Foods should be simple, not spicy and exotic. Food should be taken on a regular basis and in such quantities that the body can draw benefit from it to be our ally in virtue and good works. Other wise it may happen that the soul also loses its strength when the body weakens. On this page we would like to present a guideline for fasting, as prescribed by the Orthodox Church. Sources from the Serbian Orthodox Church have been used.
Some fasts are stricter than others.
Great Lent is the strictest Fast, together with the Fast of the Dormition of the Theotokos. During these two fasts, oil is allowed only on Saturdays and Sundays and on certain feasts. For example, on the Feast of the Holy Martyrs of Sevastopole, oil and wine are allowed. On Palm Sunday, fish, oil and wine are permitted, as well as on the joyous feast of the Annunciation, unless it falls during the last week of Lent Passion Week. During the Dormition fast, fish is allowed only on the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord.