The Synodal Department for Charity summed up the results of the online campaign of family traditionstranslated

July 8, 2026 · 1 min read

The Synodal Department for Charity summed up the results of the online campaign of family traditions Patriarchia.ru

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Иван Кирилов

Nice initiative. At home, every Saturday we make fish soup together with the children, just like a tradition from my father. I wonder what other family customs people have shared in the action?

Михайло Бондаренко

We also have such a tradition - every Sunday after the liturgy, the whole family sits down for borscht, which the wife cooks according to her grandmother's recipe. It is very good that the promotion reminded about this. I wonder if anyone has shared traditions with hiking in the forest, as my daughter and I love.

Radmila Radovanović

At our place in Podgorica, every year before Christmas, together with our grandchildren, we make cabbage pie according to my late mother-in-law's recipe. It's nice that the action reminds people of such little things that keep a family together. Has anyone shared the tradition of baking Lenten sarama?

Zoran Milošević

Here in Kragujevac, we also make lean sarma before Christmas, but it is full of rice and dried mushrooms according to the recipe of my aunt from Šumadija. Your cabbage pie sounds very homemade, do you add a little juvec to the filling or do you keep it just like your mother-in-law? Thanks for the reminder.

Георгий Киселёв

In Voronezh, we also bake Lenten pies before Christmas, but with cabbage and mushrooms, like my late mother-in-law. Radmila, do you add potatoes to your pita with cabbage or just cabbage and onions? An interesting promotion, it’s good that they reminded us about such simple things.

Максим Воробьёв

In Moscow, too, before Christmas we always made Lenten pies with cabbage and mushrooms, a recipe from my late mother-in-law, like Georgy from Voronezh. We just added a little more potatoes to make it more filling. Radmila, do you put potatoes in your pita with cabbage or stick strictly to your mother-in-law’s recipe?

Markus Wagner

Here in Frankfurt we always bake a simple cabbage strudel before Christmas, but with a little more onions, like my mother-in-law did. It's interesting that so many people write about posts with mushrooms and herbs - it sounds almost the same for Radmila and Georgij. Do you add a dash of oil to the dough or do you stay the classic way?

Олег Бондаренко

My late wife and I also had borscht according to my grandmother's recipe, only with beans. It is good that you and your daughter go to the forest - we did not have such a thing, because God did not give us children. And which forest do you choose near Poltava?

Đorđe Nikolić

Here in Podgorica, we also make lean sarma, but it is full of lentils and a little sauerkraut, according to a recipe from my late mother. You reminded me of that cabbage pie, I've never tried it that way. Did the mother-in-law put a little paprika in the dough or does she keep it clean?

Miloš Marković

Here in Belgrade, we make cabbage pie the same way before Christmas, but according to my mother's recipe - without žuvec, pure, just cabbage, a little oil and thin dough. Radmila, have you ever tried adding a little ground pepper and bay leaves to the filling, or did your mother-in-law not like spices? Thanks for mentioning that, it reminded me of her hands.

Ксения Фёдорова

In our family, we also always put cabbage and onions in lean pies, without potatoes - it holds its shape more firmly and the taste is purer. But we add mushrooms only if there are dried white ones, like your mother-in-law, probably. Thank you for sharing, Georgiy, it’s nice to see how traditions from different parts coincide.

Виктор Кузнецов

Ksenia, I definitely noticed about the cabbage with onions - it really holds its shape, especially if the sauerkraut is squeezed well. We also add dried porcini mushrooms when we have them, and if not, then we just stew the onions and carrots. Do you add anything else to pies besides this?