Christians will celebrate Ash Wednesday is tomorrow, also marking the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season. Christians have observed Lent all across the globe for more than 1,000 years. The first ...
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...
Lent has traditionally been a time of fasting and abstinence, and there is no better way for a contemporary Christian to celebrate Lent than by fasting from carbon to save the world from global ...
During Lent, the liturgical season of preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday, many Christians opt to fast in some way or another. This fasting can take many forms, including ...
Here's a look at Lent, a season of prayer and penance in the Christian church and a period of preparation for the Easter season. Here's a look at Lent, a season of prayer and penance in the Christian ...
Lent 2025: Lent holds immense religious significance in Christianity. It refers to the 40-day period of prayers, service, ...
The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...
In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...
Here's what date Easter 2026 will fall on, when the Easter season begins and ends, and why the date of Easter Sunday moves ...
(RNS) — It is an act of penance for what we in the rich world have done, and it is a prayer for help in avoiding catastrophe. (RNS) — Lent has traditionally been a time of fasting and abstinence, and ...