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  • Thumbnail for Lent
    Moses and Elijah, went without food in their respective fasts. In Lent-observing Western Christian denominations, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately...
    119 KB (13,215 words) - 08:30, 25 April 2024
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    Christians normatively fasted in this way during Lent prior to the 6th century. Traditionally, the Black Fast is undertaken during Lent; it is the early Christian...
    15 KB (1,764 words) - 15:18, 19 April 2024
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    Great Lent, or the Great Fast (Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, meaning "Great 40 Days", and "Great Fast", respectively), is the most important...
    58 KB (8,233 words) - 23:20, 30 May 2024
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    observance of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday. The tradition of Lent has its roots in Jesus Christ praying and fasting for forty days in the desert according...
    13 KB (1,174 words) - 05:38, 3 February 2024
  • Fasting is practiced in various religions. Examples include Lent in Christianity and Yom Kippur, Tisha B'av, Fast of Esther, Fast of Gedalia, the Seventeenth...
    103 KB (13,253 words) - 01:23, 10 May 2024
  • called the Nativity Fast and St. Martin's Lent, has taken the name of Advent. The Eastern fast runs for 40 days instead of four (in the Roman Rite) or...
    18 KB (2,141 words) - 14:23, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church
    way of Christian fasting prior to the 8th century A.D. and is still kept by some of the faithful to this day, especially during Lent. There has always...
    40 KB (5,006 words) - 11:08, 14 May 2024
  • Australia, as well as the United States, the fast begins on June 19. Great Lent Nativity Fast Dormition Fast Coptic Lenten Seasons Bulgakov, Sergei, Handbook...
    9 KB (1,100 words) - 14:54, 20 November 2023
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    Mardi Gras (category Catholic Church in the United States)
    Carnival celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. In countries such as the United Kingdom...
    36 KB (3,940 words) - 08:46, 24 May 2024
  • Fast X (also known as Fast & Furious 10) is a 2023 American action film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay written by Dan Mazeau and Justin...
    166 KB (15,406 words) - 18:12, 4 June 2024
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    Ash Wednesday (category Lent)
    day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent, the six weeks of...
    100 KB (10,778 words) - 00:29, 7 May 2024
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    40-day fasting season of Lent. Prior to the 6th century, Lent was normatively observed through the practice of the Black Fast, which enjoins fasting from...
    56 KB (5,498 words) - 02:01, 5 June 2024
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    Pre-Lent begins the Christian time of preparation for Easter, in the three weeks before Lent. This period launches a campaign of catechesis, reflected in...
    13 KB (1,549 words) - 22:57, 7 April 2024
  • Nativity Fast Apostles Fast Dormition Fast Great Lent Fasting in Buddhism Nineteen Day Fast Daniel Fast Juice fasting Black Fast Fasting in Jainism Sallekhana...
    26 KB (2,703 words) - 10:57, 23 May 2024
  • the year, as with the entirety of Lent, the Nativity Fast and the 15 days before the Feast of the Dormition of Mary. In Catholicism, specific regulations...
    18 KB (2,211 words) - 13:57, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fasting and abstinence of the Coptic Orthodox Church
    such fasts may have contributed to the pacifist mindset of the Coptic people for centuries. Married couples refrain from sexual relations during Lent "to...
    17 KB (2,213 words) - 21:12, 19 March 2024
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    Easter Bunny (category Easter traditions in Germany)
    was prohibited during the fast of Lent, when believers abstaned from meat and animal products—a practice that continues in certain Christian denominations...
    20 KB (2,188 words) - 15:00, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fasting and abstinence in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
    of Pesach, and Friday in observance of the Passion of Jesus. Fasts are observed on the following occasions: The Fast of Great Lent (Ge'ez: ዐብይ ጾም; ābiyi...
    9 KB (1,054 words) - 08:53, 3 April 2024
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    Protestant Christians, the Daniel Fast has been practiced by some during the 40-day season of Lent, though the Daniel Fast can variously be set at three weeks...
    19 KB (2,435 words) - 17:14, 6 April 2024
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    Lent and culminates on Resurrection Sunday. Word Peturta in Syriac means "looking back" or "reconciliation". Faithful enter the weeks of Great Fast,...
    82 KB (10,095 words) - 22:30, 6 June 2024
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