Fasting

Baha’is seek spiritual sustenance from annual 19-day Fast

shane — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:40:23 -0600

When the sun rises on Sunday, March 2, Baha’is throughout the world will have taken their last bite of breakfast and their last sip of water for the day.

Annual Baha'i Fast cleanses, challenges mind and body

shane — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:20:02 -0600

From March 2-20, Baha'is worldwide will rise before dawn to eat breakfast, pray and then abstain from eating or drinking until sunset in observation of the annual 19-day Fast.

A young Baha'i welcomes the ‘spiritual swell’ of her second Fast

shane — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:14:10 -0600

Last year, as a new Baha'i, I participated in my first Fast. I was a strange combination of nervous, excited, scared and exhilarated. In the midst of my hunger, I managed to keep up a public blog, attend a retreat at Green Acre Baha'i School, visit the Baha'i House of Worship near Chicago and, in the end, discover the real point of it all.

Fast talk: Baha'i annual Fast brings ‘inner refreshment’

shane — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:33:34 -0600

March 2-20 marks the Baha'i annual Fast, in which members of the Faith abstain from eating and drinking fromsunrise to sunset.

The annual Nineteen-Day Fast: a time of spiritual purification

admin — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:58:30 -0500

From March 2-20, Baha'is worldwide observe the annual 19-day Fast by refraining from eating or drinking from sunrise to sunset. As in many world religions, the Fast is a time for reflecting on one's spiritual progress and making an effort to detach from material desires.

Baha'is mark New Year with charity, period of fasting

admin — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:57:44 -0500

This article originally appeared in The Record, based in Stockton, California. Reprinted with permission.

For Cathy Yavrom, bad breath is sometimes a byproduct of fasting during the 19-day month leading up to the New Year in the Bahai Faith. The Baha'i New Year's Day is March 21, but New Year's celebrations begin the evening before because the Baha'i day begins at sunset.