Armenians who celebrate lent adopt a special meat-free diet.
Being faithful to the vegan diet
“As a child, we were told that you give up one thing that you like for Lent. It was chocolate or sweets or meat, steak,” he explains.After his first vegan Lent, Ghookasian says, he felt good physically and spiritually. “I’ve been going to church all my life,” says Ghookasian. “We’ve always been very close to church, and knowing that this is one of the teachings that we learn at church — to fast, to observe Lent — and be able to do it, I’m glad that I have that opportunity to do it.
“On holidays, we always fasted,” says Dikranouhi Kirazian, who was raised in Lebanon. She notes that, while growing up, vegan fasts were part of the preparation for Christmas, and her family also fasted on Wednesdays and Fridays. You could consider it a merger of traditional and contemporary lifestyles, especially as more people shift to vegan diets for ethical, environmental or health reasons.
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