Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter.
What are your intentions behind Lent? Having started on March 5 on Ash Wednesday, this religious season is celebrated by many ...
The bridge between Ash Wednesday and Easter is the penitential season of Lent. However, Lent is “not on the radar” for most Americans, according to a new Lifeway Research study focusing on Catholics, ...
Those observing Lent typically refrain from eating flesh meat on Ash Wednesday and each Friday of Lent. Flesh meat ...
When it comes to pulling Catholics into pews, Christmas rites top the list – followed by a tie between Easter, the Christian calendar’s most joyous day, and Ash Wednesday, which ...
"All Christian traditions can appreciate Easter for what it is, and I think the preparation season is a really good ...
Lent always occurs at this time of year. Ramadan rotates around the calendar. This year, they coincide, with Christian ...
The Lenten season often serves as a time to foster religious conversations at Point Loma Nazarene University. Apologetics, ...
Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...