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61intermittent fasting — /ɪntəmɪtnt ˈfastɪŋ/ (say intuhmitnt fahsting) noun a pattern of eating which alternates normal intake for several days with a day of very low intake; used as a weight loss regimen, and thought to be beneficial to general health …
62Yom Kippur — Day of Atonement redirects here. For other uses, see Day of Atonement (disambiguation). For the war, see Yom Kippur War. Yom Kippur Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb (1878) …
63Eastern Orthodox Church — Orthodox Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian Church redirect here. For other uses of the term, see Orthodox (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Oriental Orthodox Churches. See also: Eastern Christianity and Orthodoxy by country The… …
64Sawm — Part of a series on Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh) …
65Eid ul-Fitr — عيد الفطر EĪd ul Fiṭr (Festivity after Completing the Fasting Month of Ramadan) Eid ul Fitr meal, Malaysia Official name Arabic: عيد الفطر EĪd ul Fi …
66Sawm 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… …
67Ash Wednesday — For other uses, see Ash Wednesday (disambiguation). Ash Wednesday A cross of ashes on a worshipper s forehead on Ash Wednesday Observed by Followers of many Christian denominations, primarily Western Christian (see below) …
68Lent — /lent/, n. (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches. [bef.… …
69lent — /lent/, v. pt. and pp. of lend. * * * In the Christian church, a period of penitential preparation for Easter, observed since apostolic times. Western churches once provided for a 40 day fast (excluding Sundays), in imitation of Jesus fasting in… …
70Christian Calendar — Christian Calendar † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Calendar GENERALITIES All civilized peoples and even those which seem to be only just emerging from utter barbarism keep some kind of record of the flight of time and are… …
