fast day
Scheduled meal skipping
A fast day is a day set aside for fasting, typically for religious observance.
Many faiths designate specific fast days—Yom Kippur in Judaism, Ash Wednesday in Christianity, days during Ramadan in Islam.
Some fast days commemorate solemn events; others prepare for celebration.
The congregation observed a fast day before the harvest festival.
- LentChristian fasting season
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- sunrise to sunsetPeriod of natural light
- dawn to duskFull span of daylight
- Yom KippurAnnual Jewish atonement observance
Ash Wednesday · self-denial · Tisha B'Av · prayer · Good Friday · repentance · purification · calorie restriction · mourning rituals · asceticism · contemplation · spiritual renewal · spiritual discipline · religious observance · iftar · meditation · detoxification · gratitude
- daysMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- calendar datesholiday, anniversary, birthday, deadline, appointment
- church calendarAdvent, Easter Sunday, Lent, Christmas, Pentecost
- holy daysEaster Sunday, Easter Week, Christmas Eve, Christmas, Epiphany
- sacred timessabbath, Shabbat, Ramadan, Lent, Easter season
- Scottish Kirkkirk, presbytery, General Assembly, moderator, eldership
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Saint's commemorative holiday
feast · festival · celebration · holiday meal · Thanksgiving
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Saint's commemorative holiday
Eid al-Fitr · Purim · festival · Mardi Gras · Easter
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