Yet now is precisely the time to think about it so that you can take full advantage of those 40 precious days marked out by the Church for your benefit. Lent is a sacred time during which we are ...

Birch trees have been used to decorate a church for Pentecost in a tradition dating back 200 years. The trees from Longleat Forest, on the Longleat estate in Wiltshire, owned by Ceawlin Thynn, the ...

Christians in the Coptic Orthodox Church prepare for Lent by feasting. For ten days before the Great Lent begins, we consume the food from which we’ll soon abstain.

Lent begins on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 (Ash Wednesday) and ends at sundown on Thursday, April 17 (Holy Thursday). Dates may differ depending on what calendar a church is using and how they ...

The Rev. Dr. John McCants Jr., pastor of St. Paul AME Church, said Lent is about preparation. "Lent is to the resurrection of Christ what Advent is to Christmas and the birth of Christ," he said.

As U.S. Christians enter the six-week Lenten season beginning on March 5, a neutral observer might be excused for wondering what in the world is going on within American Christianity.

The church, with the approval of its board and members, is working with a unique nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt, founded in 2014 by two debt collectors with the goal of reducing the burden of ...

As Lent begins, Chicagoans ... Candy Frigo, 70, receives ashes Wednesday from Terry Nelson-Johnson, pastoral minister at Old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, at Mary Bartelme Park on the Near West ...