[Sca-cooks] European Fast Days?

[A F Murphy]

This sounds Eastern Orthodox to me. Partly some of the holidays
mentioned, partly the reference to "fish, oil and wine."

I looked at the entry, and it does indeed come right after a discussion
of fasting in the Greek church influencing the West, but I thought it
was unclear.

Now, it is good to see references to the Orthodox Churches, as so much
about the Middle Ages pretty much ignores them, but I don't know how
much might be the same, and how much might be different, in the Latin Rite.

Anne

johnna holloway wrote:

>
>
> from http://93.1911encyclopedia.org/F/FA/FASTING.htm
>one finds the following:
>
>Besides fasts of an occasional and extraordinary nature, the following
>are recognized as
>   of stated and universal obligation;--(x) The Wednesday and Friday
>fasts throughout the
>     year (with the exception of the period between Christmas and
>Epiphany, the Easter
>    week, the week after Whitsunclay, the third week after Epiphany) (2)
>The great yearly
>    fasts, viz. that of Lent, lasting 48 days, from the Monday of
>Sexagesima to Easter eve;
>     that of Advent, 39 days, from November 15 to Christmas eve; that of
>the Theotokos
>   (eoareta rijs eeoro~ov), from August I to August 15; that of the Holy
>Apostles, lasting a
>   variable number of days from the Monday after Trinity; (3) The minor
>yearly fasts before
>   Epiphany, before Whitsunday, before the feasts of the
>transfiguration, the invention of the
>    cross, the beheading of John the Baptist. During even the least
>rigid of these the use of
>    flesh and lacticinia is strictly forbidden; fish, oil and wine are
>occasionally conceded, but
>     not before two o'clock in the afternoon. The practice of the Coptic
>church is almost
>   identical with this. A week before the Great Fast (Lent), a fast of
>three days is observed
>   in commemoration of that of the Ninevites, mentioned in the book of
>Jonah. Some of the
>   Copts are said to observe it by total abstinence during the whole'
>period. The Great Fast
>    continues fifty-five days; nothing is eaten except bread and
>vegetables, and that only in
>       the afternoon, when church prayers are over. The Fast of the
>Nativity lasts for
>    twenty-eight days before Christmas; that of the Apostles for a
>variable number of days
>      from the Feast of the Ascension; and that of the Virgin for
>fifteen days before the
>    Assumption. All Wednesdays and Fridays ai'e also fast days except
>those that occur in
>    the period between Easter and Whitsunday.
>
>Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway
>
>lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>but i'm not sure how many fast days were there in a
>>typical year (if there is such a thing) in the Middle Ages /
>>Renaissance? I realize things might vary by region, i just want a
>>ballpark figure.>
>>Anyone have a good estimate?
>>
>>>Anahita
>>>
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