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.

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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 ...

Back from offering interim ministry in Grenada, Jonathan Meyrick hopes that his trip will inspire other retired priests ...

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

It’s not the traditional season for the famed celebration, but a new Mardi Gras is coming to six cities and towns along the ...

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 ...

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

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the summer solstice and how to fight the discontent that comes with ...