The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

What is Mardi Gras season all about and what’s it like to experience it? Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent starts. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and that date floats ...

In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

Ashes are placed on the forehead in the form of a cross during the Ash Wednesday celebration that opens the Lenten season. Here, on February 14, 2024 at Saint Mary's Church in Paris, France.

With a Catholic clergy Lenten dance trend, a callout by pastor and Sen. Raphael Warnock and a prominent place in sermons by ...

The Lenten Fine Arts Series continued Friday at the Church of the Holy Trinity with a performance by the Mississippi Boy Choir, conducted by Bobby G. Helms. The series continues Friday ...

For Catholics it is Lent which means fish fry season - some of which is beneficial to kids Catholics are supposed to abstain from meat this time of year. But it turns out for kids, eating fish ...

Fasolada, the Greek bean soup, is ideal for Greek Orthodox Easter Lent. Credit: EYGASTRONOMES Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Fasolada, the delicious bean soup dubbed the “national dish” of Greece is ...

When we hear Jesus retort, “Tell that fox….,” we have to keep in mind the litany of intersections between Jesus, his followers, and the Herodian dynasty.

This year, cassava is in double demand as it is not just Muslims who are fasting – Ramadan has largely coincided with Lent, the 40-day Christian period of fasting and reflection before Easter.

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 ...