Monastery of Vatopedi. The dining room. (Photo credit: http://www.orthodoxos.com.gr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=1884#p7510) ” The feast of the Annunciation on March 25 was bound to occur sometime during the Lenten fast, sometimes even during Holy Week, leading many of our authors to make special dietary…
Dietary rules for Holy Saturday in the Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents & cumin flavor
According to the “Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founders’ Typika and Testaments”(1), “In Stoudios [A30], the monks begin the vesper service at the eleventh hour and break their fast when it is concluded with a…