Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by country. Pew Research Center.

A Biblical Perspective ... After all, if believers can find common ground in fasting and prayer, why can’t the rest of the world?

Fasting is a private act of worship bringing about nearness to God, as well as a form of spiritual discipline and a means to empathize with those less fortunate. The fast is broken at the end of the ...

Days of prayer and fasting have been called for by presidents ... Organizers invite participating churches to offer one Bible a week to a member, who is then to ask God for a God encounter during ...

There are two main ways that Catholics use to focus on growing closer to God during the Lenten season: abstinence and fasting ... devoting the spare time to prayer or perhaps his family.