Annual 19 Day Fast
From March 2-20, Bahá’ís 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.
The annual Nineteen-Day Fast: a time of spiritual purification
During the fast, Bahá’ís age 15 and older typically rise before dawn to eat breakfast and pray. At sunset they break the fast, often gathering with Bahá’í friends to enjoy a meal together. The following are exempt from fasting, as it could be harmful to their health: those younger than 15 and older than 70, the ill or infirm, women who are pregnant, nursing or menstruating, travelers and those engaged in heavy physical labor.
The 19-Day Fast is "essentially a period of meditation and prayer, of spiritual recuperation, during which the believer must strive to make the necessary readjustments in his inner life, and to refresh and reinvigorate the spiritual forces latent in his soul. Its significance and purpose are, therefore, fundamentally spiritual in character." - Shoghi Effendi
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