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

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Spurred on by the fervor of the Eucharistic faith of New Yorkers, six young adult perpetual pilgrims and I, accompanied by ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

When times seem uncertain, as they do currently, both globally and nationally, it is, perhaps, important to discover new and meaningful ways in which to practise our Christian values of compassion, ...

Paczki Day does not fall on the same day every year because it is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, which moves in relation to ...

marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three, of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus ...

Easter is a moveable holiday, meaning Ash Wednesday moves ... Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday ...

Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, often involving something significant in your daily life ...

In the Orthodox calendar there are special memorial days - Parents' Saturdays. One of them precedes Shrovetide and Great Lent ...

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