These Scriptures suggest that God does not mark ... This story appears in the Lent 2025 feature series. View the full series. A version of this story appeared in the March 28-April 10, 2025 ...

Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun ...

Several Christian denominations celebrate Lent, with each having its own practices. Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday ...

When it comes to pulling Catholics into pews, Christmas rites top the list – followed by a tie between Easter, the Christian calendar’s most joyous day, and Ash Wednesday, which is the most ...

In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of prayer and solitude still speaks to seekers longing for depth today.

Good Friday is not a federal holiday but is a designated holiday in some states, including Illinois. This means government ...

This Friday marks the day that Christians commemorate as the day Jesus was crucified on the cross, to rise again two days ...

Lent and fish-fry Fridays are coming to an end as Holy Week begins. Wonder what it all means? What and when is Palm Sunday, ...

Four topics emerge from this Sunday's readings: celebration, reconciliation, God and compassion. The first, celebration, emerges from the reading taken from the book of Joshua that features the ...

Fish-fry Fridays end today in the last week of Lent. Here's what to know and when is Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday and ...

Washington D.C. “Ani” Chapter renewed its commitment to the youth of Javakhk during its annual Lenten Dinner on April 5, 2025 ...

During these days before the annual Easter Holy Week, Christians around the world have been observing the Lenten Season. The word Lent, or Lenten, was originally an Old English term meaning length.