Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...

Later, he wore "sackcloth and ashes" outside the royal palace in response to Haman's decree, while Esther pleaded with him to change back into royal garments (Esther 4:1). Then, in a dramatic ...

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes. Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh, by decree ...

The black and gray colors represent the “dark times of this period and ashes of those burned,” per the Scottish Register of Tartans listing. The red represents the victims’ blood ...

Some will not make it past reading the title of this article since fasting is not something that is enticing to our flesh. That is one primary reason we are told, not asked, to fast. Jesus Christ, in ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has apologised after deleting a social media post that joked Pope Francis “loves the Ashes”. The Pope has been in hospital since February and is being ...

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The Pope is receiving treatment in Rome's Gemelli hospital The England and Wales Cricket Board has apologised for a social media post joking that Pope Francis "loves the Ashes". A message on the X ...

The tradition of using ashes as a sign of mourning and humility is inspired by biblical references, where individuals wore sackcloth and ashes to express sorrow for their sins. Over time ...

During the service, a priest or other minister draws a cross of ashes on their forehead. The distribution of ashes underscores human mortality, among other themes in the Christian faith.

Christians in the suburbs and around the world marked the start of Lent through Ash Wednesday services, drive-through distributions and Ashes on the Go events Wednesday. The ashes, applied on the ...