Description Striftari – Monastic Lenten Recipe Genuine monastic lenten Striftari. A wonderful traditional pasta enriched with nutritious ingredients to enjoy delicious and healthy dishes. It is an excellent choice for fasting periods and constitutes a complete and nourishing meal. Ingredients: wheat flour, semolina. Produced in Greece for the Athonite heritage. Store in a dry, cool place. Net weight: 500g. Meaning of Fasting The concept of purity, as well as the concept of fasting, should not be impoverished. The word “katharsis” comes from “kat-artos,” meaning a process toward integrity and perfection. Thus, katharsis implies an internal stability, a moral integrity that remains entirely devoted to God in the face of any temptation. It requires a gradual spiritual transformation from fragmentation to wholeness. And so, according to the hymn, true fasting is a “means” toward “wholeness.” Together with the struggle for the elimination of passions, the purpose of fasting is to introduce the faithful into the greatness of the new life in Christ through the Cross. Therefore, when we feel the slightest physical hunger brought on by fasting, we attempt to reshape and transform it into a “hunger and thirst” for Christ.
