for Lent. The exhibit is at the University of Dayton’s Marian Library and features 40 modern works of art showing the Christian religious figure Mary holding the crucified body of her son ...

What is Lent? Do I have to give up chocolate, or drinking? Why do people have ashes on their foreheads? For 40 days, millions of Catholics and members of some other Christian denominations around ...

As Easter is determined by the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar, Lent changes dates each year, but its importance remains the same. What exactly is the significance of the Christian season ...

Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. According to britannica.com, the early Christian church observed Lent over a six-week period or 36 days with fasting except on Sundays. The practice was ...

According to britannica.com, the early Christian church observed Lent over a six-week period or 36 days with fasting except on Sundays. The practice was extended to 42 days in the 7th century to ...

As Christians and Muslims observe their sacred seasons of Lent and Ramadan ... “Whether you are Christian or Muslim, we all believe in one God who is Almighty and merciful,” he said.