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Fasting is an ancient tradition, having been practiced by many cultures and religions over centuries. [9] [13] [14]Therapeutic intermittent fasts for the treatment of obesity have been investigated since at least 1915, with a renewed interest in the medical community in the 1960s after Bloom and his colleagues published an "enthusiastic report". [15]
[18] [20] [21] In the early 20th century, Church law prescribed fasting throughout Lent, with abstinence only on Friday and Saturday. Some countries received dispensations: Rome in 1918 allowed the bishops of Ireland to transfer the Saturday obligation to Wednesday; [citation needed] in the United States, abstinence was not required on Saturday ...
Centre panel from Memling's triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471) " Dies irae" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈdi.es ˈi.re]; "the Day of Wrath") is a Latin sequence attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscans (1200–1265) [1] or to Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294), lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ...
The Thousand Days' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Mil Días) was a civil war fought in Colombia from 17 October 1899 to 21 November 1902, at first between the Liberal Party and the government led by the National Party, and later – after the Conservative Party had ousted the National Party – between the liberals and the conservative government.
Oyun Musa. Oyun Musa ("Moses Springs", عيون موسى), found 20 km south of the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel in South Sinai, are a collection of fresh water springs said to be those in the area referred to as Elim in Exodus 15:27.
At the Vespers portion of the All-Night Vigil three Old Testament "parables" (paroemia) are read: Genesis 14:14–20, Deuteronomy 1:8–17 and Deuteronomy 10:14–21. The Epistle which is read at the Divine Liturgy is a selection from Hebrews 11:9–40 ; the Gospel is the Genealogy of Christ from the Gospel of Matthew ( 1:1–25 )
Al HaNissim prayer, said every Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle. Miracle of the cruse [a] of oil (Hebrew: נֵס פַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶן), or the Miracle of Hanukkah, is an Aggadah depicted in the Babylonian Talmud [1] as one of the reasons for Hanukkah.
Naw-Rúz 20 March/Naw-Rúz 21 March Special time of celebration or commemoration [2] Work Suspended [2] Naw-Rúz (Baháʼí New Year) Bahá 1: March 20/21-Yes First day of Riḍván: Jalál 13: 31: April 20/21: 3 p.m. (Standard Time) Yes Ninth day of Riḍván: Jamál 2: 39: April 28/29-Yes Twelfth day of Riḍván: Jamál 5: 42: May 1/2-Yes ...