Description Medium Kritharaki – Monastic Lenten Recipe Genuine monastic lenten Medium Kritharaki. 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: hard 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, like that of fasting, should not be impoverished. The word “katharsis” originates from “kat-arthios,” meaning a process toward integrity, perfection. Thus, katharsis indicates an internal stability, a character integrity that remains wholly 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 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 and reshape it into a “hunger and thirst” for Christ.
