Can only eat

The first and last two days of fasting are complete abstinence, you can only use water. Next, you can consume all vegetable, except for oil. It is allowed to add oil to food only on Saturdays and Sundays. The fish is allowed on great holidays (the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem, Lazarev Saturday), the exact dates of which are always indicated in church calendars. During the last week before Easter, food can not be cooked in any way — you can only eat raw.