Great post from February 19: how to keep it. What foods you can eat on each day of the week

2018-02-16 11:23

Great post from February 19: how to keep it. What foods you can eat on each day of the week
Holy Great post 2018 – the longest and most strict in the entire calendar Orthodox positions. This is the period when a person needs to purify your body and soul from all negative. When lent begins, and how to observe it, read our material.

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Lent before Easter consists of 40 days and 7 days last Holy week (7 days before Easter). The first 40 days of lent, calling the faithful to follow the example of Jesus Christ, who, as we know, before his last days, fasted and prayed 40 days in the desert, reports Rus.Media.

That’s why Great post 2018 in the Church calendar holidays Feb provides for very strict restrictions in diet and social life. Last 7 days the faithful will remember about the earthly life of Christ and his Treasury on the cross. Fasting or not is a personal decision, but be aware of what are and what food can be on every day and what is prohibited, will be interesting to all.

Dates of lent before Easter in 2018

This year lent starts on February 19, immediately after the celebration of carnival in 2018, and will last until 7 April. This year Easter will be early 2018 8 April 2018 from the post to go out. If you plan to stick with the Easter lent in 2018, keep to the following rules.

How to comply with Velichkovo post and what is forbidden to eat

Note, lent provides a complete refusal of food of animal origin: eggs, milk, dairy products, meat, fish, caviar, seafood. At the same time, raw food and vegan diet in a post is impossible, so you’ll have to remember meatless recipes. For lent you should give up alcohol. The only exception is wine which you can drink on Saturdays and Sundays.

Meatless meals for every day of lent 2018

If we talk about the General food regulations, it should be emphasized that in each of the week days of lent before Easter you can eat meatless meals of these foods every day:

Monday: raw vegetables and fruits, bread, water.

Tuesday: cooked food without oil of vegetable origin.

Environment: raw vegetables and fruits, bread, water.

Thursday: cooked food without oil of vegetable origin.

Friday: raw vegetables and fruits, bread, water.

Saturday and Sunday: cooked food of plant origin with vegetable oil.

The day of the Annunciation of the blessed virgin Mary 7 April 2018, on Lazarus Saturday 31 March 2018 palm Sunday 25 March 2018, you can eat fish. And on Good Friday, April 6, can’t eat anything until the moment when you will make the shroud of Christ during the service in the Church.

Lent is not just a diet and a reason to bring the figure in order. So, in this period, in addition to limitations in food you need to limit yourself to devoting time to reflection and Christ and spirituality.