A young woman receives ashes during Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2024. (OSV News ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

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The Catholic Church universally believes in three pillars that support a holy Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Catholics place great emphasis on fasting during Lent as a focused remembrance of ...

Easter day, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, will be celebrated on April 20, 2025. Key days leading up to Easter include Fat Tuesday on March 4, Ash Wednesday on March 5, Palm Sunday on ...

Catholicism is known for its feasts and fasts, Fat Tuesday is the day before Lent when you participate in a joyful preparation for the Lenten fast ... is also a time of Almsgiving in which ...

Floyd, former lead pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas and the 61st president of the Southern Baptist Convention, recently released his latest book, The Supernatural Power of Prayer and ...

During Lent, for example ... For Orthodox spirituality, the ascetical disciplines of prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and manual labor build on the grace of the sacraments to slowly reform the ...

Thus, we are calling on our global fellowship of churches to dedicate February 24, 2025, as a day of fasting, prayer, and financial support for the Ukraine Relief Fund. On this day, let us unite to ...