About ByziBites
We take the guesswork out of fasting according to the Orthodox tradition with thousands of recipes, meal planning, and parish coordination tools
Our Mission
To make fasting according to the Church's tradition more practical in the modern world by providing a user-friendly platform with great recipes, accurate fasting calendars for all canonical Orthodox jurisdictions, and powerful tools to help singles, families, and parishes plan and prepare nourishing meals throughout the liturgical year.
Features & Tools
Supported Jurisdictions
Authentic Recipe Sources
All recipes are carefully sourced from published fasting and lenten cookbooks, as well as those which feature foods from Orthodox lands.
We respect copyright by extracting only the factual recipe content (ingredients and basic instructions) and creating our own descriptions, ensuring each recipe is both authentic and legally compliant.
ByziBites Culinary Compendium
A comprehensive 1,000+ page compilation of Orthodox fasting recipes organized by fasting level. This free resource includes recipes from 8 traditional Orthodox cookbooks, with proper attribution and legal compliance under 37 C.F.R. § 202.1(a). The ByziBites Culinary Compendium is available as a free resource under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0.
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