Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

Here is an easy how-to if you would like to plan your own simple family retreat this holy season. Lent is obviously an ideal ...

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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) Patriarch Abune Mathias called on the faithful to devote the fasting period to strengthening peace, togetherness, and helping one another. Patriarch of the ...

Here is everything you need to know about the season and upcoming Christian holy days. Easter in the Western church is on ...

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

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The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...

A Superior Court judge in Georgia is accused of using "the prestige of her office to advance the private interest" of herself ...

Lent is a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" comes from the word ...