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[edit]The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Odour of sanctity/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
Fasting can cause the body to resort to fat metabolism as a source of energy. This can in turn lead to accumulation of ketones in the blood (ketosis), especially acetone, which has a sweet smell. It is possible that the effect known as the "odour of sanctity" is due to ketones exhaled by a fasting person.Sturluson (talk) 19:24, 4 July 2009 (UTC) |
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Eastern Orthodoxy missing
[edit]It is an intrinsic part of Incorruptibility#Eastern Orthodoxy, a prerequisite for sanctification. Arminden (talk) 22:47, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
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