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 ...

Better indulge while you can — Lent is almost here. With Ash Wednesday marking the start of 40 days of fasting, reflection and repentance, Christians everywhere are gearing up to trade indulgence 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Lent is meant to be a season of fasting and prayer to prepare Christians for Easter, according to local pastors. According to a brief history of Lent, the tradition is believed to have begun in the ...

Ash Wednesday services at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica began with the early morning school mass and a lesson on the 40-day observance period called Lent. Rev. Shane Baxter addressed the crowd, which ...

If it's been a long Lent season for you, have no fear, Easter is almost here. If you're ready to get back to a small comfort or guilty pleasure you gave up for Lent this year, you only have a few more ...

Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria applies ash to Standard Group's employee Timothy Bundi at the St Consolata Cathedral in Nyeri, on Ash Wednesday. Photo taken on February 14, 2016. Catholics and other ...