The 40 days prior to Christmas (including Dec. 25) are observed with a vegan fast. That usually means just one meal per day, in the afternoon or evening. This 40-day Nativity Fast — also ...

Besides that, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of the Nativity Fast consumption of fish, oil and wine is prohibited. On the other weekdays—Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays—food with vegetable oil ...

MOBILE, Alabama – This year Greek Fest runs into the Nativity Fast in the Greek Orthodox Church ... church members who'll prepare and sell the food will be abstaining from much of it.

The Nativity Fast is not as strict as the fast of Great ... The local community really rallies to provide Thanksgiving meals for those without the ability or financial resources to obtain them.

Beginning 40 days before the Feast of the Nativity ... been keeping this fast since the 400s, which might account for why this fasting dish is better than most regular food we've eaten in the ...

But among Eastern Christians — both Catholic and Orthodox — this season is known as the Nativity ... fast until after vespers and Divine Liturgy (Mass) and afterward share a meal called ...