Fasting and Feasting - Many abstain from food during the monsoon to help the body fight water-borne infections, says Devdutt Pattanaik Every year, the month of Shravan marks the rainy ...

For Easter the Eastern Orthodox way, fasting comes before feasting April 11, 2017 A wooden structure, decorated with flowers, represents the tomb of Jesus during the Easter season at St. George ...

Column: Fasting, feasting, singing, praying all ways to celebrate faith. Timothy Jessen. Guest columnist ... Christian school, smack dab in the middle of the “Bible Belt.” ...

Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food Edited by Aaron S. Gross, Jody Myers, and Jordan D. Rosenblum. NYU, $30 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-4798-2779-4 ...

Fasting and Feasting, the title of Federman's biography, was the original working title for Honey from a Weed, and expresses values fundamental to Gray's life.

Gary Jenkins loves to eat. A history professor at Eastern College in St. Davids, Montgomery County, Jenkins likes big meals and hearty food. But with the arrival today of Lent, Jenkins plans to alt… ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. This year, Lent begins on March 5 and ends on April 17.

At this time, Lent lasted 46 days consisting of 40 days of fasting where only one meal and no meat was allowed, with the exception of six Sundays considered "feast days." ...