{"id":259381,"date":"2016-10-18T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=259381"},"modified":"2016-10-18T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T11:01:42","slug":"zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zambians at home and abroad are in prayer today as they mark the National Day of Prayer and Fasting which is calling for promoting reconciliation, healing and celebrating unity in diversity this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a very important day in our great Nation. It is the day when we need to humble ourselves as a people and have sincere cries to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He will hear our cry, forgive our sins and heal our land.\u201d President Edgar Lungu posted on his Facebook page as he encouraged citizens to join in.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEdgarChagwaLungu%2Fposts%2F1249871688402387%3A0&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"551\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEdgarChagwaLungu%2Fposts%2F1250135281709361&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"664\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zambia is holding national prayers second year in running, after President Edgar Lungu declared an annual prayer day that also doubles as a public holiday in the county.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/zambiareports.com\/2016\/10\/17\/upnd-shun-day-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zambia reports<\/a> the opposition United Party for National Development said that it will not participate in the October 18 Day of National Prayers and Fasting.<\/p>\n<p>Most bars, pubs and public places, including restaurants and fast-food outlets, closed in a spirit to enable members of the public to dedicate their time in passionate prayer and fasting according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lusakatimes.com\/2015\/10\/18\/zambia-observes-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusaka Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: CCTV-Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambians at home and abroad are in prayer today as they mark the National Day of Prayer and Fasting which is calling for promoting reconciliation, healing and celebrating unity in diversity this year. \u201cToday is a very important day in our great Nation. It is the day when we need to humble ourselves as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":259383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[4948,12790,12791],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambians at home and abroad are in prayer today as they mark the National Day of Prayer and Fasting which is calling for promoting reconciliation, healing and celebrating unity in diversity this year. \u201cToday is a very important day in our great Nation. It is the day when we need to humble ourselves as a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\",\"name\":\"Jonas Nyabor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jonas Nyabor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Zambians at home and abroad are in prayer today as they mark the National Day of Prayer and Fasting which is calling for promoting reconciliation, healing and celebrating unity in diversity this year. \u201cToday is a very important day in our great Nation. It is the day when we need to humble ourselves as a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00","author":"Jonas Nyabor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jonas Nyabor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/","name":"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00","dateModified":"2016-10-18T11:01:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/zambia-marks-national-day-of-prayer-and-fasting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zambia marks National Day of Prayer and Fasting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b","name":"Jonas Nyabor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jonas Nyabor"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}