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 ...

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 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.

Like Advent, Lent is a penitential season during which we have yet another opportunity to check our spiritual fitness. During Advent, we recall watchful waiting for the birth of Jesus.

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 marks the beginning of Lent, [a] 40 day season of preparation for the celebration of Christ’s death, and especially his resurrection at Easter,” said Fr. Anthony Marques ...

The Lenten season, beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding on Holy Saturday, serves as a time of reflection on Jesus Christ’s journey—his temptation in the wilderness, his suffering, and ...

Ash Wednesday, March 5, this year, the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality. KERR COUNTY See updates about the Guadalupe River flooding.