots.

Bean soup

Since you will have to give up meat during fasting, you can make up for the loss of protein with bean dishes. These beans are rich in vegetable protein, while they are hearty, and the dishes from them (even lean ones) turn out to be very tasty.

Ingredients:

• 300 g beans;
• 2-3 potato tubers;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• bay leaf, greens.

Preparation:

We wash the beans well, you can soak them overnight. Pour into a saucepan, fill with water and cook for an hour

Cut the peeled potatoes into cubes and then send them to the beans, cook until tender

Chop the onion into cubes, cut the carrots into thin strips. Pour the onion into a frying pan with heated oil, sauté until golden brown. Then add the carrots, also lightly fry

Now add tomato paste to the vegetables, mix, fry for a minute

• Pour in half a glass of water and simmer vegetables slightly.
• As soon as the potatoes become soft, we send the vegetable frying.

Salt the soup, pepper and add the bay leaf. Cook for 5 minutes

Pour the finished soup into plates, sprinkle with fresh herbs, if desired, put a small hot pepper and serve

Cabbage rolls with mushrooms and vegetables

Cabbage rolls can be not only meat, but also lean. We use mushrooms and vegetables for the filling. The dish turns out to be hearty and very tasty.

Ingredients:

• 1 forks of cabbage;
• 1 cup rice
• 500 g of mushrooms;
• 3 onions;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• vegetable oil.

Preparation:

• We wash the rice well, pour it into a saucepan, fill it with water and put it on fire. After boiling, add some salt to the water and cook the cereals for 5 minutes.
• Now we take a head of cabbage, cut out the stump and put it in a saucepan with boiling water.
• After 5 minutes, the leaves will begin to separate from the head. We take them out carefully.

For the filling, chop the mushrooms into small pieces, fry until golden. Salt and pour them over the rice

Cut the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots, scald the tomatoes with boiling water, peel them off and cut them into small pieces. We also cut sweet peppers into small cubes

• Pour the onion into a frying pan with butter, sauté until golden brown. Add carrots, stir and fry for another 3-4 minutes.
• As soon as the carrots are slightly poised, spread the bell peppers, and then the tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix everything and simmer for 3 minutes.

Now we send most of the vegetable mass to rice and mushrooms, add water to the rest, put bay leaves, peppercorns and simmer for 5-7 minutes. At the end, add a little salt to the dressing

• Salt and pepper the filling and mix well.
• Prepare the pan right away: put cabbage leaves on the bottom and pour in a little dressing.

Now we take a cabbage leaf, cut off the hard part, spread 2 tbsp. spoons of filling and wrap in an envelope, immediately put in a saucepan

• Pour each layer of cabbage rolls with dressing, put the pan on the fire, after boiling, simmer under the lid for 40-45 minutes.
• Lean cabbage rolls can also be cooked with bulgur, potatoes, and there is even a recipe for lazy cabbage rolls, when vegetables are chopped and simply stewed in tomato sauce.

Pilaf with raisins

Many people know that pilaf can be cooked not only with meat, but also with dried fruits. The dish turns out to be tasty, satisfying and aromatic, it can be cooked not only during fasting, but also on ordinary days.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion;
• 3 carrots;
• 400 g pumpkin;
• 400 g of rice;
• 100 g raisins;
• 1 tsp cumin;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 800 ml of water.

Preparation:

• Chop the onion in quarters and send it to the cauldron with heated oil, fry until golden.
• At this time, cut the carrots into thin strips, add to the onion, salt, pepper, fry for a couple of minutes.

Cut the pumpkin into small cubes, send it to the cauldron, mix, fry for 5 minutes

• Then add cumin to the vegetables, pour in water and bring to a boil.
• Then add the raisins and well-washed rice, which must first be soaked in water for an hour.

We do not mix anything else, but cover the cauldron with a lid and simmer pilaf for 20 minutes

• Mix the finished dish and serve.
• Pilaf can also be prepared not only with raisins, but also with other dried fruits, for example, dried apricots and prunes.

Pie with fish and vegetables

On Petrov post on permitted days, you can cook fish dishes. You can simply bake it, stew it with vegetables, or make a delicious and satisfying puff pastry pie.

Ingredients:

• 500 g fish fillet;
• 3 potato tubers;
• 2 carrots;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 2 onions;
• 2 tbsp. l. hops-suneli;
• a bunch of dill;
• lean mayonnaise;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• puff pastry.

Preparation:

1. Roll out the puff pastry into a layer, transfer it to a baking sheet with foil, which we grease with oil.
2. On the dough, stepping back 5 cm from the edges, put the grated potatoes, carrots and onions cut into quarters.
3. Lay the fish fillet slices on top of the onion.
4. Salt and pepper the fish, sprinkle with seasonings and chopped dill.
5. Lubricate everything with lean mayonnaise. After the edge of the dough, we fold it and send the cake to the oven for 50 minutes, temperature 180 ° C.
6. Lean mayonnaise can be made at home. There are a lot of recipes for such a sauce - from cashews, avocados, vegetable oil, beans, etc.

Petrov Lent is a temporary holiday, but it always falls in the summer period, so vegetables, herbs, berries and fruits will become the basis of the diet. Also, according to the daily food calendar for the laity, you can eat fish, which will make the lean menu more varied and healthy. But do not forget that the true purpose of any fast is the purification of the soul.