Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

Soon millions of Christians will be taking 40 days to contemplate the last days of Jesus Christ before the celebration of Easter. Here's what to know.

Doing a media fast provides many benefits to our physical, mental and spiritual health.

In 2024, Lent ... prayer and other religious activities leading up to Easter, the day believed to be when Jesus Christ rose from the dead to sit at the right hand of God. People who observe ...

Lent is a time of preparation and self-recognition prior to Easter. According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the 40-day season is centered around prayer, fasting, almsgiving ...

Children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat ... to be celebrated with self-sacrifice, prayer and other religious activities leading up to Easter, the day ...

During this period, Christians often engage in practices such as fasting, prayer ... linked to Lent, as Christians use it to indulge in foods they plan to give up during the 40 days of self ...

During Lent, God calls us to look at ourselves and to identify at least one weakness and a temptation that can lead to sin.