With Easter approaching many individuals from different religious backgrounds have different views of the Lenten season that begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Palm Sunday, excluding Sundays. It ...

The Lenten season is the perfect time for Christians to deepen their prayer life, renew and purify themselves spiritually, and focus on their relationship with Christ as they prepare for the ...

You may have more on your plate than you can manage, and so thinking about Lent ahead of time may be completely off your radar. Yet now is precisely the time to think about it so that you can take ...

In the 40 days leading up to Easter, many Christians celebrate Lent, which is the annual Christian holiday that precedes Easter. Derived from the Anglo Saxon word "lencten," meaning "spring," Lent is ...

On March 5, Christians all over the Western world went to services to have their foreheads marked with a cross made from ash. Ash symbolizes our mortality ("ashes to ashes, dust to dust"), and ...

It's fairly common to hear people describing what they're "giving up for Lent" each year, but many of the details about Lent itself are less discussed and/or less known by the general public. If you ...

As the liturgical season of Lent enters its first full week, it is a time to adjust one's routine to be in a better place spiritually during the 40 days of the Lenten season, according to Pastor Jesse ...

Many Christian denominations will mark the beginning of the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday on March 5. The first day of the 40-day liturgical season is a time of penance, reflection and fasting.

While not as well known as Christmas carols and Christmas music, music during the liturgical season of Lent plays a key role, a priest and musician told Fox News Digital. "Music plays a threefold role ...

The Catholic Church will soon mark Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Holy Week and Easter. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and is on Feb. 26. “This is the season given to us by the ...

Regulations for Fast and Abstinence: Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of both fast and abstinence from meat. Fast binds all over the age of 18 and under the age of 59. On days of fast, one full ...