Pastor Suffers Multiple Organ Failure Attempting Jesus’ 40-Day Fast
A pastor in Mozambique, south-eastern Africa, recently passed away after suffering digestive organ failure attempting to emulate Jesus Christ’s 40-day fast. It’s unclear why exactly 39-year-old Francisco Barajah, the founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church, decided to imitate Christ’s 40-day fast in the desert as described in the Gospel of Matthew, but one thing […]
Woman Sues McDonald’s For Making Her Break Fast With Aggressive Advertising
A Russian woman is reportedly taking fast-food giant McDonald’s to court for making her break fast during Lent with its aggressive advertising showing delicious burgers. Ksenia Ovchinnikova, an Orthodox Christian from the Russian city of Omsk, is suing the world’s largest fast-food restaurant chain for allegedly making her break fast for Lent two years ago, […]
Unemployed Man Fasts for 33 Days in Hopes of Winning a Lamborghini
A deeply religious man who became convinced that God would grant him a Lamborghini sports car if he fasted for 40 consecutive days and nights almost died after shunning food for a whopping 33 days. Mark Muradzira, a Youth Leader of the Risen Saints Church in Bindura, Zimbabwe, recently decided to put God’s generosity to […]
The True Story of a Man Who Survived Without Eating for 382 Days
Fasting for over a year sounds like the stuff of legends and many actually consider it an urban legend, but an old medical journal offers scientific proof that there once was a man who didn’t eat anything for 382 days and lived to tell the tale. A case study published in the 1973 edition of […]
Hundreds of Indians Fast to Death Every Year in Ancient Santhara Ritual
Fasting is a common religious practice in several cultures across the world, but few are as hardcore as ‘Santhara’. The exacting ritual is a part of Jainism, one of the oldest religions in the world, and it involves participants making an oath to stop eating until they literally die of starvation. According to the Jains, […]
Man Lives on Beer and Water Alone, for Lent
J. Wilson, a blogger from Adams County, Iowa, is giving up solid food for Lent, as he investigates and old story about Paulaner monks who lived on beer and water only, during fasting periods. Wilson, who has been a home beer brewer for more than 14 years, says he’s been considering testing the story of […]