Lent is a period of 40 days (not counting Sundays) observed by many Christians, particularly in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, and some Protestant traditions. It begins on Ash ...

Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday, and Lent 2024 falls on Feb. 14. On this February holiday, you will notice many people walking around with ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead, a mark ...

In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent begins on a Monday called Clean Monday, rather than Ash Wednesday, as it does in other churches. Great Lent ends on a Friday. Holy Week follows, along with the Great ...

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 ...

Tribune-Review Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 3:11 p.m. | Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 3:11 p.m. Lent began on Feb. 22 with the distribution of ashes in churches throughout the North Allegheny area ...

he wondered. He knew that we make Lent such an effort, worrying away about giving up this and that. In Greece, as Lent begins, villages observe ‘Clean Monday’ and folk rush into the countryside for a ...

Only 15% of Russians were able to remember the date when observance of Great Lent begins: March 18. Another 27% said that they knew the date, but could not remember it. About 22% of respondents ...

Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter. The video begins by explaining that the forty days of Lent mirror the forty days Jesus spent in ...

On the fifth Sunday of Lent, the pivot between Lent and Passiontide, The Reverend Mark Birch considers the significance of pivotal moments. The reflection begins with a reading of John 12:20-33.

It doesn’t have to be a dramatic scene. But it’s important to put everything on the table so you don’t start to resent her, too. Dear Eric: How do senior siblings sort out who should do what ...