What to know about the holiday, end of Lent Is Good Friday a public holiday? Good Friday is not a federal holiday but is a designated holiday in some states, including Illinois.

Lenten Illuminations: Finding Grace in the Light of the Cross Siegfried Sassoon’s late-life conversion and poetry offer a moving meditation on faith, suffering and the redemptive light of Christ.

The Lenten season is upon Catholics. To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a Stations of the Cross prayer ...

“I Would Not Give These Up For Lent”: Rating Novelty Supermarket Hot Cross Buns All buns were peculiar, some were more than edible. Eliza Crossley and friends put novelty supermarket hot cross buns to ...

Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick discusses the symbolism, importance and prevalence of the cross during the Lenten season.

Bradford Cathedral has unveiled a special cross to mark the Christian season of Lent.

Soup Days at the Church of Holy Cross Episcopal are held during Lent and Advent. The Lenten Lunches are offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday March 12 through April 9.

The first Friday of Lent was observed with the Way of the Cross at St. Joaquim Chapel Borda, led by Fr. Simon D’ Cunha. Parishioners participated in the solemn ritual, followed by adoration of the ...

The Way of the Cross is one of the most personal, meditative and graphic of any Catholic devotion. We spiritually join Jesus on the "via dolorosa" (sorrowful way) leading to the place of the skull, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

The Ash Wednesday kicked off the 2025 Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving A priest makes ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicates that a person belongs to ...

Ash Wednesday also marks the first day of the season of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter Sunday, when Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.