About ByziBites

We take the guesswork out of fasting according to the Orthodox tradition with thousands of recipes, meal planning, and parish coordination tools

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2,500+

Recipes

Fasting Levels

Jurisdictions

12+

Recipe Sources

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

2,500+ Recipes

Filter by fasting level, cuisine, and meal type. Rate and favorite recipes to build your personal collection.

Fasting Calendar

Julian and Revised Julian calendars across 12 jurisdictions with daily fasting guidance and feast days.

Meal Planner

Weekly planning with fasting-aware recipe filtering and automatic shopping list generation.

Pantry Assist

AI-powered photo and receipt scanning, manual entry, and recipe matching based on ingredients you have on hand.

Recommendations

Personalized suggestions based on your favorites, meal plan history, and current fasting period.

Parish Community

Event coordination, recipe sharing, discussion forum, and member management for your parish.

Supported Jurisdictions

We support 12 Orthodox jurisdictions with both Old Calendar (Julian) and New Calendar (Revised Julian) options, so your fasting guidance always matches the practice of your parish.

Our 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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