The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

It lasts six weeks before Easter. Lent is the religious period of fasting and repentance for Christians. During this time of penance, charity and fasting, people "give up" luxuries and things they ...

Easter is one of the most anticipated holidays of the year, marked by a season of religious observances, traditions and celebrations leading up to the day — and observed by millions worldwide. For ...

There were even special rejoicings made on St. Martin's feast, just as we see them practiced now at the approach of Lent and Easter ... that Advent concerned religious only and not the laity.

No, Lent is not a federal holiday, including Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Christmas Day is the only religious celebration observed as a federal holiday. Lent is meant to be a time of repentance.

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 ...

The Catholic Church has created and inspired some of the greatest art in the world, famous for its quality and history regardless of its religious significance. Catholics can claim Fra Angelico ...

Lara is 13. She lives in Jerusalem. Hi everybody. NATHAN: She's a Catholic Christian. For me being a Christian is really important and it's part of my identity. NATHAN: Lara loves reading and ...

Coltrane, a jazz virtuoso who devoted much of her life to a spiritual journey, is a beacon for today’s artists. An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why. By Siddhartha Mitter A jury found ...