concept
Lenten Fare
Lenten fare
also: postnaya pishcha
Meatless food eaten during Orthodox fasting periods such as Lent. A deacon's complaint that none was available at the station buffet plays on clerical piety meeting practical hunger.
Reading notes
- The Bride §51 Lenten borscht
Meatless food eaten on the Orthodox Church's fast days; served to the grandmother on a Wednesday while Sasha, to tease her, defiantly eats both the fast-day dish and his own ordinary meat soup.
- The Complaints Book §15 Lenten fare
Postnaya pishcha: meatless food eaten during the Orthodox fasting periods (Lent and other fast days). A deacon complaining he could find none at the station buffet is a small joke about clerical piety meeting practical hunger.