Giofkás with Garlic and Dill – Monastic Fasting Recipe

Description

Giofkás with Garlic and Dill – Monastic Fasting Recipe

Authentic monastic fasting Giofkás with garlic and dill. A wonderful traditional pasta enriched with nutritious ingredients to enjoy delicious and healthy dishes. It is an excellent choice for fasting periods and provides a complete and nutritious meal.

Ingredients: wheat flour, semolina, garlic, dill.

Prepared in Greece for the Athonite heritage.

Store in a dry and cool place.

Net Weight: 400g.

Meaning of Fasting

The concept of purity, like the concept of fasting, should not be impoverished. The word “catharsis” comes from the Greek “kat-arios”, meaning a process toward integrity and perfection. Therefore, catharsis suggests an inner stability, a wholeness of character that remains entirely devoted to God in the face of any temptations. It implies a gradual spiritual transformation from fragmentation to wholeness. And so, according to the hymn, true fasting is a “means” toward “wholeness.”

Along with the effort to eliminate passions, the purpose of fasting is to lead the faithful into the greatness of new life in Christ through the Cross. Therefore, when we feel the slightest physical hunger brought by fasting, we try to transform it into a “hunger and thirst” for Christ.