Fasting
81Nativity Fast — Liturgical year Western Advent Christmastide Epiphany Pre Lent Lent Easter Triduum Eastertide Ascensiontide Pentecost Ordinary Time Eastern Feast of Cross Nativity Fast Nativity Th …
82Sawm of Ramadan — ll: This is a sub article to Sawm and RamadanDuring the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims are obliged to fast ( ar. صوم, sawm ), every day from dawn to sunset. Fasting requires the abstinence of food and drink and sexual activity. The Qur… …
83endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …
84ASCETICISM — ASCETICISM. Rigorous abstention from any form of self indulgence which is based on the belief that renunciation of the desires of the flesh and self mortification can bring man to a high spiritual state. Asceticism never occupied an important… …
85Five Pillars of Islam — This article is part of the series …
86Ramadan — or Ramazan (Arabic: رمضان, IPA|Ramaḍān ) is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month in which the Qur an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is the Islamic month of fasting (… …
87A Hunger Artist — ( Ein Hungerkünstler ), also translated as A Fasting Artist and A Starvation Artist , is a short story by Franz Kafka published in Die Neue Rundschau in 1922. The protagonist is an archetypical creation of Kafka, an individual marginalised and… …
88Asceticism in Judaism — Asceticism is a term derived from the Greek verb ἀσκέω, meaning to practise strenuously, to exercise. Athletes were therefore said to go through ascetic training, and to be ascetics.In this usage the twofold application to the mode of living and… …
89Lent — • An article on the origins of Lenten fasting Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lent Lent † …
90Mormonism and Islam — This article is part of the series …
