The holy Lenten season, beginning Wednesday, March 5, is a time when many observers choose to give up daily pleasures during the 40-day period leading up to Easter. Spending days abstaining from ...

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day, is this week. It is the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Here’s what ...

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

Wednesday, March 5, marks the beginning of Lent, a season observed by Christians around the world. This time has traditionally been kept by Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, and some others ...

Lent is a 40-day season that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday the week before Easter, although some denominations continue it until Holy Saturday.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls 6½ weeks before Easter each year. Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast ...

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.

The holiday which is less than a week away, is just ahead of the start of the Lenten season. Here's everything you need to know about Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras , also known as Fat Tuesday, is on ...

Another popular metro Detroit place noted for its Friday Lenten fish fry will idle its fryers this season. Fish dipped in batter will not be sizzling at Clawson’s Knights of Columbus No. 4188 on ...

Ash Wednesday, March 5, this year, the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality.