What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season, and is 6.5 weeks before Easter Sunday. According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer.

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Rev. Jamal Bryant calls out the National Baptist Convention for accepting a $300,000 Target donation amid DEI boycotts.

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

The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), representing all licenced commercial banks in the country, today issued a statement ...