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The Friday fast is a Christian practice of variously (depending on the denomination) abstaining from meat, dairy products and alcohol, on Fridays, or holding a fast on Fridays, [1] [2] that is found most frequently in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Methodist traditions.
Sir Antony Sher (14 June 1949 – 2 December 2021) was a British actor, writer and theatre director of South African origin. A two-time Laurence Olivier Award winner and a four-time nominee, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and toured in many roles, as well as appearing on film and television.
On the eve of Vatican II, fasting and abstinence requirements in numerous Catholic countries were already greatly relaxed compared to the beginning of the 20th century, with fasting often reduced to just four days of the year (Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, the vigil of Christmas or the day before, and the vigil either of the Immaculate Conception ...
16. "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck. 17. "Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.”
Abstention from meat, other than fish, was historically done for religious reasons (e.g. the Friday Fast). In the Methodist Church, on Fridays, especially those of Lent, "abstinence from meat one day a week is a universal act of penitence". [1] [2] Anglicans (Episcopalians) and Roman Catholics also traditionally observe Friday as a meat-free day.
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According to Canon Law, Roman Catholics are required to abstain from meat (defined as all animal flesh and organs, excluding water animals) on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent including Good Friday. [45] Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are also fast days for Catholics ages 18 to 60, in which one main meal and two half-meals are eaten, with ...
In the 1982 Norwegian TV series Brødrene Dal og spektralsteinene, in episode number 5 in a parody called "Robinson Caruso", Friday was called Langfredag (Good Friday) and played by Knut Lystad. One of the first season episodes of the 1996 Spanish animated series The Triplets is an adaptation of Robinson Crusoe.