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Program: Erasmus+ CLICHÉ 2018 -21 1 st High School of Livadia, Viotia, Greece

Cliché INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE FOR GREECE Category: Gastronomy and Culinary Practices Subject: Monastic Diet, “Fasting and Feasting”

What is “Monastic Diet or Fasting? ” Fasting Monastic diet (fasting) is to abstain from some kind of foods for a specific time (one or more days) voluntarily especially for religious reasons, on the basis of special provisions that determine when we eat and when we fast. Orthodox Christians should do their best to fast on most Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year, with the exception of fast-free periods, such as after Nativity, after Pascha, etc.

Orthodox Church defines the following periods to practice fasting: • 40 days before Easter • Fasting of Saint Apostoloi (From the Sunday of Name day of Saint Pantes) • From 1 -15 August for Holy Mother’s Assumption • In the 29 th of August (1 day) • In the 14 th of September (1 day) • 40 days before Christmas • One day before Epiphany • Every Wednesday and Friday

What kind of food we do not eat during these periods? • meat and animal products • Eggs, milk and dairy products • Fish - excluding molluscs and shellfish, as well as dishes from fish eggs: taramas, caviar • Oil - excluding the fruits of the olive, i. e. the olives, which although they produce the oil, are still consumed during fasting, if fasting is not strict • wine and various spirits

How do we fast? The books of our Church speaks of five categories of food : * dry food (= herbs, oil extracts, honey); * water-based food from vegetable matter; oil free; * wine and oil; * fish (= prepared with vegetable oils); * eggs and milk and all their products; * eating everything (= we eat all kinds of plant and animal food); The distinction of food in these five categories is obviously based on the nutritional values of the food. That is, the criterion by which food is allocated to these five categories is their value. It is obvious that: * The most nutritious foods are made with fish * foods made with egg, cheese, butter, milk and their products follow; * less nutritious is vegetable oil and olive oil; * even less nutritious foods are the foods made without oil; * raw food comes last in nutritional value.

DRY FOOD AND VEGETABLES

Fasting is one of the most important practices of the Orthodox Church. Jesus had 40 days of fasting when he went to the dessert. Moses had 40 days of fasting when he went to Mount Sinai to have the “Law”. Prophet Elijah had 40 days of fasting when it didn’t rain for 3 years and 6 months. All Saints of the Orthodox Church practiced Monastery Diet.

The meaning of Monastic diet of course, is not limited to what someone will eat, but has to do with the quantity of food that someone will eat. Little and limited food is what Church asks for. Otherwise, gluttony changes materials for its satisfaction… Monastic diet is also to abstain from satisfactions that are disastrous for us. The Orthodox Church says: “Brothers, practice fasting not only from food but from your satisfactions too. Also make fasting not only to your body, but also spiritually…” • «Νηστεύσωμεν, αδελφοί, σωματικώς, νηστεύσωμεν και πνευματικώς» .

‘The rules of fasting, while they need to be taken seriously, are not to be interpreted with pedantic legalism; ‘for the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit’ (Rom. 14: 17). ’

Are you practicing fasting? You have to prove it with your actions If you see someone poor, make charity. If you see an enemy, reconcile with him/her…

Finally… Finally What is the ultimate meaning of fasting? • The spiritual reinforcement of humans • Jesus believed that some kinds of evil are not possible to be beaten but with fasting. (Math. Ιζ 21, Markus Θ΄ 29) • Fasting is necessary for the man to get The Holy Spirit in his life (Saint Seraphim Sarof)

Original sin

Subject: Monastic Diet Video recording and photo diary hosted in the present video is made by the students and teachers of the 1 st High School of Levadia. Person Interviewed: Father Silouanos Peponakis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint George, in Aliartos, prefecture of Viotia, Greece

Students: Students Vasiliki Papageorgiou Panagiota Plitsou Maria Sfountouri Loukas Spyropoulos Elina Tsolana Panagiotis Xanios Teachers: Teachers Sofia Katopodi Argyro Harokopaki