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.

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

But the Oriental Churches do not skip Sundays when the length for Lent is calculated, the priest said. "Traditionally, Lent in Eastern Churches begins on the seventh Monday before Easter. It is a ...

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

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 ...

Fr Pat Kiernan PP presenting the Benemerenti Medal and a framed certificate to two Banagher people, Jim Windsor McGlynn and ...

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger is happy that his son Christopher is prioritizing his health. This year, the Terminator star's youngest ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) renewed its call for the U.S. State Department to flag ...

The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), representing all licenced commercial banks in the country, yesterday issued a statement firmly rejecting attempts by a small group of borrowers to create alarm ...