By: Natasha Archary
A Mozambican pastor has died after attempting to fast for 40 days like Jesus Christ did in the bible.
The 39-year old man who has been identified as Francisco Barajah was confirmed dead on Wednesday, 15 February.
Barajah was the pastor and founder of the Santa Trinidade Evangelical Church in Messicah
A 39-year-old pastor in Mozambique has died after attempting to fast for 40 days.
The pastor has been identified as Francisco Barajah, the pastor and founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church.
As reported by the BBC, Barajah fasted for 25-days before he succumbed to organ failure and acute aneamia.
“After 25-days of fasting, he had lost a lot of weight to a point where he could not stand up, bathe or walk.
His relatives and church members agreed to take him to hospital where he was diagnosed with acute anaemia and organ failure.
Efforts to bring him back to health were unsuccessful and the pastor died in Beira while receiving treatment.
He was rehydrated with serums and an attempt to introduce him to liquid foods was made, but it was too late and he died in hospital.”
According to reports, it is not uncommon for members of the Santa Trinidade Church to fast, but fasts usually never last that long.
Barajah’s family say he was a man rooted in faith and was attempting to carry out the fast Jesus held in Matthew 4:1-11.
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights and afterwards was hungry.
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