What can and cannot be done during Lent?
For sweets during fasting, you can eat stewed fruits, candied fruits, honey, kvass, jam Photo: Global Look Press This year Lent began on March 18 and will end on May 5. What can you afford at this time and what is prohibited? 1. It is prohibited to eat meat, eggs, milk and milk-based products, fish, vegetable oil and alcohol. How to identify forbidden food? For example, a product such as chewing gum contains gelatin of animal origin, and therefore falls under the Lenten ban.