Fasting during Lent has a much deeper meaning than simply giving up dessert or snacks, an evangelist told Fox News Digital. "When we fast, we're practicing an ancient discipline designed by God to ...

The Lenten season is rounding out its first full week, which means that for some, today marks another Friday with no meat. Have you ever wondered where that observation came from? Dr. Chris Burgwald ...

To many, Shrove Tuesday is little more than a day on which to whip up – and tuck into – a big stack of pancakes. But while the focus on pancake creations is a modern phenomenon, Shrove Tuesday has for ...

Each year Christians embark on spiritual journeys that culminate with Easter celebrations. Easter is preceded by a period of six weeks that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, the ...

For those staying strong in their Lent fasting, you're nearing the halfway mark! Millions of Christians around the world are observing the weeks-long spring tradition, which is practiced in honor of ...

If you've been "fasting" from unhealthy habits for Lent, you're in luck: Thursday is the last day of Lent. The weeks-long spring tradition of Lent is celebrated by millions of Christians around the ...

Lent is an annual 40-day period of prayer and fasting for Catholics and Christians, that starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday 2025 is today, Wednesday, ...

Four weeks after Ash Wednesday, we might be inclined to forget about ashes until next year, perhaps with the hope that we will be able to receive them in 2022 in a more normal fashion. But ashes ...

Ash Wednesday, also known as the Day of Ashes, is on March 5 this year. You may see people with ashes in the shape of a cross smudged on their forehead or abstaining from eating meat. Ash Wednesday is ...

Tomorrow, March 10, is the First Sunday of Lent, and Christians have begun their 40-day preparation for the coming of Good Friday and Easter. To truly ready ourselves, it is important to reflect on ...

The Lenten season is here. As a child growing up in the Orthodox Church this meant giving up something that I really liked a whole lot to prepare myself for Easter. I really can't say that I ...

This week some of us wore dark smudges on our foreheads. Maybe you were one of us. Smudge wearers grow less each decade. Even many of those who share Christ’s name graciously decline to wear smudge ...