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None of these bozos are going to actually do the fasts- which are traditionally essentially vegan, no meat (other than invertebrates), no eggs, dairy and only sometimes you get seed/olive oils.
I'm actually the highest level of orthodox, vegan 24/7 💅 meanwhile these guys are just treat hogs chasing the latest fad.
They're also not going to follow the parts of Orthodoxy that say to be kind to other people and to mind your own salvation first. Orthodoxy is not like right wing Evangelicalism and it saddens me to see people like this taking over the church.
I've got a friend who became Orthodox a few years before Russia even invaded Crimea in 2014, he does the fasts. They are hardcore. He's a good guy and to see how politicized Orthodoxy has become the past decade or so makes me sad, he just believes it's the correct church, as opposed to Catholicism or Protestants. I can't say I agree with him but at least some of those Orthodox people are cool. Not all though, I've met some who were real tools, and any flavor of Christianity leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
You’d be surprised how much meat one can eat while observing the fasting discipline.
In Greece, for example, some stores explicitly label shrimp, octopus, squid, etc. as “fasting” foods.
Because they are? Certain seafood is still allowed. We eat a lot of fish during Lent.