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A blossary of terms related to fasting in religious context.

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The Black Fast is a severe form of Christian fasting. It is the most rigorous in the history of church legislation and is marked by austerity regarding the quantity and quality of food permitted on ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Fasting can take up a significant portion of the calendar year. The purpose of fasting is not to suffer, but according to Sacred Tradition to guard against gluttony and impure thoughts, deeds and ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important fasting season in the church year in Orthodox Christianity including Western Rite Orthodoxy, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Lent (Latin: Quadragesima - English: Fortieth) is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar of many Christian denominations that begins on Ash Wednesday and covers a period of ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation for the Nativity of Christ, (December 25). ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

The Feast of the Dormition is preceded by a two-week fast, referred to as the Dormition Fast. From August 1 to August 14 (inclusive) Orthodox and Eastern Catholics fast from red meat, poultry, meat ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

In Protestantism, the continental reformers criticized fasting as a purely external observance that can never gain a person salvation. Martin Luther believed that a Christian may choose to fast ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

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