Lent is the time before Easter during which the faithful abstain and fast in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made on Calvary. It is a 40-day time of preparation before Easter ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to the Christian celebration of Easter. On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which ...

The Catholic church renamed the practice to “40 days of Lent”. It is an abomination ... 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. The correct reading of verse 3 is “Thou shalt have no ...

Summary: This assembly celebrates the Christian festival of Lent - the forty days preceding Easter. The video begins by explaining that the forty days of Lent mirror the forty days Jesus spent in ...

The season of Lent is upon us. This is a holy season for Christians who seek to identify with Jesus Christ’s 40 days of fasting as he prepared to be tested and later crucified. In order to ...

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is ...