Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...

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 ...

Lent 2025: why are Christians observing it and when does it end? - Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, ...

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 ...

In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

One of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was a student, away from home and the strongly enforced parental ...

Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had been arrested and charged with terrorism and hate crime charges for shooting the Orthodox man in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood on Oct. 26, a Shabbat ...

On this Lenten Sunday, Fatima Catholic Church, the largest in Islamabad, is even more crowded than usual. “I fast every day during Lent, except on Sundays, which commemorate the resurrection of ...

Here you can see the Sehri timing and iftar timing in Lent from the first to the last Ramadan fasting day. The Islamic and Gregorian calendar dates are also given in the following Ramadan schedule of ...