Lent is a 40-day period of fasting for Christians in the weeks leading up to Easter.

When is Lent 2025? This year, Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5 and ends on Thursday, April 17. It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting and repentance for Christians.

Forgiveness Sunday” was celebrated in March at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Lent. Traditionally, ...

Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter, the ...

Historically, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Father Narikulam said. "It is in fact the 40-day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, to denote Christ´s withdrawal into the wilderness for 40 days," he ...

I, Ramona Joy Holmes was born to Walden and Carrie Waddle on April 15, 1943, in Watertown,SD. It was during the Easter Lent ...

I, Ramona Joy Holmes was born to Walden and Carrie Waddle on April 15, 1943, in Watertown,SD. It was during the Easter Lent ...

During Lent and Easter, the Jewish roots of the Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation—come especially visible to me.

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is happy that his son Christopher is prioritizing his health. This year, the Terminator star's youngest son with Maria Shriver revealed that he had lost over 30 pounds, after ...

Not all buffets are created equal—these Louisiana spots miss the mark, while others deliver authentic Southern soul food ...